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PCLT hull and will configure the house to the customer's intentions.

On the repair side of the business, Master

Marine has a contract with the U.S. Coast Guard to perform Post Dry Dock Maintenance Avail- ability on their Island Class patrol boats and other vessels as well. "We have repaired 31 of the 49 Island Class vessels in our yard," said

Master Marine President Brett Dungan. That represents all of the Island Class vessels on the

East and Gulf Coasts. "The cutters come in usu- ally for about 90 days. We dry dock them to repair any underwater damage and to paint up to the water line," Dungan added. "The crew usu- ally has a "punch list" of items needing replace- ment or repair," Dungan reported.. Topside painting is usually a part of the project as well.

The yard has already seen some of the 123-ft.

Island Class vessels that were extensively mod- ernized and lengthened by 13 ft. at Bollinger

Shipyards. At the time of our visit, the Vashon was in dry dock, one of the modernized and lengthened vessels. In an adjoining dry dock was the Kodiak Island, one of the last 110-foot- ers built, not yet scheduled for the Deepwater upgrades.

Both were in for scheduled maintenance work, which is separate from the Deepwater contract to modernize a still unknown number of these patrol boats.

Master Marine also completed the hull strengthening fix on one of the Island Class ves- sels that has been modernized.

In another part of the yard was a U.S. Coast

Guard 41-ft. search and rescue vessel assigned to Pensacola, Fla. It was under repair as well.The Coast Guard contract means that Mas- ter Marine has a steady flow of repair work plus the facilities for new builds such as their innov- ative PCLT vessel.

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Running shot of the PCLT near shipyard.

Master Marine has delivered the first of a new series of 40-ft. PCLTs. Pictured is the PCLT’s pilot house.

Rope guards to protect props and shaft

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