Virtuous

Project Details

‘Fishing News’ New Boat of the Year Award

Steel-hulled motor fishing vessel of a round bilge hull, transom stern, bulbous bow, soft nose stem and with full length shelter deck. Arranged for single and twin rig trawling.

Below deck she is subdivided by three watertight bulkheads into: aft accommodation with steering gear, engine room, fishroom and forepeak tank. The main deck has deckhouse for galley, mess, oilskins and washroom offset to starboard, hopper and catch handling to starboard side. Aft side has a steel shelter and integral gallow arrangement, over net drum space, stern ramp to shelter. Weathertight shelter catch handling and winch space. Shelter deck: stern ramp, bag hatch, gilsen gantry, trawl gallows, power block crane, landing crane and aluminium alloy wheelhouse. She is fitted with 2 x Zeigra ice machines capable of producing 1 tonne of freshwater ice per day.