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Longliner design
of the 90's meets needs of the future
Trinity, T.B.- The Covenant II, a
$1.3 million multipurpose steel aluminum longliner launched here last
Saturday at Trinity Shipbuilder Ltd. for Captain Ivan Russell of
Bonavista, is a ship for the 90s and on into the 21st
Century.
It’s a newly-designed 65 foot
inshore longliner, the first for the province, that will be closely
monitored by the designers, builders, and other inshore captains.
The new vessel was designed by
Poseidon Marine Consultants Ltd. of St. John’s.
Company spokesperson Bill Maybee
said work on the boat, which started in 1988, was carried out in co
operation with the owner, Captain Russell.
“Starting with conceptual drawings,
and after months of hard work, we then went to the computer for actual
design work on the model,” Mr. Maybee said.
He said they then contracted NORDCO
who carried out tank tests on the model at the Institute of Marine
Dynamics at Memorial University.
With funding from the
Canada/Newfoundland Inshore Fisheries Development Agreement (NIFDA),
several tests were carried out and changes were made before the model
was finalized for construction DFO’s Fisheries Development Division
monitored how the vessel reacted to various sea conditions.
The Covenant II. Sits well in the
water drawing 13.9 feet. She has a beam of 23 feet, a tonnage of 175,
and is just under 65 feet in length. It’s powered by a 490 horsepower
Volvo diesel engine.
ALL SPACE UTULIZED
Every inch of space in this modern
boat is used. Designed and built to carry about 130,000 pounds of fish
in containers, it will enable the skipper to land a top quality product
that will give him best prices available.
She has been designed for crew
comfort, with the wheelhouse aft and accommodations below the wheelhouse
and galley area midship.
She will have two generators that
will supply the boats electronic and electrical systems, which includes
a closed television system aloowin Skipper Russell to monitor what’s
taking place on the enclosed sheltered decks midship. She will including
a Global Positioning System for navigation, two radars, assorted radios
and radio telephones and a weather fax. As well, the skipper will have a
video plotter and laptop computer.
Captain Russell, a veteran crab and
ground fish from a 55 footer, is pleased with the boat and proud of Bill
Maybee and the naval architects of Poseidon marine Consultants
Limited.
He says his new boat will enable
him and his crew to fish more comfortably, selectively and easily since
it’s design to work fixed gear gillnets, longliners and crabbing
equipment.
“It’s designed and built that way I
want it, to meet the needs of the future,” said Captain Russell.
Mr. Maybee says the Covenant II is
built to suit the realities of today’s fishery.
Skipper Wilson Vokey of Trinity
Shipyards Ltd., builders of the new longliner, has done an excellent
job, which will pave the way for the construction of others, he said.
Captain
Russell will take delivery of his new longliner about the first week in
June. After tests, he will start fishing for crab and cod, and probably
fish off Labrador. |
