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VESSEL REVIEW: Family-owned Mulroy Bay Mussels of County Donegal in Ireland recently welcomed a new harvesting boat into service. 'Lena Quinn' was built by Donegal-based company Seabound Engineering to a design developed by neighbouring naval architecture firm Atlantek Maritime in close consultation with Mulroy Bay Mussels co-owner Johnny Wilhare. The newbuild has all-aluminium construction, a length of 16 metres (52 feet), a beam of 6.8 metres (22 feet), a draught of only 0.5 metre (1.6 feet), and a crew of four. The vessel adopts a double-chined displacement catamaran design while the wheelhouse is placed aft to provide 84 square metres (900 square feet) of working deck space. The vessel utilises a ballast system with two forward and two midship tanks for lowering itself into the water prior to harvesting mussels, for improving stability when transporting deck cargo, and for assisting with heel trim during towing. Full article link in comments.

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