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In a blow like that it would be better to curl up with the wife.
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Heavy, stable trawler taking the weather with virtually no pitching or rolling. He is at a good clip tho. I'm in the USA but your video made me feel like I was there. Enjoyed it twice.
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Brixham beam trawler BM188 Lloyd Tyler leaving Brixham harbour and crossing Torbay on its way to Torquay, in a North North Westerly breeze gusting in excess of 80mph on Wednesday 9th March 2016
A few years I made a study of the cutwater designs and the flare at the bows including the bow angle for fishing small vessels from Scotland, England, Greece, Sicily Greece and Malta. It seems that the design chosen fits the sea sailed on. The Mediterranean people like a lot of flare at the bows but this causes large accelerations and one cannot work on the front deck .
I think the British MFV that I saw at the NE coast around Newcastle with the little flare they have as this one in the video, the bows do not accelerate up too fast and it calls for a comfortable ride. The old reliable Gardner engines were nice to look at ane hear working, I personally do not like high revvving modern engines.
Every sea vessel has a character, but I prefer a little of the yesteryear era with some wood trimmings and the old smell of the ropes.