The owners of Wave Crest went to Mooney Boats in Killybegs for their two multi-purpose fishing vessels capable of seine netting and working a variety of trawl gears.
Built for the Sheehy and McHugh families, and skippered by Anthony Sheehy, the new vessel is a Vestværft design measuring 27.38 metres overall, a 9.2-metre beam and accommodation for a crew of up to eight.
Operating company Barrack Point Enterprises is the partnership between the Sheehy and McHugh families.
These new vessels with capacity for demersal fishing with trawl and seine net gear, and pelagic trawling are highly versatile, capable of operating on tuna, small pelagics and whitefish, and are engineered to minimise emissions and operating costs with the use of the latest power management systems.
The design process made full use of collaborative 2D and 3D opportunities to maximise the available space onboard.
Wave Crest’s main engine is a 6DZC ABC, powering a stern package from Nogva Heimdal of a 3,170mm diameter propeller and a HG6 reduction gearbox. Electrical power on board is sourced from the Stamford shaft generator and the Volvo Penta D16 auxiliary engine. The harbour set is a Volvo Penta D7AT.
Deck equipment has been supplied by Killybegs company Seaquest, with a pair of 32-tonne trawl winches with grooved drums, managed by a Scantrol autotrawl. Fishing gear is from KT Nets and the 25-tonne self-hauling rope reels are spooled with combi ropes from VCU.
There are two 16-tonne net drums, a 4-tonne net sounder winch, an outhaul winch and a 5-tonne gilson. The deck cranes are 1.5t/9m and 1.5t/8m units with common radio control systems, allowing remotes to be switched between them if required. Seaquest also supplied the 14-inch fish pump and associated hydraulic and fish hose reels, as well as the full hydraulic installation.
The catch management system for whitefish is supplied by VCU. Mooney Boats provided the chutes for tuna and the pelagic separator. The refrigeration system, RSW installation, vacuum system and ice machine are from KER Group.
Wave Crest’s wheelhouse electronics were supplied by Barry Electronics.
