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GREAT BOATS of 2005

Gladding-Hearn Shipbuilding delivered a new Chesapeake class pilot boat to the

Delaware pilots.

The shipyard's new class of pilot boats has also been built for the Virginia, Mary- land, New Orleans, Tampa Bay, and Port- land, Maine pilots. According to Winn

Willard at C. Raymond Hunt Associates, the designer, the increasing popularity of the Chesapeake class results from some subtle changes to the firm's typical pilot boat design.

For example, the boat is six inches longer and wider on deck. There is also an additional six inches of freeboard. The new class is also suitable for a variety of engine options.

Dubbed Brandywine, the all-aluminum vessel is named after the first pilot boat built for the Delaware pilots by Gladding-

Hearn in 1957, measures 52.5 ft. overall, with a 17-ft. beam and 4.8 ft. draft, and has a top speed of 26 knots.

The new launch is powered by twin

Daewoo V180TIM, 10-cylinder, diesel engines, each delivering 640 bhp at 2,100 rpm, with ZF 350A gears. The engines turn five-blade Hall & Stavert bronze pro- pellers.

The Delaware pilots chose an unpainted launch to reduce maintenance. The boat is equipped with heated glass in the win- dows, as well as heated handrails and decks to prevent ice build-up in the win- ter. It has wide side-decks, and side and rear doors. At the transom are throttle and steering controls, and a winch-operated

U-frame over a recessed platform for pilot rescue operations. The heated wheelhouse and forecastle is outfitted with Stidd reclining seats, and bunks. Interior sound levels are 78 dba.

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Ever since the Oil Pollution Act of 1990 was passed mandating phase out of sin- gle hull barges there has been a rush to build new barges to meet the double hull standard and to double hull existing single skin barges. Bollinger Shipyards, Lock- port, La. has been in the forefront of building such barges.

The shipyard recently delivered a 300-ft. by 64-ft. by 21-ft. barge to Gellatly &

Criscione Services of Mount Pleasant, N.J. featuring equipment for bunkering ser- vices and is designed to carry Grade A oil and lower petroleum products in 10 tanks.

The petroleum is offloaded using a pair of Byron Jackson cargo pumps driven by two John Deere 6125A engines. The barge features 20 tank-cleaning hatches and a pedestal crane is included for hose handling operations.

Each of the cargo tanks has steam heating along with a tank gauging and overfill system. The barge is ABS classed +A1Oil Tank Barge, ABS Loadline certificate- unmanned ocean service and manned special services plus being U.S. Coast Guard

Chapter D approved.

Brandywine: Pilot boat

The increasing popularity of the Chesapeake class results from some subtle changes to the firm's typical pilot boat design.

Vessel Name . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Brandywine

Hull Type . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Deep-V

Owner . . . . . .Pilots of the Bay and River Delaware, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Lewes DE

Builder . . . . . . . . . . . .Gladding-Hearn Shipbuilding, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Duclos Corporation

Architect . . . . . . . . . .C. Raymond Hunt Associates

Vessel length . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .53 ft. (16.2 m)

Vessel beam . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .17 ft. (5.2 m)

Vessel depth . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .8.5 ft. (2.6 m)

Vessel draft . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4.5 ft. (1.4 m)

Main engines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2 x Daewoo

Mek . . . . . . .V180TIM, 18 liter, 10 cylinder engines

Output . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .640 bhp at 2,100 rpm

Engine supplier . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Carey's Diesel

Gears . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .ZF 350A

Propellers Hall and Stavert - 5 blade, NiBrAl, 30" Dia.

Engine controls . . .ZF/Mathers Micro Commander

Radar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Furuno 7062

VHF . . . . . . . . . . .2x Standard Quantum GX2360S

GPS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Northstar GP952

Depth sounder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Furuno FVC600L

Compass . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Ritchie 4-in.

Fuel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .690 gal.

Speed (loaded) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .26 knots

Seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Stidd

Brandywine Main Particulars

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