Looking to replace their older vessel with a newbuild offering more capacity and greater comfort, Icelandic fishing company Blakksnes earlier this year took delivery of new longliner Hulda GK-17, built by Trefjar. The 12.50 metre, 6.70 metre breadth Hulda departs from the usual pattern of the yard's Cleopatra designs, notably with the significantly greater than usual beam, while remaining within the 30gt limitation for Iceland’s hook and line fishery management regime. The design was developed withRadgardur. and while based on the conventional Cleopatra layout, some sections have been completely redesigned. “The bow section is based on an existing mould and is much the same as the standard boats, but the demands of working with such a broad hullmean that the underwater section of the hull has been completely remodelled so that Hulda performs well when pushing into the weather or operating in a following sea,"saidTrefjar'sHogni Bergthorsson.
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