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BOAT OF THE MONTH

Blount Boats Delivers

America’s First US Flag

Wind Farm Supply Vessel

Jones Act Compliant, U.S. Built and Ready for Service …

Serving notice that U.S. yards can and do build work- Jet HM571 waterjets. The vessel exceeded the contractual boats for the nascent North American offshore wind farm performance during sea trials, reaching sprint speeds in ex- industry, Blount Boats has delivered the Atlantic Pioneer, cess of 30 knots, with the ability to cruise (80% power) at

America’s ? rst U.S. Flagged Crew Transfer Vessel (CTV) 26 knots when in a light condition.

for Atlantic Wind Transfers that will begin service for A Cummins Onan 17kw generator provides AC pow-

Deep Water Wind Block Island at the end of May. er to the air conditioning system, a heating system and

The 21 meter aluminum vessel was designed by South small galley. A PTO driven hydraulic system powers a deck

Boats IOW (Isle of Wight), recognized as a pioneer in de- crane, ? re pump, fuel transfer pump, and a salt water pres- signing and manufacturing crew transfer vessels. South sure washing system. All other equipment is fed DC power

Boats IOW has designed and built approximately 81 crew through house batteries.

transfer vessels for the European Offshore Wind Sector The bow has a bow boarding/loading platform to allow servicing wind farms throughout Europe. In 2011 Blount offshore workers to make the transition from the vessel to

Boats signed an exclusive licensing agreement with South the wind turbine. The vessel connects to the turbine base

Boats covering the U.S. offshore wind industry. The South by use of a special bow fendering system. The speci? ed

Boats’ 21m is a twin hulled, all aluminum catamaran, dual fender is the latest generation in proven fendering systems certi? ed to USCG Subchapter T (Small Passenger) to carry being installed in the European ? eet. The vessel is capable up to 47 passengers and subchapter L (Offshore Supply of making transfers in 1.5m signi? cant wave heights.

Vessel) to carry up to 16 offshore workers. The vessel was The interior of the deckhouse is out? tted with a head, speci? cally designed to carry up to 12 tons of cargo in the a small galley area with settee seating, twelve (12) suspen- bow and 3 tons of cargo in the stern. The forward and after sion seats, storage lockers, entertainment system, Wi-Fi, decks are out? tted with cargo lashing and container sockets. and sound absorbing decking. The entire deck house is

The propulsion system consists of two (2) MAN V12- isolated from the hull with vibration mounts for a quieter 1400 hp engines, ZF Marine 3050 Gears, and Hamilton and smoother ride to and from the work site.

Blount’s WFSV at a glance …

Length Overall: 70.20’ (21.4m)Max Beam: 23.95’ (7.3m) Trim Control: (2) Humphree Interceptors

Length, DWL: 59.33’ (18.08m) Draft: 4.06’ (1.24m) Generator: Cummins Onan model 17 kW

Gearboxes: (2) ZF model 3050 Service Speed: 26 knots Windows: Sea Glaze Marine Windows Ltd

Waterjets: (2) Hamilton HM571 Paint: International Paint Cargo DWT: 12 Tons fwd & 3 Tons aft

Seats:Cabin / (12) Seat Design Co.Passengers: up to 47 Engines: (2) MAN V12-1200CR [V-Nue]

Interior Lighting: Imtra (24v LED)Builder: Blount Boats, Inc. Cargo DWT: 12 Tons fwd & 3 Tons aft

Displacement (Lightship): 45 LTDesigner: South Boats IOW Window Wipers: Exalto/Decca Straight line

Total Fuel Capacity: 2100 U.S. gal.Fire Detection: Sea? re Air Conditioning: (3) Dometic Cruise Air

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