Prior to launch –
note the Tauranga tuck
Balsa core lay up
in a female mould
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coast each day, working some 170 rock lobster pots plus
30 red cod pots, and during the crab season, fishing in
amongst the beach surf for the paddle crabs. The new
design had to accommodate all these kinds of work.
Auckland boat designer Bob Salthouse was asked to
draw her lines. Many of his earlier designs were stretched
to meet the owners specific needs, but Allan went for
the shorter version because the beam to length would
still provide the load carrying capacity in a shorter vessel
that is best suited for local bar conditions, the prevailing
wave set, and shorter wave patterns experienced on this
part of the coast.
Boat builder Richard Taylor has always prided himself
on sailing on any of the boats he builds, even doing the
occasional stint working as a deckhand. Now, as the
owner of Careys Bay Slipways, his knowledge, combined
with Allan's fishing experience, formed a remarkable
design and specification team, one which included the
combined knowledge of all the staff at the yard to make
sure the entire project was completed smoothly and very
few hiccups were experienced in the build.
Truby King was laid up in glass matting and resin
in a female mould using a 19mm balsa core with
glassed plywood bulkheads and decks. The deckhouse
is constructed in marine alloy, as is Allan's other cray
boat, Sea Slave. This design is good for visibility, as the
relative angles of the windows assist in reducing the salt
residue and water sitting on the glass. Reverse sheer front
windows along with a nice eyebrow would perhaps have
better suited the vessel and provided a glare shade and a
greater feeling of space in the deckhouse, but Allan was
conscious of wind resistance potentially reducing speed.
From inside the deckhouse the crew and passengers
get a good all round view. Even when fisheries observers
are on board, they can monitor the catch on deck from
the comfort of the wheelhouse. The wide deckhouse
door provides easy access and rear deck visibility is
wonderfully clear for spotting floats behind the boat. It's
a perfect arrangement for a minimal crew working the
vessel. At the rear of the deckhouse the roof extension
(or veranda), offers protection from the elements for
the deckhand working the hauling gear. This was kept
somewhat shorter than would have been expected but
was done so that the main engine could be extracted
a hurry for serious repairs, to minimise down time in a
busy season.
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