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ProjectSecond FAO/Swedish training centre on small fishing boat design and construction. Entebbe, Uganda, 22-27 February 1971. 1972
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No results found.This document is the Report on the working papers and discussions presented at the Seminar for Fisheries Officers, which was held at Entebbe, Uganda, 22-27 February 1971 in connection with the Second FAO/Swedish Training Centre on Small Fishing Boat Design and Construction, from 11 February to 6 March 1971, sponsored by the Swedish International Development Authority. The Seminar for Fisheries Officers was held at the Fisheries Training Institute, Entebbe, with 37 participants from Kenya, Nige ria, Sudan, Uganda, FAO and Industry. The objective was to bring together fishery Officers and people from the industry on a regional basis, to discuss mutual problems in small boat development and mechanization. Eighteen papers on various aspects of fishing boat development in the Lake Victoria region were presented. The discussions were recorded. The presented edited version of the working papers and discussion contains sixteen papers under these headings: - Session I Economic and soci al factors in boat development - Session II Materials for boat construction - Session III Engines for small fishing craft - Session IV Boatyards and boatbuilding - Section V Financing boat development - Session VI Future development -
ProjectReport on the Training course in small fishing boat construction. Freetown, Sierra Leone, 24 September - 14 December 1979 1980
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No results found.This report summarizes the activities of the Training Course in Small Fishing Boat Construction, held at the Fisheries Department Boatyard, Freetown, Sierra Leone, from 24 September to 14 December 1979, with the joint support of the Fisheries Division of the Ministry of Natural Resources, Sierra Leone, and the FAO/Denmark Government Cooperative Programme. The course was attended by 21 participants from eight African countries and was directed by the Master Boatbuilder from the Fisheries Divisi on and an FAO Consultant as Co-director, assisted by two full-time FAO consultants. Technical and administrative support was provided by the Fisheries Department, Rome, with cooperation from the FAO Representatives Office, Freetown. The objective was to upgrade the skills of the participants selected from private and government boatbuilding enterprises who already possessed a considerable degree of practical experience, in order to enable them to produce improved wooden boats of various types , and to disseminate their experience and skills amongst their immediate colleagues in their home countries. It was concluded from the participants’ continued interest and positive feedback that the course not only met its immediate objectives, but also indicated the need for further distinct courses, for both the artisanal level and a somewhat higher level. Emphasis during the course was placed on practical aspects of boatbuilding but during construction, related theory lessons were also orga nized each week. Three vessels were constructed during the course: one 9.07 m. flat-bottomed beach landing craft of planked lapstrake construction, one 8.7 m. V-bottom boat of seam batten planked construction and one 10.26 m. V-bottom trawler/seiner. The latter vessel, being larger than could be completely finished in the time span of the course, was intended to be outfitted by the Fisheries Division which would then employ it for their exploratory fishing programme and would use it as a m odel for further local constructions in the boatyard. -
Book (series)Fishing boat designs: 2. V-bottom boats of planked and plywood construction (Rev.2) 2004
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Timber remains the most common material for the construction of boats under 15 metres in length. There has been a change towards fibre-reinforced plastic in most developed countries and some developing countries but, in Africa, Asia and the Pacific, probably more than 90 percent of small fishing vessels are built of wood. The cost advantage of timber versus other materials is still sufficient to ensure that it will remain the dominant boatbuilding material for a long time to come in developing c ountries. However, unrestricted or illicit access to forest resources and the introduction of rational forestry management policies have caused and will continue to cause a scarcity of the sections of timbers traditionally favoured by boatbuilders. The resultant scarcity and high cost of good quality timber have not meant that less wooden boats are being built, but rather that vessel quality has deteriorated through the use of inferior timber and inadequate design strength. This updated and completely revised publication supersedes Revision 1 of FAO Fisheries Technical Paper 134 published in 1997. It follows an exhaustive study on structural timber design applied to wooden boat construction. The publication includes the designs of four small fishing vessels (from 5.2 to 8.5 metres), with comprehensive material specifications and lists, and provides detailed instructions for their construction, both planked and of plywood. The designs are appropriate for inshore and coastal fisheri es and emphasis has been placed on relative ease of construction and minimum wastage of timber.
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