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dinette area, and berthing for a crew of three. In keeping with her work- ing environment, the new boat's in- terior is fully air-conditioned.

Electronics and navigational aids aboard include radar and two VHF radios by Raytheon, a Northern

SSB radio, a Ross depth sounder, a

Furuno satellite navigation system, a Wagner Mk 4 autopilot and com- pass, and a Raytheon three-station intercom system.

PAULA McCALL

Gulf Craft

The 145-foot Paula McCall, said to be the world's largest aluminum crewboat, was completed recently by Gulf Craft, Inc. of Patterson, La., and delivered to McCall Boat Rent- al, Inc. of Cameron, La., a firm owned and operated by Norman

McCall.

Mr. McCall has been in the off- shore boat rental business for 18 years and has grown to a fleet of 30 vessels. Gulf Craft has built 20 of the 22 aluminum crewboats owned by McCall Boat Rental, and pres- ently has two more McCall vessels under construction—125-foot and 145-foot aluminum crewboats. Gulf

Craft designed and built the first 110-foot, quad-screw aluminum crewboat for McCall in 1975, and in 1981 delivered the first five-screw, 125-foot crewboat to the same com- pany.

The Paula McCall is U.S. Coast

Guard-approved to carry 75 passen- gers, 200-mile ocean service, and her stability letter allows 150 tons of deck cargo. She attains a speed of 27 knots from the five Cummins KTA 1150 M diesel engines that develop a total of 3,400 bhp, driving five Co- lumbian propellers through Twin

Disc gears.

With the five-engine concept, she can loose an engine and still be a very fast vessel to transport person- nel and supplies offshore, and suffer no downtime. The five engines also

PAULA MCCALL

Major Suppliers

Main engines (5) . . Cummins

Reduction gears (2:1) & clutches Twin Disc

Propellers .... Columbian

Engine controls . . Kobelt

Shafting Aquamet

Generator (40-kw) . Cummins

Generator controls . . Power Panels

Steering .Charlynn Orbitrol

Stuffing boxes, keel coolers . Gulf Craft

Fresh water pressure set . Fairbanks Morse

Bilge pump & F-0 transferpump Barnes

Fire pump . . Berkley Crane-Demmings

Air conditioning & heating . . . Amana

F-0 transfer meter . Tokheim

F-0 blender .... Cummins

Air compressors . . Quincy

Radars (2) . . . Racal-Decca

Loran . . .SiTex/Koden

SSB radio Motorola

VHF radio Standard/Horizon

Depth sounder . . . . . . Datamarine

Gyrocompass & autopilot . . . Sperry

Anchor winch . . . McElroy

Horns Buell-Air

Searchlights . . . . . Carlisle & Finch

Running/navigation lights . . . Perko

Lifesaving gear . . . . . . Plastic-Kraft

Walk-in cooler . . . . Climate Control allowed the shipyard to design a more maneuverable vessel by locat- ing a rudder behind each of the three aft propellers. This allows the captain to safely position the vessel precisely at the rigs for loading or unloading personnel and supplies.

The Paula has a beam of 28 feet, depth of 11.5 feet, and fully loaded draft of 8 feet. The aft cargo deck is 82 feet long and 22 feet wide. It has the conventional cargo guard rails on each side, center line tie-down pads, and a cargo guard across the back of the passenger cabin to pre- vent anyone from being trapped in- side in the event of an accidental cargo shift towards the cabin.

In addition to transporting sup- plies and personnel, the vessel is capable of offloading fuel and water.

Fuel capacity is 10,000 gallons, 8,000 of which can be transferred through a fuel meter. Fresh water is also important on the offshore rigs, and the Paula has the capability of off- loading 20,000 gallons. All perish- able supplies such as meat, milk, and groceries are carried in a 252- cubic-foot walk-in cooler.

Other safety features of the vessel include three Carlisle & Finch searchlights to provide more than ample light when loading or unload- ing at night, a stern personnel load- ing ramp with safety rails, a Gulf

Craft-designed aluminum man overboard rescue ladder, and a PTO (continued on page 40)

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