The latest newbuild from Macduff Shipyards is the 24.50 metre, 7.60 metre breadth Jacqueline Anne FR-243, delivered to the Adam Tait and his sons Adam and Jonathan, who went ahead in replacing a trawler of the same name built in 2013.
The new Jacqueline Anne’s design has the same hull form as the Crystal Sea, which was delivered to its owners in Newlyn earlier this year and which is an evolution of the yard’s older 24 metre model – improved for reduced hull resistance and greater fuel efficiency.
The layout places the aft shelter, galley and mess, catch handling area and the forward winch room at main deck level, with cabins, engine room and fishroom below, plus a freshwater tank forward of the collision bulkhead.
The working deck is arranged to suit the owner’s requirements and features a dry locker, hold unloading hatch, hold access stairwell and refrigeration plant room all to the port side which creates a large hatch free fish processing area on the centreline and the standard hopper and tray sorting arrangement on the starboard side.
Macduff Ship Design produced the detailed kit construction plans and stability data upon completion of the build. The steel kit was cut in house by Macduff Profilers and the vessel was fabricated between the yard’s two sites, with the steel modules fabricated in Macduff and then shipped to Buckie where the hull was assembled, engineered and fully fitted before carrying out sea and fishing in the Moray Firth.
Macduff Shipyards also designed and manufactured the deck hardware, with a package extending to three split trawl winches located forward, twin split net drums aft, two sweep/bagging winches, a pair of small gear handling winches, cod end lifting winch and a dedicated anchor windlass, as well as the hydraulic system and a load sensing system with the main hydraulic control valves fitted in the engine room.
Cranes are from Thistle Marine, each with a slew ring base. The MFB8 landing crane features radio remote control and the BK13 power block crane is fitted with a small winch to assist with general lifting duties.
Primary hydraulic power is provided by two Danfoss hydraulic pumps driven from the main propulsion gearbox and secondary hydraulic power is provided by two electric/hydraulic motor sets provided by RD Downie, each with a 45kW output.
Jacqueline Anne’s propulsion package centres around a 750hp Caterpillar C32 main engine supplied by Finning Power Systems which is freshwater cooled via a Blokland box cooler. This drives a Helseth 2700mm controllable pitch propeller inside an SC Elcris nozzle via a Kumera K-CPP-450 two-step gearbox with 12.3:1 reduction.
The rudder system is supplied by Macduff Shipyards and the steering gear is from Scan Steering AS.
Electrical power is generated by two Caterpillar C7.1 sets, each with an 118 ekW rating and arranged for freshwater cooling. Both generators can be run simultaneously, providing the opportunity to power both the ship’s general systems and both of the electrically driven hydraulic pumps sets at the same time. A small harbour set is also fitted of 33 kVA rating and is contained within a silenced acoustic housing to reduce noise levels.
Electrical systems are designed and fitted by RD Downie, who also provided a large central switchboard along with all the pump and motor starters, as well as the fire, bilge and gas alarm systems along with the navigation light panel and assisted with the installation of the navigation equipment. The wheelhouse electronics are supplied and installed Woodsons Marine Electronics.
