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Ship & Boat Building

Cygnus Marine Delivers Irish Twins

01 Mar 2004

Warm autumn weather saw the first Typhoon 42 s from Cygnus Marine launched in festivities at their home port of Portaleen in Co Donegal. The boats for fishermen Eddie Doherty ( Lady Nuala ) and Danny Farren ( Atlantic Jem ) were built under the fleet development programme of the BIM/Irish Sea Fisheries Board , with the hulls constructed at the Cygnus Marine yard in Penryn, Cornwall UK then delivered to McDonalds Boatyard inGreencastle for outfitting and completion.

The Typhoon 42 twins draw a crowd at launch ceremonies in Portaleen, Co Donegal.

Intended for hard commercial lives, mainly potting, the craft will work up to 1,400 pots each and feature a protected hauling position, gunwales roller for ease of handling, stainless hauler protection panel on the starboard shoulder, stainless gunwales and self-shooting transom door.

Wreck fishing using jigging machines is a planned future activity.

The newbuilds are powered by the new Volvo Penta D12 engine driving through Twin Disc 2/1 gearboxes and are capable of speeds up to 20 knots.

MJ Information No: 19236

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