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MAY 2015 The Skipper
‘Catherine R’ Extension At Mooney
Boats Ltd On Time And On Budget
By Tony O’Callaghan
Following lengthening and major
refurbishment at Mooney Boats
Ltd., Killybegs, the Greencastle
R” (SO956) was back at sea in
Rawdon, declared himself well
just 12 weeks to complete and came
in on time and on budget.
be lengthened at Mooney Boats Ltd
The work undertaken involved the
addition of 3.68 metres to the vessel
and providing additional working
area in the forward shelter deck as
and handling of boxes. Additional
space was also provided in the
galley, a work room was added and
a more spacious crew changing
area.
On arrival to Killybegs, the
pressure test and serviced. It
was charged with refrigerant and
commissioned. In addition, the
serviced and tested. KER Group
stages of the project, KER Group
continued success in the future.
hold and calculated the size of the
evaporator required.
KER Group manufactured the
evaporator from seamless stainless
steel pipe in sections and TIG
welded it on board the vessel. The
refrigeration system was then
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While in Killybegs, Barry
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The Skipper MAY 2015
Mooney Boats Ltd.
The vessel was built in Macduff
shipyard in 2003 as the
rigged trawler, with a 7 meter
beam and a draft of 4.5 meters
and was originally designed for
Scotland. She was bought by
of 2013 as a replacement for the
sold because of quota pressures.
see how she handled but the plan
all along was to lengthen her”, he
said. Before the extension work,
the vessel was 22.68 metres LOA
with a seven-metre beam and a
draft of 4.5 metres. She is rated at
537kW (720 hp).
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The WASSP multibeam
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the latest model, a new 3Kw
The structural drawings for the
extension work were provided
by Marine Design International
of Glasgow, who designed the
original vessel for Macduff.
transducer was installed along
handling systems”, explained Lee
Mooney.
net monitoring system was
upgraded to dual distance and
geometry of the net to improve
As well as lengthening the vessel,
operation and new monitors were
installed on the aft console.
improve stability. The gantry
height was raised by half a metre
and the towing blocks by a metre.
and new rollers added.
out the painting and the carpets
Mountcharles. All the other work
on the vessel was carried out by
The bottom of the vessel was
sand-blasted and re-painted
as was the external area of the
CONGRATULATIONS TO
REFRIGERATION
WELDING / FABRICATION
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MAY 2015 The Skipper
Owner Cara Rawdon and skipper Barney Murray.
As well as being fully tested
on completion of the work, the
vessel received her four-year code
the other contractors was tip-top.
The whole experience has been a
pleasure.”
storage area, which will have
immediate implications for safer
pleased with the way this project
has gone and we would hope that
this will encourage other vessel
owners to come to us to carry out
similar work in the future.”
done by Mooney Boats Ltd and
is the fact that the new layout
will allow boxes to be stacked
six high, which is the ideal for
discharging. Previously, boxes
had to be stacked eight or nine
high, leading to extra work on
discharging to re-arrange them in
sixes.
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