We are thrilled with the news that Work Boat World has selected a recent Macduff Ship Design project as Crab boat of the year 2020. The 15m crabber has been delivered to her owners in Ireland following a successful build in Ha Long Shipyard in Vietnam. This is the second year running a vessel we have designed has won a ‘Best’ award from Work Boat World with the Scarpa Pathfinder being awarded Best Large Pilot Boat.

The full write up on the award can be found here.

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Macduff Ship Design is delighted to receive a collection of photographs from our client in America of his latest build. Michelle Marie’s first bulkhead was laid on the 11th of June 2020 and since then an intense self-build has seen the vessel already launched and hauling catch. The owner has reported that the vessel is performing well so far including in large seas and wind, and described the project as a great success.

We pride ourselves in successfully designing a whole range of vessels in size and purpose, please don’t hesitate to get in touch if you want to discuss a project.

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Macduff Ship Design is pleased to announce the handover of the ‘JACQUELINE ANNE FR 243’, to owner Adam Tait and his two sons Adam and Jonathan. Built by Macduff Ship Yard, this new vessel replaces their previous fishing boat of the same name, which was built by the yard only seven years ago in 2013. She is intended to fish around the coast of Scotland, predominately in the North Sea.

JACQULINE ANNE shares the same hull form as the CRYSTAL SEA which was handed over earlier in the year and features a hull form developed by Macduff Ship Design which evolved from previous 24.00 m model with modifications made to reduce hull resistance and improve fuel efficiency. CFD technology was used at the early stage to measure the resistance of the proposed new hull against the previous design and to identify areas where further improvements could be made. Following this, the hull form was finalised and faired virtually by Macduff Ship Design who then produced a detailed set of kit construction plans and produced the stability data upon completion of the build. The steel kit was cut in house and the vessel was fabricated between the yards two sites with the steel modules being fabricated in Macduff and then shipped to Buckie where the hull was assembled, engineered and fully fitted before carrying out sea and fishing in the Moray Firth.

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