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Blount Marine Yard Completes

High-Speed Commuter Vessel

Blount Marine Corporation has announced the completion of the

Hitech Express, an extremely light- weight commuter boat built of alu- minum, foam, fiberglass, and stain- less steel. Making a speed of 31 mph, the vessel completed test runs in Narragansett Bay and is available for demonstration.

Certified by the U.S. Coast Guard for 149 passengers in seats, the foam core of this high-speed craft renders it virtually unsinkable. In addition, all components are extremely dura- ble, and the hull needs a minimum of maintenance. Of significant oper- ational importance, the craft pro- duces a minimum wake at high speeds.

In January this year Blount Ma- rine launched the Hitech Express upside down, proving its unsinkabil- ity. Final outfitting had to wait until ordered boats were finished this summer. Blount was granted a U.S.

Patent after constructing a 40-foot preliminary model in 1982. It was satisfactorily tested for two years.

The boat was fast for its power, rea- sonable in cost, easily repaired and exceptionally durable.

Hitech Express (shown above) is a totally enclosed, windowed craft seating 149 passengers. It is 77 feet long, 20 feet wide, draws 3 feet, and weighs 22 tons—about half the weight of a steel or all fiberglass boat. It is lighter than an all-alumi- num boat of equal strength. Power

Free Eight-Page Brochure

Available From Racor

Racor Industries, Inc. of Modesto,

Calif., which was founded in 1969 to manufacture and market innovative diesel fuel filter/water separator systems, has made available an eight-page brochure describing these and other items that the com- pany has extended its product line to include.

Drawings, diagrams, photos, and descriptive and specification data are used in the three-hole-punched publication to cover the Racor 20

Series Spin-on Diesel Fuel Filter/

Water Separators; Recycling and

Recycle/Blender Systems; Air

Dryers for vehicular compressed air systems; Diesel Fuel Heaters; Fuel

Additives; and Hydraulic Filtration

Systems. is supplied by two GM Detroit Die- sel 12V71 turbocharged engines.

Other commuter boats require three such engines.

For docking, the Express noses bow first into a special floating dock, much as a railroad car is cou- pled. This speeds docking and al- lows fast passenger loading and un- loading off the bow. The craft can be delivered with its own docks.

Options and accessories are also listed, such as the Racor vacuum gage that permits accurate monitor- ing of the vacuum level in the outlet line of the Racor filter/separator; the Racor compound gauge which provides a wider range of measure- ment for applications that may be exposed to both vacuum and pres- sure; replacement elements (Racor manufactures a complete line of high quality replacement elements for all Racor products); quality fit- tings for installing Racor units; au- tomotive mounting bracket kits for installing Racor filter/separators on automobiles; and water sensors that detect water and, by LED readout, alert the operator to drain the bowl (a water sensor with light and audio alarm is also available).

For a free copy of the brochure and further information,

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