dragon geez you are maybe useing you'r power by something you dont know is on right now and i think its also realistc

when i tried it it wouldnt go

How do you use the advanced pots?

Great creation tho, I enjoy the little details like the freezer room and etc. Cheers

Hey mate, I'm having issues with power. It ran great while i put the pots out, loaded about 700 crabs, but after that, trying to head to the sale point, the battery slowly depleted. I don't know what i did, but the battery is depleting on full speed. Gets to a point where everything looses power. Any fixes?

@XxwhirlwindxX, he refers to the inclination to port of the ship, what he did was put a stabilization system on it

Awesome crabbing boat man! Super easy to use

The pots just sink instantly how do i stop that from happening?#

Hey werwolf, not sure what you meant here?

"Created a space under the bottom deck on the starboard side with fluid pumps for bilge in and bilge out,to counteract the port list after loading crab." Could you explain it another way?

Werwolf.
Agreed. I love this vessel, but I have the same issues. Pots shifting, list from loading crab, and off-loading being a pain in the . . . . The fact that SW can't seem to put cleats or bollards down where people fuel and offload fish, you know, where people actually NEED to moor a vessel and keep it stationary, makes the need to hold fish vacuum steady even more important.

Jed_Sanders, please make these corrections or allow Werwolf to upload these fixes. GREAT vessel. Well done.

R u uploading it

Made a couple of edits to the ship - for those that have basic shipmaking skills, here's what I did.

Raised the height of the pot guardrails on all of the pot storage, and added a middle rail so pots don't slip out onto the deck or slip off the top of the pot stacks. It does make storing pots harder, but use the camera by manning the front station and turning off the pot data system. I can store a pot in less than 10 seconds.

Created a space under the bottom deck on the starboard side with fluid pumps for bilge in and bilge out,to counteract the port list after loading crab.

Doubled the bow thruster controls onto the bridge, so you can properly line up the ship on pots if you have human deck crew.

Put a "fence" around the bow hopper so you can go to offload and lower the vacuum onto the hopper and the fence will keep the ship from drifting away from the sell point (anchors are also set during offloading)

there is a lean to the boat

Fantastic ship.... I downloaded and immediately ran a full string, waited a bit, recovered the string. Have about 800 crabs in the tank. TONS of fun to use. Only thing I noticed is it really likes to lean to port for some reason. It didn't start out that way - only maybe when I started filling the crab tanks? I could be wrong there, but have fully stacked the pots back on evenly (never used the "dumb" pots, only the "smart" pots) and she has a pretty good 20-25 degree list to port. Any ideas?

it just spontaneously combusted and crashed stormworks did i do something wrong

she still stands!got hit by a megalodon and she still stands!

First, let me say that this is my favorite build on the workshop so far! What fun! Congratulations and keep up the good work! Some thoughts though. It lists really heavily to the starboard side, so maybe a counterweight to port-side would be warranted? Possibly a few ballast blocks? Also, an explanation on how to use the AP you included? I'm unsure currently how to get it navigating to different locations. If you have any help that would be much appreciated! Again, keep it up! I can't wait to see what you build next!

the hopper hatch breaks every time i open it

How do you reattach the buoys to the starboard side

Is there a Ballast control?

how does the autopilot system work?

Hey Jed, im currently making my own version and take on a crabbing/lobster boat. I love the idea of your smart pots and im wondering if I could use them with giving credit.

has major port list

Where is the Steam engine? The boat moves its just the battery.

You must not have started the steam engine. Steam-electric ships don't tend to get far if you only use the electric part.

The battery drains so fast

No Fuel, runs on recycled steam.
For fewer pots, you can delete the standard pots and space out the remaining 12 or less smart pots. Will help with performance also.

so it doesnt take any fuel?

For those not being able to move the ship after starting it up, first you have to wait for the boiler's temperature to climb avobe 120 ,and second, press the "w" so the ships engine control switches from stop to forward, or from "STP" to "FWD". It shows in the black screen with green letters right avobe the helm.

Hello, this is a formidable vessel, I love it. It's really productive, speedy and reliable making it comfortable while at sea for a long period of time. I would like to ask if a downsized version of it (You know, fewer pots, smaller size in general) would be something the author could be willing to make a reality.

How do you recover the pots?

can you make but with diffrent engen {sorry for the misspell}

Also maybe evenly distributing the pots will fix weight issue

Why are pots different

wont move engine started but will not move an inch

does not work for me can you explain?

@ken carson Weight issues

Vanilla

So is crabbing vanilla now or do I need an addon?

probably the best ship ive used for fishing but is there a reason its tilting to the left nothing wrong about it just got me curious

(If/when you want to (or have the time)

Incredible, thank you. Also, please could you add recovery instructions.

do you think you could make another extenstion with a winch on it it still doesnt go very deep so cant do realistic crabbing

amazing

ware do you find crabs

What's the procedure for recovering the pots? Also I deployed a red pot but it doesn't appear on the pot data

W boat

Fantastic boat, best crab fisher available imo. I would love an explanation on how the joiner is supposed to work.

it is Better but still a bit rolling if u accept my friend request i can send u some Pics i can make im using it rn best crabbing boat i've seen

Its the Pots, they weigh over 180Kg each,
Updated with more static roll stabilisation.