28 Westward Isle & Colmcille THE SKIPPER SEPTEMBER 2015

Helen Mary

WESTWARD ISLE AND COLMCILLE ARRIVE IN KILLYBEGS

There was a small but enthusiastic crowd on the pier at Killybegs on August Bank Holiday Monday to welcome the two latest additions to the fleet, the newly-built “Colmcille” and “Westward Isle”.

The matched pair of 90-footers in red and cream livery came into view at 4.10pm after a windy, but uneventful trip from the builder’s yard in Hvide Sande, Denmark.

Leading the group of well-wishers, along with members of the families of the skippers and crews, were Sean McGuinness and son, Eamon, of Killybegs Seafoods.

Explained Eamon: “The boats will land to KSF and it should be a great boost to the factory and to the local economy.”

He had special thanks for a number of people, especially marine consultant, Noel O’Regan, of Promara, who worked on the design of the vessels with the yard, Vestvaerftet, and liaised with the Marine Survey Office as well as supervising the build on behalf of KSF.

“I would like to make special mention also of John Bach”, said

Eamon. “Even though he is not involved in KSF or these two boats, he worked excessively the whole way and did a lot of supervising at the yard.”

He had thanks and praise also for the head of the shipyard, Ove Kristensen, and his team, who, he said, worked tirelessly on the project.

Mr McGuinness said it was a policy of KSF from the outset to keep as much as possible of the supply contract work local to Killybegs.

The hydraulics were supplied by EK Marine, who had men working in Denmark for 16 weeks. The electronics were delivered through Barry Electronics Ltd. and the refrigeration was commissioned by KER. The nets will be supplied by Swan Net Gundry. The all-important IRAS pumping system was supplied in Denmark.

In spite of the ugly appearance of the weather charts during the trip from Denmark, both skippers insisted that they had no trouble after the first half day. They had taken some water into the centre tanks to start with but after that, they pumped out and “got an

NEWBUILDINGS REPAIR CONSULTANCY

Nordhavnskaj 12, 6960 Hvide Sande, DenmarkTel: 0045 97 31 33 22

Email: info@vestvaerftet.dkwww.vestvaerftet.dk

Congratulations to the Management and Crews of the Westward Isle &

Colmcille on your new vessels. Wishing every success and safe

fishing from Vestvaerftet

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Berthed in Killybegs for the first time John, Sean, Eamonn and Donal McGuinness onboard the Colmcille

by Tony O’Callaghan & Niall Duffy

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WESTWARD ISLE AND COLMCILLE ARRIVE IN KILLYBEGS • Vessel Surveys - all types• Condition, Insurance, Pre-purchase, accident• Project, Conversion & New-build Supervision• Vessel / Licence Sale and Purchase consultancy

www.promara.ieNoel O’Regan, MBA, I Eng, IMarEng, MIMarEST, MIIMSTel: 087 3435666 Fax: 022 22467 Email: noel@promara.ie

Wishing every success to the owners and crews of the Westward Isle and the Colmcille

Developer of the Promara Green Trawler

Head Office: Killybegs Fishermen’s Organisation Ltd. Bruach na Mara, St. Catherine’s Road, Killybegs.

Phone: (074) 9731089 / 31305.‑ Fax: (074) 9731577. Email: kfo@kfo.ie Website: www.kfo.ie

Dublin Office: Phone: (01) 825 8846. Fax: (01) 825 8847. Email: kfo@kfo.ie

Wishing every success to the owners and crews of the Colmcille and the

Westward Isle.

St Catherines Rd, Killybegs, Co. Donegal Tel: 074 97 31215 Fax: 074 97 31739

Best wishes to the management and crew with your new vessels

Colmcille & Westward Isle.We are proud to have supplied,

installed and commissioned the navigational and fish finding equipment for these vessels.

Olexbel VSAT

Barry Electronics Ltd.

extra half knot”.

Said “Westward Isle” skipper, John Histon: “The first six hours was punchy enough but after that it was plain sailing. West of Aran was a bit jumpy but, all in all, there were no weather issues. It was comfortable.”

Commenting on the vessel itself, he said: “Everything is going to be more efficient and we will have a bit more capacity.”

John, a native of Cobh, was previously relief skipper on the “Carmarose” before taking charge of the “Westward Isle”. He has been fishing out of Killybegs since 1988.

Aran Island man, Michael Joyce,

skipper of the “Colmcille” gave the same verdict on the performance of his vessel: “She’s a very fine boat”, he said. “We didn’t get bad weather, really. Steaming into it, she seemed very steady.”

Michael has been skipper of the old “Colmcille” for the past 15 years and has been fishing all his life, since starting to fish lobsters in a half-decker with Jackie Gill. After that, he joined Pauric Joyce and Gregory Conneely and worked on the “Ard Aidhin” for about five years. In 1977, he joined the “Azure Sea” and then the old “Carmarose”.

The plan is that the boats will start fishing horse mackerel in September and then move on the Mackerel when the season starts.

John, Sean, Eamonn and Donal McGuinness onboard the Colmcille

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D.P. Barry & Co. Solicitors, Bridge Street, Killybegs, County Donegal, Ireland

T: +353(0)74 9731174 or +353(0)74 9731639 E: info@barrylaw.ie W: www.barrylaw.ie

D.P Barry & Co Fisheries Solicitors have been providing the full breadth of maritime & fishery law services for over 35 years

to the Irish Fishing Community.

• Buying and selling all types of vessels • Licensing • Mortgage and charging arrangements for financial institutions and vessel owners

• EU law and regulation • Boat arrests • Disputes • Personal Injury • Employment Regulation and Compliance

• Defence of fishery prosecutions

Best of luck and safe fishing to the directors of Colmcille Fishing ltd. and

Westward Isle Fishing ltd. and to the crews of the new Colmcille and Westward Isle.

D&D Insurances LtdBlock A - Unit 3, Nutgrove Office Park, Rathfarnham, Dublin 14.

Main line: 01 20 514 05 Fax: 01 20 513 57E-mail: barry@ddinsurances.ie mark@ddinsurances.ie

“D&D Insurances Ltd is regulated by the Central Bank of Ireland”

Congratulations and continued success to Westward Isle Fishing Limited on their

new Vessel Westward Isle.

COLMCILLE AND WESTWARD ISLE SPECS

“Colmcille” and “Westward Isle” were built for Colmcille Fishing Ltd and Westward Isle Fishing Ltd, Killybegs. They are pelagic pair trawlers with five RSW tanks each.

The vessels were designed in-house at Vestvaerftet in Hvide Sande, Denmark. The hulls were built in Gdynia, Poland, and completed at Hvide Sande. The boats are classed as Buearu Veritas and built to DTTAS regulations.

The length overall of the vessels is 27.35 meters; 23.98m between perpindiculars. The breadth miships is 8.6m with a depth at the shelterdeck of 6.75m. The tonnage is 325BT.

There is accommodation on board each boat for eight persons. Each of the five RSE tanks holds 340 cubic meters. They will each carry up to 41,000 liters of fuel and can hold up to 15,000 liters of fresh water.

The engine package, delivered by Westdiesel AS and installed by

Vestvaerftet, consists of a Mitsubishi S6U six-cylinder in-line main engine with a Hundested CPG 120-2 gearbox with 8:1 reduction and 3 power take-offs for hydraulic pumps.

The four-blade propellor is a Hundested VP 12 with a diameter of 3,000 mm in a high-efficiency nozzle. The engine control system is a SeaMech Seacontroller with three control stations.

The generators are one Mitsubishi 6D24, 3 x 400V, 50Hz; a John Deere6135, 3 x 400V, 50Hz, and a Mitsubishi harbour generator, 4 S4B, 3 x 400, 50Hz. The vessels are each fitted with two Desmi pumps for firefighting and deck washing.

The bowthrusters are Hundested SFT 4, hydraulically driven ,delivering 160HP.

The deck machinery, which was all delivered and installed by EK Marine, Killybegs, consists of two trawl winches with Hagglund compact motors, delivering maximum pull of 25 tons; two net drums with Hagglund compact motors, also delivering 25 tons pull; one topline winch

with Hagglund compact motors, delivering 25 tons max.; and one tailrope winch with Hagglund compact motors and a maximum pull of 25 tons.

EK Marine also delivered a fish hose reel to each boat and a hydraulic hose reel, one powerblock crane each, one landing crane, one anchor winch and a 14-inch SeaQuest fishump.

The steering gear is Scan-Steering MT - 2500, with two EL-hydraulic pump units.

Fishfinding and navigation equipment was all delivered and installed by Barry Electronics, Killybegs.

The RSW systems on board “Colmcille” and “Westward Isle” are FrioNordica ammonia systems, delivered and commissioned by KER, Killybegs.

All electrical installation was by Vest-EL, of Hvide Sande.

The accommodation was made by Vestvaerftet, who also sandblasted, zinc sprayed and painted the vessels with Hempel two-compound paints.

Main DeckFore Deck

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Tel: +353 74 9731237 or +353 74 9731652 Email: con@congallaghermarine.com Web: congallaghermarine.com

Roshine Rd, Killybegs, Co Donegal, Ireland

CRANE HIRE CATERPILLAR ENGINESMARINE SERVICES

Wishing every success to the owners and crews of the Colmcille and the Westward Isle

Congratulations to the Management and Crews on the arrival of their new vessels.

We are proud of our long association with the Westward Isle & Colmcille and look forward to working together in the future. Wishing them every success and safe fishing from the Management and

Staff at Swan Net Gundry Ltd

Head Office: Roshine Road, Killybegs, Co.Donegal, Tel:+353 7497 31180Inshore Marine: 074-9731180 Castletownbere : 027-70502

Union Hall: 028-34661 Rossaveal: 091-572637 Shetland Stores : 0044-78726431842

enquiries@swannetgundry.com www.swannetgundry.com

All repairs carried out by our experienced net-makers, at a competitive rate.We stock a full range of Netting and Ropes in all sizes on site.

If you require any of our services please call the following numbers

WESTWARD ISLE & COLMCILLE

BARRY ELECTRONICS SUPPLY BRIDGE EQUIPMENT FOR THE NEW ‘COLMCILLE

AND WESTWARD ISLE’

The complete package consisted of: Navigation equipment • Furuno FAR-2117 X Band Type

Approved Radar• Furuno M1835 X Band Radar• Dual Sodena Easy Win ECS

with AIS/ARPA and Tidal modules

• Dual Furuno SC-50 GPS Compass

• Furuno GP-170 Type Approved GPS Navigator

• Furuno GP-33 GPS Navigator • Furuno RD-33 Heading / Speed

repeater • Simrad AP-70 IMO Autopilot

System • Furuno BR500 Type Approved

Watch Alarm

Acoustic equipment • Simrad SU93 Low Frequency

Sonar with Simrad Motion Reference Unit

• Furuno FCV-1200 28/82kHz Echo Sounder

• Simrad ES-70 38/200Khz Single Beam Echo Sounder.

• Furuno CI-68 Doppler Current Indicator

• Simrad FS-70 Trawl Sonar • Marport M3 Net Monitoring

System with Dual Hydrophone’s • Marport TE150W Tunnel

Sensor • Marport Hybrid Catch Sensors.

Communication equipment • BEL VSAT Ku Band Satellite

system with multi-deck Wi-Fi Access

• BEL SAT Fleet One Phone (backup to VSAT)

• Sailor 6310 MF/HF DSC Radiotelephone

• Dual Sailor 6222 VHF DSC Radio Telephones

• Dual Furuno Felcom 18 INMARSAT C Terminal

• Furuno PR-300 GMDSS Power Supply

• Furuno NX-700 Paperless Navtex

• Furuno FA-150 AIS Automatic Identification System

• Mastervolt Radio Battery System with Battery Monitoring

• 2 x Jotron SARTs and Jotron Float Free EPIRB

• Sailor 6210 VHF Radiotelephone

• Furuno LH-6000 Loudhailer system

• Phontech 10 Station Ships Intercom System

Additional equipment SeaTel Satellite TV system with distribution to all areas and Cabins. High Definition IP CCTV System with Video Recording. Fusion Car Radio Am/FM Radio 46” LCD TV and Home Cinema System for Galley

Aran Island man, Michael Joyce, skipper of the “Colmcille” with his family“Westward Isle” skipper, John Histon surrounded by his family

Wheel House

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ROSHINE ROAD, KILLYBEGS, CO. DONEGAL

WWW.KER.IE TEL: (0) 74 97 31525 FAX: (0) 74 97 32111

ELECTRICALREFRIGERATION

WELDING / FABRICATION WATER TREATMENT

FISH HANDLING

CHANDLERY

CONGRATULATIONS TO THE OWNERS & CREWS OF THE WESTWARD ISLE & COLMCILLE ON THEIR NEW VESSELS

KER GROUP

KER Group were awarded the contract to supply the RSW systems to the new vessels “Colmcille” and “Westward Isle”. The systems were installed in Denmark by Vestvaerftet, and commissioned by KER Group engineers over a four day period.

The RSW systems are on ammonia gas and have a cooling duty of 530kw. The systems have a spray chiller which has many advantages, short pull down time, compact size, low ammonia charge and low freezing risk.

The new amonnia RSW plant is controled by a “touch screen” PLC, where operation, capacity, ampere, temperatures, pressures, flow etc.

are displayed directly in a lay-out diagram of the plant. Starting is done by touching screen buttons. There are also optional sub-menus for record of tank temperatures, power consumption and other indicators.

Said Declan McBrearty of KER: “We are delighted to be involved with these new vessels and are proud to be a trusted partner for supplying RSW systems. We at KER Group wish the management and staff continued success with their new vessels.”

SWAN NET-GUNDRY

Swan Net-Gundry would like to wish KSF continued success with the new FV Colmcille and FV Westward Isle. We are delighted to

have supplied these vessels with a list of the latest technology on fishing gear. The FV Colmcille and FV Western Isle went for 1830 meters x 2 of 22mm DynIce Trawl warp which has worked

well for vessels of this class and size. Dynice trawl warps are a proven method in Pelagic fishing to reduce weight in comparison to conventional wire, which helps to increase trawl opening with improved handling and a reduction in fuel consumption.

Both vessels owners also purchased 2 x 2000 meters of 12.4mm Dynice Data Headline Cable.

DynIce Data is a unique patent pending fibre rope with a central copper conductor and incorporates a dense copper screen to protect the signal from interference. This new headline cable has given satisfactory results on feedback from other vessels for last season. We also supplied both vessels with a more durable version of our Hexagonal nets with 38mm DynIce life-lines. We are pleased to have been chosen for our safety at sea products for these fine vessels including, life rafts, Jackets and Immersion suits and also the complete chandlery package from Swan Net-Gundry.

Roshine, Killybegs, Co Donegal - W: www.ekmarine.ie

T: 353 74 9741683 F: 353 74 9741686 E: info@ekmarine.ie

Congratulations and every success to the owners and crew of The Westward Isle & Colmcille on your new vessels

RSW Plant

Fishing gear trials off Denmark

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Wishing every success to the

owners and crews of the Colmcille and the Westward Isle.

EK MARINE LTD

EK Marine Ltd were delighted to have been chosen to fulfill the contract of the design, manufacture and installation of the Winches, Cranes and Hose Reels for Killybegs Sea Foods new pelagic vessels the MFV “Colmcille” and MFV “Westward Isle”.

Said Managing Director, Eunan Kennedy: “Receiving this contract was a great boost to EK Marine Ltd. The highly skilled workforce that was needed to manufacture this equipment had to be expanded by ten to bring staffing levels at the Company to an all time high of forty seven employees.”

And he added: “The decision of KSF to award these contracts to local companies was greatly appreciated. These Vessels were designed and built by Vestvaerftet ApS, in Hvide Sande, Denmark.”

EK Marine Ltd’s scope of works

consists of the design, manufacture and commissioning of the following:

• 2 x EKM Split Trawl Winches – 25 Ton core line pull with level wind and a drum capacity of 1200 fathoms of 22mm wire

• 2 x EKM Single Net Drums - 12m3 capacity with 25 Ton core line pull

• 1 x EKM Top line Winch - 25 Ton core line pull

• 1 x EKM Tailline Winch - 25 Ton core line pull

• 1 x EKM Net Sounder Winch - 2.3 Ton core line pull with a capacity for 2500m of 12.4mm wire

• 1 x EKM Anchor / Tuna Winch – Single Drum

• 1 x EKM Hydraulic Hose Reel - 2 Ton pull with a capacity for 80mtrs of 1 ½” & 1 ¼” hydraulic hose

• 1 x EKM Fish Pump Hose Reel - 3 Ton pull with a capacity for 61mtrs of 14” heavy duty lay flat hose

• 1 x EKM Knuckle Boom Landing Crane - Lifting capacity of 2.5 Ton at 9mtrs and capable of 360 degree continuous slewing, equipped with 2.5 Ton winch, and radio remote control

• 1 x EKM Power Block Crane - Lifting capacity of 2.2 Ton at 6mtrs and capable of 360 degree continuous slewing equipped with 2 .5 Ton winch, 28” W sheave power block head and radio remote control custom designed for both net handling and fish pumping over the stern

• 1 x Hydraulic System which includes a wheelhouse control system for the winches and fish pump together with a EKM wire length monitoring system

The deck equipment was manufactured by EK Marine Ltd in their facility at Roshine, Killybegs, Co Donegal and transported to the shipyard in Denmark for installation. The hydraulic systems were installed by EK Marine Ltd’s team of experienced Engineers over a period of 15 weeks for both vessels.

Roshine, Killybegs, Co Donegal - W: www.ekmarine.ie

T: 353 74 9741683 F: 353 74 9741686 E: info@ekmarine.ie

Congratulations and every success to the owners and crew of The Westward Isle & Colmcille on your new vessels

Main Winch

Stern Gantry

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PROMARA LTD

Noel O’Regan of Promara Ltd has been closely involved with these vessels from the first sketches. He looked after the Owners’ interests throughout the build and helped the project to run smoothly through design, construction and delivery. Noel has been promoting and researching the concept of the Green Trawler for some years. He has argued for a long time that we have been building inefficient and fuel hungry trawlers for years. Noel tank-tested a typical Irish vessel alongside a new concept design to highlight the advancements in moderrn hull design.

The arguments were not new and there were no surprises for Naval Architects when tank-testing was completed at Southampton University except perhaps in the extent of the fuel savings available. The removal of the deep square transom dragging in the water, improvement to water-flow along the hull and to the propeller along with proper

alignment of bilge keels all combined to reduce resistance and improve efficiency. The quest for efficiency continues in these new vessels.

The principles of the Green Trawler were applied and the Maritime Research Institute Netherlands, MARIN, was asked to assess the hull shape, using

the latest in Computerised Fluid Dynamics (CFD) to fine-tune the hulls’ curves.The green trawler paper is available on www.promara.ie.

Colmcille

Westward Isle Electrical control board

Cabin Helm station