M/S Blamasen | Shore Crabbing Boat
The M/S Blåmåsen
The M/S Blåmåsen, hereby referred to as the "ship", was a vessel originally purposed as a "Krabbenkutter", registered out of a German port.As the years wore on, the ship wore down, until it was in such a state of disrepair that it was going to be sold for scrap or refitting. A small upstart in Norway had seen a listing for a "Krabbenkutter" and figured: "A crab ship, for so cheap? I must buy this". However, upon seeing the vessel, he was sorely mistaken. The ship was indeed not a CRAB ship, exactly. None the less, he owned the ship, and got to work. After quite a bit of refitting, it was finally a real crabbing ship - even if it was a bit shore-bound.
Basic Info
Mass: 5280
Cost: $52,097
LxWxHxDraft (13.75 m, 5.25 m, 13.25 m, 1.75 m)
Top Speed: 10 Kn.
Fuel: 2437 Liters
Engine: Six Cylinder Diesel | Supercharged
Cooler Space for 297 Crabs
Amenities:
- LORAN-C
- Depth Sounder
- Radio
- Radar (I tried)
- Engine room
- Wheelhouse
- Radio Room
- Lots of decor
- Foghorn
- Dual chime horn for signaling
- 4 crab pots
Operation
Engine: Operating the engine is easy. Ensure all breakers are on (under wheelhouse counter), enter the engine, flip on the key for the engine and wait for the supercharger to build pressure. Once it reaches 2 on the air pressure dial, ignition will occur, and a low idle will be achieved. Engine may occasionally ignite again if idle for a very long time. Keep an eye on the temperature too. I haven't noticed an issue with it, but better safe than sorry.
Crane: The crane is also rather easy, I like to think. Pull a buoy onto deck, connect the crane to it and hoist it slightly into the air. Then, pull an electric cable out from the cable hatch, which sits in front of the cooler hatch. Connect the cable to the bottom of the buoy, then connect the buoy to a crab pot of your choosing. Use the pot-winch-block (mounted on the wheelhouse's external wall) to reel the pot up. Then, return to the crane control handle, swinging the pot to whichever side you would like to drop it, lower the crane and hook until the buoy is mostly submerged (taking care to keep the ship's center of gravity in mind), then once again return to the pot reeler. Lower the pot until it touches bottom - visible by your buoy raising in the water, and tension in the crane arm releasing. To pick up the crab pots, it should be rather self-explanatory. An important note is that 40M is the absolute max depth this ship can pick up pots from. I recommend dropping at a depth of 30M, and use caution while it's windy. Try keeping it pointed into the wind while idle. Tested up to 50% wind at 50M.
This was kind of rushed last-minute for Alistair's crab boat challenge. Not my best work, wish I could have put a radar on it. Oh well.
Oh and make sure to use your navlights and water lights and stuff.
AND USE HIGH PHYSICS!!!!! ROPES AND STABILIZERS WONT WORK RIGHT OTHERWISE!!!!!!
