In a trawler as opposed to a research vessel the fishroom would take up much of the fore part of the ship and would be filled with ice and hopefully with fish at the end of a voyage. Explorer has two fishrooms, the port one is accessible only from the deck and is equipped with cooling coils. The starboard fishroom is a reasonable space which had become a repository for all sorts of junk. We decided that as the ship lacks decent workshop and storage space this would be a good use for the fishroom.
To this end the junk has been removed and a quite a few hours spent with needle guns removing rust and old paint. Here you can see two of our highly skilled technicians at work.
![Andy and Charlie at work](https://ssexplorer.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/C11009BA-D7F9-404E-B373-48176D2E4671-300x225.jpeg)
The space is close to being ready for a good coat of primer prior to final painting.