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A LEGACY
The Stark brothers Andrew, Cameron
and Tim, and their Uncle Ralph, run two
operations from their base in Lyttelton: the
ship and boatbuilding operation Stark Bros
Ltd most of us have heard of and, their
fishing company, Ocean Fisheries.
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tark Brothers general plan is to build and
operate four boats for Ocean Fisheries Ltd,
with a moderately continuous programme
of replacement for the boats of their fleet,
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with the newest addition being the next build for Stark
Bros. The latest Legacy is part of that programme, and the
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designs for her replacement are already being finalised.
The Ocean Fisheries fleet consists of four boats: three
"big" steel boats for the mid-depth inshore fishing, and the
smaller 13.5 metre Nessie J, a kauri timber boat for shallower
inshore waters. There's always a kauri timber boat being
built in the shed as part of the replacement programme, as
these builds provide a great, basic training ground for their
up and coming apprentices at Stark Bros.
The big steel boat programme is an opportunity
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Tim, Cameron
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Stark
for evolution in their designs, as they have made
improvements in every model that has come off the slip.
They did a bit of tweaking between Jubilee and Legacy,
but they must have got it fairly right for Legacy because
the hull of newest boat on the drawing board is as close
to that of Legacy's as it is possible to be.
Legacy is a 16.8m steel fishing trawler one frame longer
than their previous design and build, Jubilee. She has a
fixed nozzle and a blade rudder rather than a steerable
