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www.marinelink.com MN 45 inate fiberglass hull and chambered hyperon tubes offer shock absorption, stability and additional flotation. The boat features a shallow draft, 30-knot cruise speed and 48-knot top speed.

Lee Shore Boats RIB

Lee Shore boats of Port Angeles,

Wash. was awarded a contract to design and build an RIB patrol boat for their local Clallam County Sheriff's Dept.

This vessel, designed by Antonio

Salguero of Coastwise Marine Design, will be 26-ft by 10.7 ft overall, includ- ing a CPI Products 16-inch by eight- inch Air D inflatable collar. It will uti- lize twin 175 hp four stroke Suzuki outboards, a six-ft by eight-ft walk- around cabin with two sliding side doors and hinged rear door, fore and aft tow bollards and a law enforcement electronics and lighting package. The

Image courtesy Lee Shore Boats

Specifications:

Length, o.a. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .26.5 ft

Lenth, w.l. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .22 ft

Length on hull . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .25 ft

Beam inflated . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .9.5 ft

Beam deflated . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .8.3 ft

Draft with motors up . . . . . . . . . . . .1.3 ft

Draft with motors down . . . . . . . . . .2.1 ft

Avg. weight with motors . . . . . .4,100 lbs

Avg. weight, motors & fuel . . . .4,625 lbs

Fuel capacity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .84 gal

Dead rise . . . . . . . . . . .23 aft/60 forward