Amanda Of Ladram
NETTER
About
Amanda of LADRAM
The first newbuild netter of this size to join the UK fleet for more than fifteen years. The new netter operates from Newlyn, designed to fish for hake, as well as turbot, monk and mixed fish. Skipper John Walsh has a crew of six, many of which have sailed with him for over 20 years.
Designed by Ian Paton at SC MacAllister, Amanda of Ladram has an overall length of 20.40 metres, a moulded breadth of 7.70 metres and a moulded depth of 4.06 metres, and the hull has a round bilge design with a transom stern, a bulbous bow and soft nose stem. The steel hull is topped by an aluminium aft wheelhouse. The full-length shelterdeck and the mast are also fabricated in aluminium.
Vessel Stats
METHOD: Netter
REGISTERED PORT: Padstow
HOME PORT: Newlyn
PORT LETTERS: PW6
OVERALL LENGTH: 20.40m
BREADTH: 7.7m
YEAR OF BUILD: 2021
CREW SIZE: 6
AREA FISHED: Area 7 / SW Approaches
FISH CAUGHT: Hake, Monkfish, Turbot, Cod, Haddock, Pollock, other mixed fish
A Thistlelift MFB8 crane is mounted on the shelterdeck for landing Amanda of Ladram’s catches. The layout places the 500-box capacity fish room with its Geneglace icemaker forward, with the engine room amidships and accommodation for up to ten crew and passengers aft, along with the compartment for the Wills Ridley steering gear.
At main deck level the hauling position is on the starboard side, with a Spencer Carter hauler arranged to swing into its working position as the hydraulic hatch opens. The catch handling hoppers and washer are located on the forward deck, with fishing gear taken aft through a channel leading under the wheelhouse on the port side.
The superstructure amidships contains the galley, mess area, washroom and oilskin store. Fifteen net pounds are arranged under the aft shelterdeck, with capacity to hold all of Amanda of Ladram’s trammel and gill net gear. A John Leach net flaking system capable of traversing in any direction runs on rails above the pounds to place the Net-Op net flaker where required.
Amanda of Ladram’s main engine is a Volvo Penta D16MH, powering the 2300mm diameter, controllable pitch, four-bladed propeller via a Nogva Heimdal CPP-HG389S reduction gearbox. This produced a 10-knot service speed on sea trials. The bow thruster is a Kort KT90.
The main engine is used solely for propulsion and the twin Volvo Penta D5A-BTA gensets, each developing 100KvA, are run alternately to provide power for Amanda of Ladram’s energy requirements.
The wheelhouse systems have been supplied by Echomaster Marine, with a selection of AG Neovo 22-inch and 19-inch displays for the electronics and an E-Logbook PC. The fishfinder is a Hondex HDX-121 Black box chartplotter/echo-sounder with dual 50 and 200kHz frequencies and seabed mapping. The plotters are an Olex 3D seabed chartplotter with AIS and HT modules, and a Maxsea Timezero, supplied to Waterdance by Globe Marine, with PBG and AIS modules.
