Nichols Brothers Delivers Catamaran
Nichols Brothers Boat Builders, Inc., of Whidbey Island, Wash., delivered a Cummins- powered, 112-ft. (34.2 m) vessel for service between Alameda, Oakland, and San Francisco this past November.
The 315-passenger catamaran, M/V Peralta, will be operated by the Alameda/Oakland Ferry Service, with the Blue and Gold Fleet providing maintenance and engineering services.
The vessel was designed by International Catamaran Designs of Sydney, Australia.
The new catamaran is powered by Cummins KTA 50 M2 1,600-hp engines, which drive propellers through ZF Marine BW460-1 gears; equipment was provided by Cummins Northwest. Propellers are fivebladed, 46-in. diameter, stain- less steel e q u i p m e n t f r om Rolls- Royce. Matthews Marine supplied the steering system and Reynolds Aluminum Supply Company was the aluminum vendor.
Electronic equipment includes a Ritchie Model FD-500-B compass; Furuno FR 8111 D6 radar, FR 1525 Mk III D6 radar, and GP80D Differential GPS; and Raytheon Ray 430 loudhailer.
Current Nichols Brothers projects include the recently awarded contract to build a Robert Allen -designed fireboat for the Port of Los Angeles. The vessel, dedicated in ceremonies at the Port of Oakland in November, is named for Luis P e r a l t a who retired in 1820 after 40 years in the Spanish Army. He received a land grant of 44,000 acres in the East Bay. This grant now includes the communities of Albany, Berkeley, Oakland, Alameda, Piedmont, and part of San Leandro. The hacienda he established in the Fruitvale section of Oakland was the first non-Indian settlement in the East Bay.
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- Fincantieri to Build Liner For British Market page: 8
- Stolt Offshore Announces $110 Million Contract Award page: 10
- HAL Details Delivery of New Ships page: 11
- Nichols Brothers Delivers Catamaran page: 12
- Launching, Double Christening At Flender Werft page: 12
- Kvaerner Delivers Carnival Pride page: 12
- S G Brown Launches Lightweight Marine VDR page: 13
- Entry of the Titans Delayed page: 18
- EU Ministers Fail To Agree On Shipbuilding Aid page: 20
- Seastreak Launches M/V Seastreak New Jersey page: 23
- OTAL To Invest $5 million in New IT System page: 24
- Money Talks page: 27
- Happy Birthday Navy page: 29
- Teams Prep For DD(X) Challenge page: 30
- Surface Combatants Benefit from Northrop Grumman Research page: 31
- GE LM2500s Slated For Norwegian Frigates page: 31
- Navy Honors Engineering Pioneer page: 32
- SENESCO -The People's Shipyard page: 34
- Integrated Bridge Allows Cutting Edge Design page: 36
- Safer Sea Passages page: 38
- Bridge of the Future page: 41
- Australia is a Tough Testing Ground for Marine equipment page: 42
- The Cat Completes Record Canada-Australia Passage page: 44
- Wartsila EnviroEngines For P&O Princess Cruises page: 45
- Thrustmaster Adds New Personnel page: 45
- Creating a Portable Dynamic Positioning System page: 46
- The Marine Engine Elixir page: 46
- RoPax Propulsion Concept Proves Efficient page: 47
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- World's First Full Mission Diesel Electric Simulator Debuts page: 49
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- Cove Point LNG Proposal Under Review page: 50
