Vessel

Farm Services Vessel

The VIU Trades is welding a new work boat that will service the Deep Bay Field Station Research and Training Shellfish Farm. Please read our recent press release about the collaboration between the CSR and the Welding Program. The vessel and the aluminum boat building program appeared in Western Mariner Magazine, September 2008, in the article "Aluminum Trainees Build Cat Workboat."

This 39 foot catamaran aluminum workboat will have a small crane on board for servicing shellfish rafts and be used for farming, training, and research purposes. It will be operated by staff and students and the principle design requirements are to provide a safe and stable working platform. It’s not going to win any races or beauty contests but it is going to be highly functional!