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An up-to-the-minute take on a very traditionally styled Scottish trawler, this vessel was designed for a very experienced owner who operates in a very challenging part of the world. The trawler is brutally efficient but manages to combine that with a certain elegance.

"We have been working with our sister shipyard and Wolfson Unit at Southampton University for a number of years to improve fishing vessel hull forms,” Macduff Ship Design Managing Director Ian Ellis told Baird Maritime. “This has been driven by three main factors: environmental factors, economic factors, and crew comfort."

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