Macduff Shipyards Limited has recently built a steel hulled trawler “Daystar” BF 151, for Colin Mitchell from Gardenstown and Steven West from Fraserburgh.
Arranged as a twin rig trawler the hull is a modified version of “Amethyst” BF19/”Uberous” FR50 recently built by the same yard.
Layout and deck arrangements were refined to suit the owner's requirements, including an additional bulkhead on the fish handling deck to isolate the winch area. In addition, the fish handling area was insulated and lined.
The vessel will operate from Fraserburgh through Westward Fishing Company.
The layout is conventional and the hull form double chine with bulbous bow and bulbous skeg forward of the propeller. The keel is arranged in box form to carry ballast, and profiled bilge keels are fitted.
The steel deckhouse is fitted rail to rail athwarships and is weather tight. The rest of the deck shelter is non-weather tight and is constructed of steel aft of the deckhouse and aluminium alloy forward of the deckhouse.
Layout below deck from forward – forepeak c/w chain locker, fish room, engine room, and cabin with steering compartment.
On main deck from forward – winch room, fish handling area, deckhouse, and net handling area.
The main engine is a Mitsubishi S6R2 MPTK rated 400kw at 1350 RPM with a Reintjes WAF374 reverse reduction gearbox with 6.12:1 ratio, driving a 2000mm dia nozzle propeller. This combination gives a shaft speed of 220 RPM which will increase towing efficiency.
A Mitsubishi 6D24TC auxiliary engine rated 221 HP in 1500 RPM is fitted on the tank top to port for driving the deck machinery hydraulic pumps through a JBJ clutched splitter box. This engine also drives a 58kw 415/3/50 Mecc Alte alternator.
A Mitsubishi 6D16 rated 64kw at 1500 RPM is fitted on the tank top to starboard driving a 58kw Macc Alte alternator.
