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ABSTRACT
The research was conducted in April 2013 at the Shipyard that runs Tiku Tanjung Mutiara
Agam District of West Sumatra Province. This study uses a survey method that aims to determine
the cause of the damage and engineering maintenance / repair on Trolling Fishing boats in
Dockyard that runs Tiku.
The results showed that the damage to the vessel's fishing trolling in Dockyard that runs
Tiku caused by vermin, the effects of temperature and weather. Repair techniques performed in
Galngan ship that runs Tiku is simple and traditional, which is still based on the expertise and
experience of the workers ship. Ship materials used in shipyards that runs Tiku is wood and zinc.
To care used wooden boats are wooden keruing (Dipterocarpus spp), wood laban (Vitex
pubesceus), wood resak (Vatica spp), and red meranti (Shore spp).