NEWS RELEASE - FOR IMMEDIATE PUBLICATION
July 30, 1996
JMC File No. 95045
Subject: Dennis Deaver Takes Delivery of F/V PACIFIC SUN, a Major Rebuilding Designed by Jensen Maritime Consultants
Jensen Maritime Consultants, Inc. (JMC) has recently completed the design for a major rebuilding of the PACIFIC SUN, a 121′ x 36′ fishing vessel. The Seattle naval architecture firm designed the modifications to the vessel for Dennis Deaver of Richmond, California. Fred Wahl Marine Construction, Reedsport, Oregon delivered the vessel to the Owner in July 1996.
The contract for construction was signed in October 1995, and the rebuilt PACIFIC SUN delivered in July of this year from Fred Wahl’s facility. It should be noted however, that the PACIFIC SUN did not arrive at the shipyard until March 20, giving only 4 months time in the shipyard. This short schedule was accomplished by advance prefabrication of several structural sections, most notably the new aft hull body and the pilot house.
The PACIFIC SUN was launched in 1979 as a 98′ x 24′ Bender crabber, and after many years of hard work in the Alaskan crab fisheries, Dennis Deaver decided it was time to upgrade. Two alternatives were considered. The first was to sell the PACIFIC SUN and build a new larger vessel and the second was to rebuild the PACIFIC SUN.
New construction would have been chosen, except that the PACIFIC SUN already had a fishing permit for the limited access crab fisheries in Alaska. If Deaver sold the vessel without the permit in order to transfer fishing rights to a new vessel, the PACIFIC SUN would have little resale value. Herein lies the reason for choosing the rebuilding option.
Having made a decision to rebuild, Deaver worked with Jensen Maritime Consultants to essentially design a new vessel around the existing hull, or what was left of it. During the course of the project, the aft hull body was detached at the aft engine room bulkhead, the forepeak detached at the collision bulkhead, and the pilot house detached at the foc’sle deck.
If that’s not enough, the entire propulsion system, two auxiliary generator sets, most hull piping systems, and the accommodations joiner work were removed. Obviously, very little of the existing boat remained.
Dennis Deaver’s fishing permit allowed the PACIFIC SUN to be lengthened by not more than 20 percent of the original length, but did not set limits on hull breadth and depth. So the original vessel dimensions of 101′ LOA x 24′ B x 11.7′ D were replaced by a vessel of 121′ LOA x 36′ B x 12.3′ D. In this process the fish hold capacity was doubled and the crab pot carrying capacity was tripled.
To accomplish this, the project required adding a new aft hull body, a new forepeak section, new sponsons outboard of the remaining hull section, and a new raised pilot house. The new aft hull body contains a refrigeration machinery space directly aft of the engine room, three floodable fish holds, a dry hold, a steering gear space, and numerous fuel oil tanks. The new sponsons outboard of the remaining hull section contain miscellaneous oil and water tanks below main deck and provided space to enlarge the existing foc’sle accommodations. The new forepeak section is about 3 feet longer and much higher than the original, providing better protection for the pilot house in heavy seas.
Major new machinery and systems are as follows:
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Argonaut Marine, Seattle performed the numerical control (NC) lofting for Fred Wahl in support of steel fabrication. Farwest Steel in Eugene, Oregon supplied the structural materials and plate cutting.
The new PACIFIC SUN particulars are as follows:
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