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New Tugboat Is First

In Delaware Waters

In Over 50 Years

The Bridget 30 tugboat's 30-foot length, 8- foot beam and draft of 2 feet allow her to move easily through the water, achieving speeds up to 10 knots.

Beckman, Limited of Wakefield,

R.I., builder of antique and classic launches and tugboats, recently de- livered a 30-foot steam tugboat to

Peter Van der Veld of Malvern,

Pa. Moored on the Chesapeake and

Delaware Canal, this new tugboat is the first in Delaware waters in over fifty years.

The Bridget 30 tugboat is one of several steam and diesel tugboats, ranging in length from 22 to 45 feet, built by the Rhode Island firm. She is powered by an oil-fired steam boiler made by Hobby Steam Boil- ers, Limited, of Slocum, R.I., driving a Semple Model 354 compound steam engine.

Designed as a pleasure vessel, the tug sleeps two forward, has an en- closed head, complete galley, and living area with settees for four aft.

The steam boiler, engine and ma- chinery are located amidships in a well-ventilated engine room. Cruis- ing range is about 500 miles, which permits her to fully explore her home waters of the Chesapeake and

Delaware Bays.

HamiltonJet Names

Hough Marine Distributor

For Pacific Northwest

HamiltonJet, one of the world's largest specialist manufacturers of waterjets, recently announced the appointment of a new distributor for the Pacific Northwest area, bringing to 11 the total number of distributors for its product through- out the U.S. and Canada.

Hough Marine & Machine, Inc., of Seattle will assume responsibility for the sales and service of the com- plete range of Hamilton's commer- cial waterjets and can offer units matching gasoline or diesel engines from 100 to 6,500 hp for a wide range of work and patrol boats, fast ferries and pleasure craft.

For full details on the Hamilton-

Jet range of waterjets,

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Comsat Introduces

New SeaMail®

Electronic Service

Comsat Maritime Services re- cently introduced its new SeaMail® service, a satellite-based electronic

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According to John R. O'Brien

Jr., Comsat's vice president of mar- keting and program management, "The new SeaMail electronic mail service lets mariners send and re- ceive messages to and from loca- tions around the world, 24 hours a day, and also lets them access a vari- ety of marine-oriented information mi GROUP services such as news, ocean and weather maps, and navigation advi- sories. "SeaMail provides user-friendly, cost-effective messaging from per- sonal computers (PCs) aboard ship," Mr. O'Brien said. "Sub- scribers can create and edit mes- sages, send telex, Group III facsim- ile, spreadsheets, computer-gener- ated data files, customized forms and reports on ship operations.

Comsat SeaMail also offers inter- connection with other electronic mail systems," he said.

For more information on Com- sat's SeaMail and other maritime services,

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