METHODS OF FISHING 21 



Immediately forward of the bridge on deck is the powerful steam 

 winch used for shooting and hauling the fishing gear. This winch 

 usually weighs 8 or 9 tons, and has two large drums, each capable 

 of holding from 1000 to 1500 fathoms of steel warp. The main deck 

 forward of the winch is divided into pounds by boards about 2 ft. 

 high, and into these the fish are emptied out of the net, sorted out, 

 washed and gutted before being stowed away below in ice in the 

 fish-hold. In the larger trawlers a whaleback about 6 ft. high is 

 fitted right forward, serving as a cover for the steam windlass used 

 for heaving up the anchors, and also as a protection for men working 

 on deck, as the rounded form of the whaleback throws off any heavy 

 water and keeps the deck comparatively dry. 



The earlier steam trawlers were from about 85 to 100 ft. long, 

 and were fitted with compound engines of low power, the bunker 

 capacity being from 50 to 70 tons, and the fish-carrying capacity 

 from 15 to 20 tons. To-day the steam trawler may be anything 

 from no to 175 ft. long and provided with triple-expansion engines. 

 Many of the larger vessels have a bunker capacity of 250 tons with 

 a fish-carrying capacity of from 50 to 60 tons. 



Longitudinal Section Through a Modern Deep-Sea Trawler 



(Illustration, p. 22) 



Total length, 160 ft. Length between perpendiculars, 148-5 ft. 

 Greatest breadth (frame), 23 ft. Draught, 13I ft. 



Explanation of plan 



I. Wheelhouse. 2. Captain's cabin. 3. Collision bulkhead. 



4. Crew's quarters. 5. Store for gear, nets, etc. 6. Chain locker. 

 7. Fish-pounds (on deck). 8. Fish-hold. 9. Cross bunker (for coal). 

 10. Main bunker. 11. Passage to bunker. 12. Steam-winch. 13. 

 Stokehold. 14. Lifeboat. 15. Triple expansion engines (650 in- 

 dicated h.p.). 16. Bathroom. 17. Mate's quarters. 18. Dining- 

 room and berths for engineers. 19. Storeroom. 



A Modern Steam Trawler 

 Plan of arrangements on and below deck 



I. On deck. — i. Winch. 2. Hatches. 3. Gallows. 4. Bollards. 



5. Fish-pounds. 6. Steam-winch (for trawl). 7. Blocks. 8. Ofiicers' 

 messroom. 9. Galley. 10. Ventilators. 11. Funnel. 12. Bimker- 

 hatches. 13. Engine-room skylight. 14. Bathroom. 15. Mate's 

 cabin. 16. Lifeboat. 



II. Below deck. — i. Collision bulkhead. 2. Crew's quarters. 

 3. Storeroom. 4. Iceroom. 5. Fish-hold. 6. Reserve coal bunker. 

 7. Main bunker. 8. Side bunkers. 9. Stokehold. 10. Main pump. 



