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Naar Lodderne kom op. haledes Bugten af Touget
ind til Loddebroen. hvor Vægten blev afstukken. Et godt
Mærke paa. at Skraben havde været i Bund. var det. naar
Lodderne var overtrukne med Bundler. Naar Skraben
kom op. ihukedes et Takkel fra Gaffelen. og med dette
loftedes den ind over Agterdækket.
Bund skr åbning med Otier-Trawl. Naar man havde
faaet denne klar ud i Soen. saa at Otterne skar ud og
Nettet slæbte klart efter, foregik Operationerne som med
Skrabe. Apparatet var imidlertid vanskeligt at faa klart
til Bunds. Det behøvede en større Hastighed under
Skrab-ningen, tog ikke meget af Bunden mejd og kom ikke
sjælden uklart op. Det brugtes derfor efterhaanden mindre
og blev det sidste Aar .ganske fortrængt af Bom-Trawlen.
Bundskråbning med Bom-Trawl. Fra Agterdækket
løftedes Bom og Mejer ud over Rækken ved en .Tolle fra
Gaffelen. Denne Jolle var fastgjort med en Tærs til en
Strop paa Midten af Bommen. Dette gjordes, medens
Skibet havde fuld Fart forover. Naar Bommen var kommen
i den rette Stilling udenfor Rækken, standsedes Maskinen.
Nettet kastedes ud, og man rykkede Tærsen ud ved en
deri fastgjort Stjert, hvorefter Udfiringen af Skrabetouget
begyndte. De videre Manøvrer var de samme som med
Skraben, kun maatte P’arten under Skrabningen være
mindre. for at Trawlen skulde holde sig i Bund. En større
Fart antoges at være hensigtsmæssig til at fange Fiske og
anvendtes oftere en kortere Tid efter den egentlige
Bund-skrabnings Afslutning.
Naar Bomtrawlen kom op fuld af Bundler i hele
sin nedre Del. maatte særegne Foranstaltninger til for at
faa den ind paa Da^kket, dels paa Grund af dens Længde
dels paa Grund af dens Vægt, der var for stor til at dens
nedre Ende kunde løftes ind med Haandmagt. Den fyldte
Trawl havde Form af en Tragt, hvis Spids var udvidet til
en Kugle af en Meters (3 Fods) Diameter. I dette
Tilfælde sloges Stropper om selve Trawlnettet saa langt nede
som muligt, og i disse hukedes Talje fra Gaffelen. Naar
Trawlen med denne var løftet saavidt, at kun den nederste
kugleformede Del var i Vandet, liredes ned under denne
en "Indretning", bestaaende af en tyk .Jernring, indvendig
udforet med et meget stærkt Tougnet og som hang i 3
Ender, i hvilke man halede ombord under Indløftningen.
Denne Sikkerhedsindretning, hvis Hensigt nærmest var at
forhindre, at Trawlnettets nedre Ende skulde revne, naar
den kom ud af Vandet, idet den bar en Del af
Trawlnettets Vægt, var til stor Betryggelse og Hjælp ved at faa
Trawlen ombord. Det hændte os ikke nogen Gang, at
Trawlen aabnede sig selv under Indholdets Tryk; men før
Indretningen kom i Brug, vovede vi ikke at hale Trawlen
ombord, førend en stor Del af det line Bundslam var
udslemmet ved Trawlens Svingninger i Vandet.
often the case, had to be kept going for 4 or 5 hours at
a stretch.
On the weights coming up, the bight of the rope
was hauled in to the sounding-bridge, where they were
severally detached. If covered with clay, it was a sure
sign that the dredge had been at the bottom. When
the dredge appeared, we hooked a tackle on to it from
the gaff’, by means of which the apparatus was got in on
the after-deck.
Working the Otter-Trawl. — Once properly in the
water, with the -’otters" sheering out to either side, and
the bag behind horizontally extended as the instrument
was pulled along after the vessel, we worked the
otter-trawl precisely as the dredge. The apparatus was,
however. apt to foul before reaching the bottom, greater speed
being requisite to work it: besides, it failed to secure a
satisfactory sample of the bottom, and came up frequently
foul. Hence, on discovering these drawbacks, we came to
use it less;, and on the last cruise it was entirely
superseded by the beam-trawl.
Working the Beam-Trawl. The beam and runners
were hoisted over the railing of the after-deck by means
of a whip Irom the gaff, secured with a toggle to a strap
on the middle of the beam, — the vessel steaming ahead
the while at full speed. So soon as the beam had been
given the right position for letting go. the engine was
stopped, the bag pitched out. and the toggle pulled off the
strap by means of a lanyard, to which it was attached.
This done, we began veering the rope. The remainder of
the operation was the same as with the dredge, saving the
speed, which we had to reduce lest the trawl should be
lifted off the bottom. For catching fish, some increase
in speed was presumed to be of advantage, and frequently
tried as a wind-up to the bottom-trawling.
If the beam-trawl came up with the whole of the
lower part filled with clay, special provision had to be
made for getting it in. partly on account of its length, and
partly owing to its great weight, which would not admit
of lilting in the lower part by hand. With the bag full
of clay or mud. the trawl had the shape of a cone,
expanded at the apex into a sphere, 3 feet in diameter. A
bight of rope was passed round the trawl-net as low down
as possible, and a purchase hooked on from the gaff.
Then, after hauling up the apparatus till the only part
left in the water was the spherical extremity of the bag,
we lowered under the latter a contrivance consisting of a
thick iron ring, having the opening covered with strong
cord netting, and the shank firmly secured to 3 stout
hempen ropes, by which the apparatus was lifted over.
This precautionary device, the main object of which
was to prevent the trawl-bag. on its leaving the water,
from bursting at the bottom while partially supporting
the net and its contents, proved a safe and most efficient
expedient for getting the instrument on board. On no
single occasion did the bag give way from the pressure of
its freight, whereas previous to our adoption of the
contrivance, we had never dared to haul in the apparatus till
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