After three months of DTI work the good ship Sapphire II finally makes it to sea and a much relieved skipper sees her make a full trip - nice one Mike!
Twelve cylinders drive the main shaft...
in the hugely spacious engine room...
even has two tiers of steps to get in and out...
the emergency exit from the engine room...
two generations of skippers...
down below in the accommodation
stairway to heaven, well up to the deck from the accommodation anyway...
their are winch controls for the twin net drums on the stern...
the boat spent many years twin-rigging after a career start pair-trawling...
and even a skipper's bunk which makes for a useful store...
offset to starboard - why? - the boat was built as the port-side member of a pair-team built to order
out on the main deck, two huge hoppers take the fish from the cod ends
as seen from the skipper's view in the wheelhouse...
and the view the fish have going down the conveyor to the fishroom...
the starboard 10 metre gear...
and the view to the top!