Owners contemplating refits or conversions to existing vessels can utilise the extensive experience that Macduff Ship Design Ltd has gained working on numerous projects.

The company can provide drawings, specifications, structural calculations and stability calculations for a wide range of projects such as:

• Re-engining
• Change of use of vessel (i.e. trawler to a tug or ferry to a workboat)
• Fitting of new deck machinery
• Fitting of additional accommodation block for stand-by vessel
• New casing and/or wheelhouse
• New shelter deck
• Retro fitting of a bulbous bow
• Yacht/Houseboat conversions

We can obtain quotations from contractors on behalf of an owner using a detailed specification thereby ensuring that the work will be carried out to the owner's full satisfaction with no 'hidden' extras.

The images below show the before and after profile of a decommissioned 60' fishing boat that is being converted into a luxury yacht. Macduff Ship Design drew up the plans for the conversion and have also profiled and kitted the new aluminium superstructure. This approach enables the fabricator to construct the new superstructure in a more cost effective manner and ensures that all the complicated curved panels can be produced without distortion.