Newfoundlanders Building Fibreglass with Cummins Power

Two Newfoundland fishermen chose fibreglass hulls and Cummins power for new boats launched this past June. Both men opted for Model KTA-19 M-1 engines generating 500 hp.

"Sea Gypsy Enterprise"

Laurie Sullivan, of Calvert, put his engine in a 50X21-foot hull. Coupled to a Twin Disc 4.51:1 reduction gear the engine swings a 54X48-inch wheel. Sullivan, whose last boat was a 45X17-footer, says of the new boat, "I went for the more powerful engine to pull my scallop dredge. We're towing two 12-foot rakes with six two-foot buckets on each."

The hull for the boat, a new version of the famous Cape Island type, comes out of Hubbie's Boatbuilders', Clarks Harbour, Nova Scotia yard where the Atkinson family has been building boats since 1907. "This is the first hull out of my expanded mold," says third generation builder Herbert Atkinson. With the increased dimensions, Atkinson calculates a 100,000 pound hold capacity.

Sullivan brought his hull home to Newfoundland by truck and ferry before installing the engine and finishing the boat. On his first day-trip with his new boat, the "Sea Gypsy Enterprise" he put in 600 pounds of scallop meat which he delivered for just under $7.00 (Canadian) per pound. "That's not bad for starting off with everything new," he said of his shake-down trip.

For further information on the "Sea Gypsy Enterprise" contact:

OWNER: Laurie Sullivan
Phone: 709 432-2428 Fax: 709 432-2597

BUILDER: Hubert Atkinson
Hubbie's Boatbuilders
Clarks Harbour, Nova Scotia, Canada
Phone: 902-745-3356

"Michael Mariner"

Further up the east coast at Port De Grave, Wayne Morgan launched what he understands is the biggest fibreglass hull in Atlantic Canada. The 65-foot Michael Mariner is from a design by Poseidon Marine out of the T.W.L. Enterprises Ltd. Shipyard in Trinity Bay. With an 11-foot draft and a 22-foot beam this a heavily build boat with additional fibreglass "timbering" for ice strengthening. As with Laurie Sullivan's boat, the KTA19 M1 engine, turning a 60X50-inch wheel, will deliver 500 hp for scallop and a wide range of other fisheries. "I've seen years when we fished nothing but cod on the north east coast, but now flexibility is the answer," says Morgan, who will trap crab, trawl shrimp, drag skate and bottom gillnet for turbot. This latter fisher will employ up to eighty 50X4-fathom nets fished in depths of 400 to 600 fathoms. The hold on the new boat is insulated on the deckhead only, as the cold North Atlantic waters negate the need for hull side insulation.

Wayne's boat has Cummins/Onan gensets, a 66hp 25 KW and a 14 KW auxiliary. Wheelhouse electronics are from Canadian Marconi in St. John's. Delivery of the Michael Mariner, fully rigged and ready to fish, is slated for July 18.

For additional information on the "Michael Mariner" contact:

OWNER Wayne A. Morgan
P.O. BOX 121
Port De Grave, NF.
A0A 3J0
Phone 709 786 6160 Fax 709 786 0597
E-mail: waynemorgan@nf.sympatico.ca

DESIGNER POSEIDON MARINE
Phone: 709 739 4321

BUILDER T.W.L. ENTERPRISES LTD.
TRINITY, TRINITY BAY NF.
Phone: 709 464 3507

ELECTRONICS: CANADIAN MARCONI
ST. JOHN'S, NF Phone: 709 726 2422

ENGINES FOR BOTH BOATS SUPPLIED BY:

Harris Mosdell
Cummins Diesel
122 Clyde Ave.
Donovans Industrial Park
Phone:709 747-0176
Mount Pearl, Newfoundland
Fax: 709 747-2283
A1N 4S3

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