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Nichols Brothers Boat Builders

Christens Second Passenger Catamaran

Closely following the completion of its first catamaran, Nichols

Brothers Boat Builders of Freeland,

Wash., has just christened the Spirit of Alderbrook, its second 72-foot, all-aluminum, high-speed passenger catamaran, this time for the Wes

Johnson family of Union, Wash.

Some 600 guests gathered at the

Alderbrook Inn for the christening ceremonies.

Powered by two GM Detroit Die- sel 12V-92TA main engines of 800 bhp each, the Spirit of Alderbrook (shown above) cruises at 26 knots fully loaded with 200 passengers, and is based in Union, Wash.

The vessel's design is b> Interna- tional Catamarans Pty. Ltd. of Aus- tralia, for whom Nichols Brothers is the sole licensee in the U.S.

Tours of Seattle waters, as well as those of Puget Sound, are con- ducted by Capt. Lynn Cambell, who has leased the vessel. Deluxe appointments include upholstered seating, large windows for outdoor viewing, and full bar and galley.

Meanwhile, plans are going ahead at the Nichols yard for two more passenger catamarans to be deliv- ered in 1985.

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E-Systems Receives

Canadian Contract For

Frigate Radio Terminals

E-Systems will provide AN/

WSC-3 UHF shipboard radio ter- minals for the new "City" class

Canadian patrol frigates.

The company's Communica- tions Manufacturing Division at

St. Petersburg, Fla., will produce the radio terminals.

CMD has received an initial con- tract valued at about $3.5 million to produce AN/WSC-3 "Whiskey- s'' radios for the first six ships of the class. The Canadian Depart- ment of National Defence has pro- grammed 20 ships for the class.

They will be named for various

Canadian cities.

CMD's contract is with Paramax

Electronics Inc. of Montreal, elec- tronic systems contractor for the program. St. John Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company Limited, of St. John, New Brunswick, is the prime contractor and lead ship- builder.

ABS Elects

Gillies Vice President to vice president of the technical division in New York in 1982.

He is a graduate of the Royal

Technical College, Glasgow, Scot- land, and is a chartered engineer registered with the Council of Engi- neering Institutions, London. He is a Fellow of the Royal Institute of

Naval Architects, London, a mem- ber of the American Welding Soci- ety and the American Society for

Testing and Materials (ASTM). He is also a member of the ASTM Com- mittee F-25 on shipbuilding and chairman of the F-25.04 subcommit- tee on hull structures.

A. G. Gillies

Archibald G. Gillies was re- cently elected vice president in the executive administration of the

American Bureau of Shipping (ABS). The announcement was made by William N. Johnston,

ABS chairman and president, fol- lowing a meeting of the board of managers at the semiannual meet- ing of the international ship classifi- cation society at ABS headquarters in New York. Mr. Gillies was pre- viously an assistant to the vice pres- ident in the technical division.

He will assist Lawrence J.

Bates, executive vice president, with the negotiations of this inter- national marine classification soci- ety with other classification socie- ties, government agencies, and na- tional regulatory and standard mak- ing organizations.

Mr. Gillies joined ABS as a sur- veyor on the Hull Technical Staff in the New York office in 1961. He was appointed senior surveyor in 1972, principal surveyor in 1973, assistant chief surveyor in 1975 and chief sur- veyor of the Hull Technical Staff in 1978. He was appointed principal surveyor for Singapore, Malaysia and Indonesia in 1980 and assistant

All Oceans Ship Repair

Named U.S. Agent For

Maritime Enterprise Co.

S. Hirayama, manager of Ma- rine Enterprise Co., Ltd. in Japan, has announced the appointment of

All Oceans Ship Repair, Inc. as its exclusive agent in the United

States. Richard F. O'Boyle, presi- dent of the firm, stated that he is "extremely pleased to be able to offer the services of this fine organi- zation to American shipowners."

With headquarters in Kobe, branches in Yokohama and Moji, and subsidiaries throughout Japan,

Marine Enterprise applies its tech- nical know-how and mobile service backed by over two decades of expe- rience to all ports of Japan. Special- ties include electrical trouble- shooting, main and auxiliary diesel repair, underwater service, hatch covers and cranes, survey work, and more. The company is the technical service agent in Japan for AEG,

Clark Chapman, and GEC/Ruston, among others.

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Gems Sensors Division of Plain- ville, Conn., has introduced a com- panion digital indicator for use with its 'Flow Ranger' Flow Meter.

The indicator provides a readout of flow rates of 0-36 gph and 0-360 gph as well as an accumulative consumption rate. Literature is of- fered detailing the unit.

The positive-displacement Gems flow meter measures these flow rates and totals aboard boats, on trucks, with furnaces, and in chemical batching. The indicators provide an accuracy within 2 per- cent of actual flow rate. The indi- cator case is made of durable steel and measures 3-% inches by 6-Vir inches. Used with Gems Flow Me- ters they provide total system con- trol and assure uninterrupted flow of liquid to its point of use.

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