Noyo Trawler Design

Rennie Delceppo Marsaskala, MALTA 8th February 2003 Dear Barry, As promised in my recent e-mail to you, I have gone through loads of pictures and pleasant memories and here, at last, are some pictures showing my Noyo Trawler \"Freya\" being built, launched and used. I have numbered each picture for easy reference. I fancied the Noyo way back in 1987 when I had got a copy of your marine design catalogue. What struck me most was the fact that it is a sturdy and very economical boat. These two factors made me choose this particular design and I can confirm that it both statements are correct. On quite a few occasions these past 9 years I have gone out in force 6 waves with \"Freya\", seeing less seaworthy boats stay in harbour. My father and I started building the boat in September 1990 and by March 1991 the hull was ready up to the lower sheer clamp. Then we turned it to its proper side. The turning was done manually. I put used tyres on the ground and turned the boat\'s shipside on them. Then two planks against the wall and when the deadwood hit the planks, the boat started sliding deadwood downwards and upper sheer upwards, (Maybe it is possible to see this in the picture). The came the laborious work on the interior, which took us another two and a half years to finish. Inside there is a roomy wheelhouse, a toilet & sink, a kitchenette as well as 4 berths and a spacious cockpit. I also managed to fit the boat with a steadying sail, which I have found very useful. All the work, including the fifting of the Perkins A236 engine, (which I had altered for marine use), was done by myself. I had bought one of your books called \"Inboard Installations\", which was of tremendous help to me. I did all the metalwork myself, including windows made of aluminium with laminated glass for safety; stainless steel hollow rudder, stainless steel fuel tanks plus a stainless anchor roller. Well, the boat performs beautifully and it is a real pleasure to go out when the sea is bit choppy. You can really feel that you are on board a sturdy and seaworthy boat, and this gives me great peace of mind when at sea. Needless to say, \"Freya\" is the pastime of the whole family, a pleasure we would not have known if it was not for Glen-L!

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