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[Paul Pless]

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[lupussonic]

A jib 'n mizzen day to be sure...

[mmd]

...and then it crested the wave:

[Keith Wilson]

Sometimes I'm very glad I'm 1200 miles from the ocean.

[mmd]

...and then it fell off the wave and back into the trough again:

[Rob Hazard]

Yoiks! Where was the photographer standing?

[George.]

It seems to have lost the back half.

[mmd]

Yoiks! Where was the photographer standing?

There is considerable discussion over the who/what/where of this series of photographs. It is certain that the boat is the F/V Harvester out of Peterhead, Scotland. What is uncertain is the where. Most sources indicate that it is on the Grand Banks in the North Atlantic, off the east coast of Newfoundland. The most plausible story I have read is that the photographer was on the Hibernia GBS oil production platform.

[mmd]

It seems to have lost the back half.

Nope - that is what it looks like. Shown here with its sister ship in Peterhead.

[Rich Jones]

I'll stick to my small mountain lakes, thank you very much.

[mmd]

Just another day at the office, Rich.

[earling2]

I'm surprised at the seaworthiness of a boat with that much windage and tophamper. They must have a lot underwater

[Gerarddm]

I would be puking my guts out.

[Peerie Maa]

There is considerable discussion over the who/what/where of this series of photographs. It is certain that the boat is the F/V Harvester out of Peterhead, Scotland. What is uncertain is the where. Most sources indicate that it is on the Grand Banks in the North Atlantic, off the east coast of Newfoundland. The most plausible story I have read is that the photographer was on the Hibernia GBS oil production platform.

No they don't travel that far. They usually stay on the Continental shelf off Norn Iron, Scotland, or over to Norway.
Nearly full story here : https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...job-world.html
She was probably pair trawling with the photos shot by the crew of her pair trawling partner. 'Tis a pity that the report does not say where they were fishing.

[Peerie Maa]

I'm surprised at the seaworthiness of a boat with that much windage and tophamper. They must have a lot underwater

Look at the photos again, you will see how deep drafted she is.

Her vital statistics are here: https://fiskerforum.com/fishingboatinfo/6002/

[isla]

Harvester is a local boat to me. She was built in 2008 to replace an earlier Harvester, which was lost in 2005 after a collision with North Sea standby vessel Strilmøy.
The accident report was a long time coming and was only published in 2015..

https://www.gov.uk/maib-reports/coll...vester-sinking

[mmd]

No they don't travel that far. They usually stay on the Continental shelf off Norn Iron, Scotland, or over to Norway.

I was a bit skeptical about the Grand Banks location - she seemed a bit small to have the fuel capacity for a trans-Atlantic passage to fish. I looked hard for a suggestion that the location was in the North Sea, which was a much more probable location, but it was in vain.

Nearly full story here : https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...job-world.html

I am blocked from opening the 'Daily Wail'.

She was probably pair trawling with the photos shot by the crew of her pair trawling partner.

She doesn't look rigged for pair trawling, at least not the pair-trawling rig that I am familiar with.

[Peerie Maa]

I was a bit skeptical about the Grand Banks location - she seemed a bit small to have the fuel capacity for a trans-Atlantic passage to fish. I looked hard for a suggestion that the location was in the North Sea, which was a much more probable location, but it was in vain.




I am blocked from opening the 'Daily Wail'.




She doesn't look rigged for pair trawling, at least not the pair-trawling rig that I am familiar with.

I found the piece on a link on Pinterest.

There are older boats, but will give you some idea of how they are worked.

[John Meachen]

Its been a bit bumpy off Ireland this week. https://www.rte.ie/news/ireland/2020...surfing-sligo/

[Peerie Maa]

^ Something to do with a cast off US hurricane?

[John Meachen]

Probably.

[webishop14]

Trawling in those seas? Really heavy duty!!

[LeeG]

Look at the photos again, you will see how deep drafted she is.

Her vital statistics are here: https://fiskerforum.com/fishingboatinfo/6002/

6.3 meters draft??!

[David G]

A jib 'n mizzen day to be sure...

Or maybe just a sea anchor...

[Chris249]

Down in NZ, even the ferries do big;

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[Paul Pless]

Down in NZ, even the ferries do big;

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a ferry?

that's ridiculous

[oznabrag]

Down in NZ, even the ferries do big;

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a ferry?

that's ridiculous

Even on a nice day, like today.

[Gerarddm]

#25: Nutsburgers.

[Bob (oh, THAT Bob)]

...and then it fell off the wave and back into the trough again:

In ground vehicles, I'd refer to that as "short-coupled".