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The Shipyard ( Dry Dock ): Builds & Questions => Working vessels R&D: => Topic started by: portside II on July 13, 2007, 09:12:05 am

Title: 10m class fishing boats
Post by: portside II on July 13, 2007, 09:12:05 am
just been looking through this months marine modelling international ,mainly the article on 10m class fishing boats .I am in the process of building a cygnus gm33 and quite fancy cluttering the decks up ,the rigging not a prob but where can i get the nets from to go around the net drum .
And how do the trawl,otter boards work ,are they a guide for the net or the boat during drifting ??.
daz
Title: Re: 10m class fishing boats
Post by: Guy Bagley on July 13, 2007, 11:42:24 am
the nets you may be able to source easily....

i was put onto this by a fellow modeller at a show some many years ago...

find a good ' old style' chemists- and ask for  old ladies hair nets !

some are perfect in style for fisihing nets...
Title: Re: 10m class fishing boats
Post by: wbeedie on July 13, 2007, 01:32:57 pm
this is a link that Davie Tait put up in trawlerphotos for a ebay shop that has netting style material http://stores.ebay.co.uk/SHIRLEYS-FABRICS and it looks alright stuff
Title: Re: 10m class fishing boats
Post by: dougal99 on July 13, 2007, 08:18:14 pm
Got my netting from Model Slipway at a show.

HTH

Doug
Title: Re: 10m class fishing boats
Post by: DavieTait on July 13, 2007, 08:52:34 pm
This is an old description of how a trawl is worked
(http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b192/bigscotsbloke/trawlers/drifter-trawler-otter-gear.jpg)

Altho since the 1940's the boat have worked extra lengths of wire between the net and the otter doors to catch more fish ( called sweeps ) , If you look through the under 9.9m fishing boat catagory on the trawlerphotos site ( link below this in my signature ) you will be able to see plenty of examples of trawlers and what they have on the deck.

Davie
Title: Re: 10m class fishing boats
Post by: portside II on July 13, 2007, 09:00:45 pm
you guy's never fail to suprise me ,it's only when you look at the problem from a distance the ideas come rolling in .
Your soloutions to my problem are great and after talking to my local model shop proprietor ,he came up with a similar idea ,fruit net's ,the ones for oranges ,
also carrot net's  .
so it will be a trip to my local Boyes for the mesh netting and the green grocer for the orange and carrot net's,why not as the ones on the real boats are of diferent colors.
Thanks for the description of what otter boards do  cheers Dave.
daz
Title: Re: 10m class fishing boats
Post by: portside II on July 18, 2007, 09:09:46 pm
Right then lads here she is ,thats my version of a 10m fishing boat .The hull ,deck,wheel house and roof (kit) is from Andy at models by design minus the teak capping ,dam stuff is just too fiddly and wouldn't look right on a working boat so it was on with the trusty microphone cable .
She has not had a propper water test yet so fingers crossed a dip is on the cards tomorrow .
Still lots more to do like lights and fenders n stuff ,but i wont make it too posh .
daz
(http://i168.photobucket.com/albums/u176/darran77/DSC00143.jpg)
(http://i168.photobucket.com/albums/u176/darran77/DSC00144.jpg)
(http://i168.photobucket.com/albums/u176/darran77/DSC00145.jpg)
Title: Re: 10m class fishing boats
Post by: DavieTait on July 18, 2007, 09:15:43 pm
The Teak flat piece ontop of the rails is fitted to these boats in real life lol.

Its only the smallest boats that use the rounded rubber now as most use wood.
Title: Re: 10m class fishing boats
Post by: portside II on July 19, 2007, 12:57:49 pm
Oh well that sums me up, different lol.
Had her in the water today and she perform's great plenty of speed and very manoverable ,not sure how long the 12v battery will last but showed no loss in power for the hour i was running her in the pond
(http://i168.photobucket.com/albums/u176/darran77/DSCF0538.jpg)
(http://i168.photobucket.com/albums/u176/darran77/DSCF0537.jpg)
(http://i168.photobucket.com/albums/u176/darran77/DSCF0536enlarge.jpg)
daz
Title: Re: 10m class fishing boats
Post by: dougal99 on July 19, 2007, 08:15:29 pm
Nice boat.

I see the skipper wanted to go water skiing in the last shot ;D

Doug
Title: Re: 10m class fishing boats
Post by: ajb68 on July 20, 2007, 11:13:47 am
,Try GEOFFS MODELS  he can make trawls and doors to order or supply net , Andy ;D
Title: Re: 10m class fishing boats
Post by: portside II on July 20, 2007, 07:11:31 pm
thats the trouble with these young skippers all or nothing Doug ,then again i could use it for water skiing in the off season  ;D