tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1124324825539797141.post6529984482273948860..comments2023-12-29T11:59:16.454-08:00Comments on Leith Built Ships: EIGAMOIYARobbs Built Shipshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06253777945981027809noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1124324825539797141.post-59261906744964213392023-10-15T03:56:10.783-07:002023-10-15T03:56:10.783-07:00I sailed in the Eigamoiya in the late 1980s. A com...I sailed in the Eigamoiya in the late 1980s. A complex little ship, with her twin cranes and unusual engine arrangement-She had 2 Mirlees-Blackstone medium-speed engines clutched to a single shaft. At sea both ran ahead; for manoeuvring, one ran ahead and one astern, and they were clutched in and out to give astern or ahead movements. Good accommodation for the time, with a generous and attractive dining and bar space (she was fitted for 12 passengers, and often did carry them). She also had wooden decks around the accommodation. She was a fair sea-boat but I can confirm that she was rather uncomfortable in a head sea, and her bow shape was probably the cause. It was designed as it was because she had a large winch inside the foc'sle that was used for maintaining the deep-water moorings at Nauru... hopwever, she was a bit small for this, and could only really attend to the buoys. The deeper work was later managed by the Rosie D, a bulk carrier similarly fitted. <br />She was sold to a Greek company when Nauru Pacific Line folded, and in early 2000s was reported still afloat, laid up in East Coast of India as the Honduran flag Asoka II. Julian Blatchleyhttp://www.julianblatchley.co.uknoreply@blogger.com