Kaskelot - Tall Ship Marine Galley Kitchen
TARGET MARINE GALLEY EQUIPMENT COMPLETES LUXURY TALL SHIP RENOVATION
Tall ship Kaskelot recently left Gloucester Docks following a complete refit and renovation. Together with new marine galley equipment, new main propulsion engine and power generators, new mechanical and electrical control and navigation systems, and newly painted hull, she looks magnificent and has been transformed to a new gleaming vessel.
Hidden in the staff accommodation is a new all stainless steel marine galley. Designed, manufactured and installed by Target Catering Equipment of Gloucester. The marine galley includes a bespoke marine induction cooking suite which incorporates the very latest Target commercial induction cooking technology and replaces old, inefficient LPG gas cookers.
The new commercial induction range produces little or no waste heat which makes the galley a much cooler and safer place to work in. It also provides reduced running costs and reduced fuel consumption which are very important on a vessel of this type.
The galley has everything you would expect to find in a commercial kitchen including; sinks, hobs, oven, microwave, extraction system, refrigeration and storage and through innovative design, this has all been squeezed into a small space with no straight lines or level surfaces, as you would expect to find on a shaped and streamlined ship. With the design approved, the bespoke shaped and height adjustable equipment was accurately templated and manufactured, by Target’s skilled engineers, to suit the curved decks and fine lines of the ship.
Target worked with yacht designers and project managers to ensure a commercial galley kitchen was produced on time and on budget ready for the ship to sail. Her new owners Sportcel are a sports and events marketing company and tall ship Kaskelot will now enjoy her new role in corporate hospitality and marketing around the world.
The ship is a great working exhibit of the fine traditional craftsmanship undertaken by ship builders Tommi Nielsen and Co, based in Gloucester Docks. The refit also used the skills and products from many other local manufacturing businesses.
Target Catering Equipment’s Managing Director, David Pedrette comments; “It’s not often a tall ship comes in for a total refit but that’s just what Kaskelot did, using the skilled shipwrights of Tommi Nielsen’s shipyard and dry dock, one of the few remaining. And, with my marine engineering background, what an honour it was when they approached Target to design and fit out the galley on board. Gone with the old dangerous LPG gas ranges and in with all new energy efficient electric induction ranges suitable for life at sea. It was a challenge but an absolute designer’s dream to fit out this tiny galley space from top to bottom and I think we did this beautiful vessel justice making everything here in the often-forgotten Port of Gloucester.”
