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14 MN April 2011

Photos courtesy Burger Boat

BOAT OF THE MONTH

Burger Boat Company announced the upcoming delivery of a 60-ft fisheries research vessel, the RV Coregonus, to the Wisconsin Department of Resources in April 2011 for operation in the Great Lakes. This commercial vessel marks the reinstatement of commercial boat building for

Burger Boat Company. Special features include a bow thruster, moon pool, folding transom dive platform, crane and lab area. Fishing equipment includes a gill net lifter, trawl net reel and two trawl winches.

Name RV Coregonus

Builder Burger Boat Company

Type Fisheries Research Vessel

Owner/Operator Wis. Dept. of Resources

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

Beam . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .16 ft

Draft . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4.6 ft max

Hull type . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Semi-displacement

Hull/Superstructure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Aluminum

Speed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .20 knots @ full load

Propulsion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Twin Caterpillar C18s, 454 bhp

Designer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .SeaCraft Design LLC, Sturgeon Bay, Wis.

Returning to Commercial Boatbuilding

Burger Boat