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bow or stern, Chalfant said. Final in- sertion and inß ation of the entrained bladder completes the installation and provides tightness for service. All parts are standardized and interchangeable among sister craft.Built to International Association of ClassiÞ cation Societies or IACS standards, like most Tampa Yacht ves- sels, the 36 RHIB allows for added, storable and deployable crew-ballis- tic protection panels, along with a manually activated, self-righting bag Þ xed to the aft-mounted arch mast. Customer-requested features include shock-mitigating seating for 16 pas-sengers, split helm consoles, fore and aft lifting strong points and weapons foundations. The boat is Ultrajet pro- pelled, with power from twin Fiat Power Train Model 560 diesel engines to operate at over 40 knots in Sea State 3 and above. BOLLINGER DELIVERS PROVEN DESIGN IN SENTINEL CLASS FRCÕ SLockport, La.-based Bollinger Shipyards delivered its 154-foot, pa- trol craft CHARLES DAVID JR. to the U.S. Coast Guard on August 20. That boat was the seventh in a 58-ves- sel, Sentinel-Class Fast Response Cutter program. ÒTo build the FRC, Bollinger Shipyards used a proven in- service, parent-craft design, based on the Damen Stan Patrol Boat 4708,Ó Skip Bowen, vice president of govern- ment relations at Bollinger, said last month. The risk-adverse Coast Guard insisted on a proven hull form Ð and thatÕs what they got. The CHARLES DAVID JR has a minimum top speed of 28 knots, along with state-of-the-art command, control, communications and com- puter technology, and a stern launch system for the vesselÕs 26-foot cutter boat. ÒThe FRC has been described by senior Coast Guard ofÞ cials as an op- erational game-changer,Ó Bowen said. The cutter is armed with a remotely operated 25-mm machine gun mount and with four, crew-served .50-caliber machine guns. ÒThe FRCÕs design al- lows enhanced sea keeping for opera- tions in very rough waters,Ó Bowen said. Beyond this, a sophisticated command-and-control system oper- able with the Coast GuardÕs existing and future assets, also works with those of the U.S. Departments of Homeland Security and Defense. OCEAN CRAFTÕS NEWEST OUTPUT: RIVERINE ASSAULT VESSELSOcean Craft MarineÕs 12.5m river- ine assault vessel, OCM 1250-RAV, will be delivered in 2014 and is built in several conÞ gurations for custom- ers in the GCC or Gulf Cooperation Council countries and South Amer- ica, Todd Salus, vice president at MARITIME SECURITY www.marinelink.com MN 33MN Dec2013 Layout 32-49.indd 33MN Dec2013 Layout 32-49.indd 3311/25/2013 12:49:04 PM11/25/2013 12:49:04 PM