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BOATS AND BARGES

ENVIRONMENTAL

Nichols-Built Bay Breeze Starts Ferry

Operations For Alameda/Oakland

The Alameda/Oakland Ferry Ser- vice celebrated the arrival of the fast catamaran Bay Breeze, the first vessel constructed specifically for the service, with ceremonies in

Alameda and Oakland on May 21.

The $3.2 million catamaran was christened on April 9 at Nichols

Brothers, Inc. shipyard.

TheBay Breeze holds 250 passen- gers and travels at speeds in excess of 25 knots. The Bay Breeze will reportedly be the first ferry on the

San Francisco Bay to use the latest in modern technology, according to

Ernest Sanchez, manager of the

Alameda/Oakland Ferry. Mr.

Sanchez claims this catamaran will be quieter than other ferries, with a smaller wake, and computers will monitor its operation continuously.

Funds to purchase the vessel came from the California Transpor- tation Commission. It is owned jointly by the City of Alameda and the Port of Oakland.

The Alameda/Oakland Ferry Ser- vice began after the Bay Bridge was damaged in the 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake. More than $48 million in state and federal funds has been allotted for improvements in Bay

Area ferry services since the earth- quake. The Bay Breeze is the first of the new boats to go into service on the Bay as a result of these grants.

For more information on Nichols

Brothers, Inc.,

Circle 84 on Reader Service Card

Bay Breeze Specifics

Builder .... Nichols Brothers, Inc.

Length o.a 97 ft.(29.5 m)

Beam , , 29 ft. (9 m)

Draft 4 ft. (1.2 m)

Designer . Intl. Catamarans, Pty. Ltd.

Main engines....

Reduction gear.

Auxiliary engine

Generators

Propulsion

Pumps

Bay Breeze Equipment List

Detroit Diesel

Detroit Diesel

Isuzu

Lima

KaMeWa

Pump Industry

Propulsion controls Systems Engineering

Paints Hempel

Aluminum..Reynolds Aluminum Supply

Electrical controls & monitoring Industrial Integrators

Seating Turnbull

Circle 338 on Reader Service Card

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