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FV Maenas - Commercial Crab Boat

• 12 x Smart crab Pots (64 capacity) with remote monitoring
  
• 4 x Large standard Pots (64 capacity)
  
• One man operation with gantry crane for Pot & Buoy loading
  
• Huge capacity onboard hold

Powered by a closed cycle steam piston engine producing no emissions with a top speed of 40 Knots.
A Medium sized commercial Crab and Lobster boat with reasonable speed and manoeuvrability for its size and weight.
Designed for single man operation with Tipper operator having access to ships movement for setting and retrieving.
Over 1000 crab for the full 16 pots run, more than 15k onboard capacity.
Each Pot requires loading onto the tipper, Buoy loaded on top and connected together by cable.
Max Pot depth can be doubled to ~80m using the couplers.

1. Use Gantry Crane to pick up Pot and load onto Tipper then disconnect.
   
2. Re-use Gantry Crane to pick up a Buoy and place on top of pot, can disconnect or leave connected in high seas.
   
3. Leave Tipper helm and connect Cable between Pot Winch and Buoy Winch. For deeper casts, connect coupler between pot winch and buoy winch.
   
4. Arm Buoy, auto spooling out winches. When using couplers, manually stack on pot or throw overboard.
   
5. Return to Tipper operator helm and tip pot overboard.
   
6. Arm 'Ship Control' panel and use to manoeuvre ship to next pot drop location in the string.
   
7. Buoy Slack can be adjusted on the Pot data system by selecting the Pot id and adjusting winch length.

Tips:
'Master Power' switch (Located top Right of bridge) must be turned on for any non emergency equipment to work.
Boiler can be run without issue or management indefinitely, so no need to turn off.
Everything is labelled on the helms.

Credits for MC's used:
MadMikePro for the the Weather monitor / Stability Control
Zizo for the Auto Pilot / Fish Finder / Radar & Sonar / Depth Finder / Beacon Locator
Qtan for the Radio