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Gladding-Hearn Delivers

Pilot Boat

Gladding-Hearn Shipbuilding delivered a new

Chesapeake class pilot boat to the Delaware pilots.

The shipyard's new class of pilot boats has also been built for the Virginia, Maryland, New Orleans,

Tampa Bay, and Portland, Maine pilots. According to Winn Willard at C. Raymond Hunt Associates, the designer, the increasing popularity of the

Chesapeake class results from some subtle changes to the firm's typical pilot boat design. The boat is six inches longer and wider on deck. There is also an additional six inches of freeboard. The new class is also suitable for a variety of engine options.

Dubbed Brandywine, the all-aluminum vessel is named after the first pilot boat built for the

Delaware pilots by Gladding-Hearn in 1957, meas- ures 52.5 ft. overall, with a 17-ft. beam and 4.8 ft. draft, and has a top speed of 26 knots. The new launch is powered by twin Daewoo V180TIM, 10- cylinder, diesel engines, each delivering 640 bhp at 2,100 rpm, with ZF 350A gears. The engines turn five-blade Hall & Stavert bronze propellers.

The Delaware pilots chose an unpainted launch to reduce maintenance. The boat is equipped with heated glass in the windows, as well as heated handrails and decks to prevent ice build-up in the winter. It has wide side-decks, and side and rear doors. At the transom are throttle and steering con- trols, and a winch-operated U-frame over a recessed platform for pilot rescue operations. The heated wheelhouse and forecastle is outfitted with

Stidd reclining seats, and bunks. Interior sound levels are 78 dba.

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Brandywine Main Particulars

Vessel Name . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Brandywine

Hull Type . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Deep-V

Owner . . . . . . . . . . . . .Pilots of the Bay and River Delaware, Lewes DE

Builder . . . . . . . . . . .Gladding-Hearn Shipbuilding, Duclos Corporation

Architect . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .C. Raymond Hunt Associates

Vessel length . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .53 ft. (16.2 m)

Vessel beam . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .17 ft. (5.2 m)

Vessel depth . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .8.5 ft. (2.6 m)

Vessel draft . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4.5 ft. (1.4 m)

Main engines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2 x Daewoo

Mek . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .V180TIM, 18 liter, 10 cylinder engines

Output . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .640 bhp at 2,100 rpm

Engine supplier . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Carey's Diesel

Gears . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .ZF 350A

Propellers . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Hall and Stavert - 5 blade, NiBrAl, 30" Dia.

Engine controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .ZF/Mathers Micro Commander

Radar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Furuno 7062

VHF . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2x Standard Quantum GX2360S

GPS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Northstar GP952

Depth sounder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Furuno FVC600L

Compass . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Ritchie 4-in.

Fuel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .690 gal.

Speed (loaded) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .26 knots

Seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Stidd

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