Stark Bros - 17m Fishing Trawler

FV Endeavour, designed and built by Stark Bros of NZ in 2016, at 17.2m and 125 tonnes, it continues with the Stark Family traditions of commercial fishing boats designed, built, operated, repaired and maintained to the highest standard by the Stark Family of Lyttelton, NZ since 1967. The capabilities and presentation of this 3 year old vessel will impress. Built in ABS Grade A steel plate over shipbuilding bulb flat ( Holland Profile) frames for strength and paint performance, it is obviously above spec for a 17m boat and built to last. Fitted with Stability Wings, it is a stable platform for crew comfort and fishing operations. With all the necessary fishing electronics to catch fish in a wide range of conditions and to then maximise the value of fresh fish, while utilising a CPP and Steerable nozzle to maximise bollard pull and minimise fuel consumption. From the echo sounder, Marport net and trawl door monitors, 2 net rollers and good trawl winches, a conveyor from deck pound to sorting table inside the shelter deck, carrying 580 bins in the refrigerated hold, with the onboard Salt Water Ice maker, this vessel is fully self-contained with its own unloading derrick to land fish from the hold directly to the wharf or truck. It is currently fishing, but due to additional vessels joining the Stark Family fleet, it is now being marketed for sale.

Specification
Type of craft: Stern Trawler
In Survey to: NZ Offshore Fishing Vessel 200nm
Design Water Length: 16.73m

Other details
Phone: Ericson W35 cellular voice/data terminal
Net Rollers: Stark Bros - 1 x Main, and
1 x spare net roller, c/w Staffa HMB125 motors
Fish Hold: 53 cubic metres capacity
Paint: International Paints
Lube Oil Capacity: 500 litres
Waste Water Capacity: 100 litres
Hydraulic Oil Capacity: 1850 litres

Key points of interest from the owners
TheFV Endeavour was launched on 30.8.2016 so is only nearing 3 years of age.
TheFV Endeavour is in survey with SGS M&I and is surveyed as an NZ Offshore Fishing Vessel ( to 200nm offshore ), it is also within the MOSS system with MNZ and is fully compliant in all aspects of safe vessel operation.
The owners run a relatively comprehensive set of spreadsheets which track Weekly Servicing / Maintenance Worklist / Safety Equipment / Parts Lists. The Weekly Servicing is tracked with each item assigned an hourly interval for servicing, enabling a weekly service list to be generated based on the engine hours.
Obviously the catch value and quantity achieved by a fishing vessel is dependent on the skipper, the area it fishes and also the catch plan and ACE available, so it is difficult to make comparisons as to the quantity of fish we catch vs the quantity of fish another operator might catch with it. However as a guide, the FV Endeavour catches about 1200 tonnes of fish per year, operation has so far averaged about 6200 hours a year, and it fishes with Skipper and 2 or 3 crew - each skipper fishes 2 weeks on / 2 weeks off, with crew also rostered on/off.
We believe this length vessel 17m and 125 tonnes displacement is ideally suited to the NZ coast and many other international fisheries and straddles the inshore / middle depth fishery extremely well. It will carry 580 standard sized plastic bins in the fish hold stacked 9 bins high, which is refrigerated with cold wall panels, as well using flake ice from the onboard salt water ice maker.
The FV Endeavour has a variable pitch propeller, providing the maximum benefit in fuel efficiency possible.
The FV Endeavour has a Bollard Pull of 8 tonnes which is impressive for a vessel of her size.
The vessel has an average of 39 litres fuel used per engine hour over the past 2 years.
SeaBoats is very pleased to be offering this pedigree fishing vessel due to the owner's rationalising their fishing fleet. Some other vessels in their fleet are also available. More details are available on request.