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44 MN January 2011

SeaArk 55-ft Pilot Boat to Colombia

SeaArk Marine, Inc. delivered Isla

Tesoro, a 55-ft Dauntless RAM pilot boat, to the Armada Nacional

De Colombia. The vessel is assigned to DIMAR at the Port of

Cartagena. It is powered by twin

MAN diesel engines at 800 hp each coupled to ZF gears and Ultra

Dynamics 410 jet pumps with Jet

Master joy stick controls. This pilot boat can attain a top speed of 28.6 knots with a cruise of 21 knots. All enclosed cabin spaces are fully cli- mate controlled. The pilothouse includes hydraulic/suspension seat- ing for a crew of three with addi- tional seating for six passengers.

The electronic suite includes exten- sive commu- nications equipment, fully integrat- ed radar with

GPS, plotter,

AIS and SAT/

NAV equip- ment. Wide side decks and generous safe- ty rails provide ease of walk around and pilot deploy- ment/ recovery. For onboard electri- cal service, ships batteries provide 12V service, a 20 kW Northern

Lights generator and 100 amp shore power supply 110/220 volt auxil- iary power to the boat.

Photo courtesy SeaArk Marine

Specifications:

Length, o.a. . . . . . . . .60 ft

Length, w.l. . . . . . . . .50 ft

Beam (max.) . . . . . . .20 ft

Draft . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3 ft

Deadrise . . . . . . . . . . .22°

Displacement . .53,500 lbs

Fuel . . . . . . . . . . .800 gal

Max speed . . . .28.6 knots

Service speed . . .21 knots

Main engines . . . . . . .MAN

Marine gears . . . . . . . . .ZF

Jet pumps . . . . . .Ultra Jet

Navigation . . . . . . .Furuno

Radios . . . . . . . . . . .ICOM

Foam collar . . . . . . . .Wing

Capilano Maritime Design Ltd. has completed the design of an 80aft

Columbia Class ASD ShipaDocking

Tug for Shaver Transportation

Company of Portland, Ore. The tug is currently being built by Diversified

Marine Inc., also of Portland, and will be the most powerful in Shaver’s fleet when delivered in 2011. Power will be provided by two highaspeed

MTV/Detroit Diesel 16V4000 M61 main engines, each rated 2,680 bhp at 1,800 rpm. Each engine drives a

Schottel SRP1215 360° azimuthing thruster with 94.5-inch diameter fixed pitch propeller. Shipadocking will be performed by a heavy duty

Hawser winch from Markey

Machinery, model no. DEPCFa48, with a 50ahp electric motor. The winch will be fit with 400 ft of nine- inch circumference Spectra/Plasma line in eight layers and will have a brake capacity of 400,000 lbs mini- mum, at the second layer. The rated pull is 22,150 lbs on the second layer at a speed of 67 ft per minute.

Specifications:

Length, o.a. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .80 ft

Breadth, moulded . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .36 ft

Depth, moulded . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .14.3 ft

Draft, max. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .17 ft

Power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5,360 bhp

Bollard pull . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .134,000 lb

Columbia Class Tug for Shaver

Image courtesy Capilano Maritime Design LTD

The brightly painted Aqualink built by Kvichak Marine Industries (KMI) and designed by Incat Crowther, has been in operation by Long Beach

Transit (LBT) shuttling visitors and commuters between the Long Beach downtown/waterfront area to

Alamitos Bay Landing since 2001.

LBT has now returned to Kvichak to build a second boat to add to their fleet and provide route expansion.

Aqualink II, an all-aluminum, 65-ft by 24-ft, fully-enclosed catamaran is currently under construction at

Kvichak Marine Industries. The 74- passenger cat is powered by twin

Cummins QSM 11 diesel engines, rated for 610 hp at 2,300 rpm, and fitted to ZF 360A marine gears. The vessel will operate at a service speed of about 25 knots with a crew of two.

Kvichak will outfit the kiosk with a refrigerator, coffee brewing system, soft drink dispenser, sink and Corian bar top. Delivery is scheduled for

May 2011.

Specifications:

Length, o.a. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .64.9 ft

Beam, o.a. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .24 ft

Draft . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4.5 ft

Fuel capacity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .700 gal

Genset . . . . . . . . . .Northern Lights 30 kW

Kvichak Delivers Water Taxi

Photo courtesy Kvichak Marine