Icelandic boatbuilder Trefjar built its reputation supplying its robust Cleopatra fast fishing vessels to its home market, but these days a substantial part of its activity is in exports – notably in Norway where these designs have proved themselves in coastal fisheries.
Brothers Tom-Kenneth and Kurth-Anders Slettvoll fish from Kabelvåg in the Lofoten islands went to Trefjar for a pair of Cleopatras to replace an older boat they have been working since 2019. They are now fishing with new Ørsvåg II and Ørsvåg III: identical 9.99-metre boats outfitted for longlining.
The brothers’ boats have 410hp FPT C90 main engines driving a ZF286IV reduction gear. Electronic systems are from Furuno, Simrad and Olex, and include autopilots linked to the hydraulic bow and aft thrusters to activate automatically when required.
The longline systems onboard both boats have been delivered by Beitir. Ørsvåg II and Ørsvåg III each has fishroom capacity for twelve 380-litre tubs.
Their layout places the skipper’s control position on the starboard side of the wheelhouse, with a galley/mess area on the port side and there is a bunkroom with three berths below.
However, the most recent Trefjar delivery is Barents Gadus, a 10.99-metre, 3.8-metre breadth Cleopatra 36 for Piera Gaup, fishing from Tana in the far north of Norway. This is a standard Cleopatra 36 outfitted for longlining and netting.
Barents Gadus’ main engine is a 520hp FPT C13 coupled to a ZF325IV transmission and auxiliary power is supplied by a 9kW Nanni generator.
Its electronics package is a combination of instruments supplied by JRC, Olex and Simrad, and the hydraulic bow and stern trusters are interfaced to the autopilot to be activated automatically.
Catches are stored in the midships fishroom which has space for fifteen 380 litre tubs.
The forward section is laid out with bunks for three below, and with a toilet and shower in the cabin. The wheelhouse has the skipper’s control position on the starboard side and a galley/mess area to port.
