Alpha‘s 2007-2010 restoration at Gweek Quay, Cornwall, was carried out by luminaries such as David Walkey (master shipwright), David Cox (surveyor), Ed Burnett (naval architect), and Tommi Nielsen who ...

At the time it was built, this auxiliary craft was the largest FRP fishing boat in Japan. She was 16.5 meters long, had a displacement of 19 tons and was powered by a 120 hp diesel engine. Back then, ...