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Outstanding Workboats (continued) ates valved bowthrusters to allow operators to maintain boat stability during pumping. One 12-volt 2,000 gph Rule bilge pump was installed in each watertight compartment.

Built to withstand working pres- sures up to 300 psi, the firemain sys- tem was designed with a header to collect water from each of the main jet drives. The header was designed to reduce the turbulence in the sys- tem prior to discharging water into the firemain system.

Two Ansul M-l monitors are mounted on the bow and are con- trolled by joysticks near the opera- tor's console. These monitors will deliver 240 gpm of foam and may also be used for water.

One mission of the boat will be to speed rafts to passengers who eva- cuate downed airplanes into the water. The boat carries 20 MRP-10S

Switlik rescue platform type inflata- ble rafts on forward and aft decks.

She is even equipped with some medical facilities.

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Equipment List

Main engines (2) Crusader

Waterjets Nomera

Diverter & check valves

North American Marine Jet

Bilge pump Rule

Fire systems Halon

Fire monitors Ansul

Strobe lights Wahelen

VHF/ADF Regency

Depth finder Furuno

Loran & radar Furun

Depth sounder Si-Tex

Siren Federal

Fire alarm Xzintex

Inflatible rafts Switlik

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This past spring, SeaArk Marine,

Inc. (formerly MonArk Boat Co.),

Monticello, Ark., delivered a 28-foot 6-inch aluminum patrol boat to the

U.S. Coast Guard Base at Burling- ton, Vt.

The boat is based on SeaArk's

Protector hull design, which fea- tures a shallow draft of about 1 foot 10 inches, rugged construction and (continued)

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Equipment List

Main engines Volvo

Propellers Volv

Reduction gears Volvo

Engine controls Volv

Steering controls Teleflex

VHF radio Icom

Radar Furuno

Compass Richie

Depth sounder Lowranc

Pump Rul

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