CENTRAL HAULING POOL

The invention concerns a central hauling pool (1) e.g. for a fishing vessel, with the central hauling pool (1) constituting a generally vertical main tube (2) through the vessel, with a free lower opening or mouth (8) towards the sea and a free upper opening (4) towards the atmosphere. The novel and characterizing feature of the invention is that the upper part of the main tube (2) has a tube transition (5) constituting a large relative widening of the cross section area below the water line in the main tube (2) to an upper tube part (3). The effect of such a widening of the upper part of the central hauling pool is that the oscillations of the water surface is damped considerably as compared to the heave of the ship and the waves of the sea.