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The American Skimmer operates in commuter service between Glen Cove, Long Island, and

Manhattan. The hover ferry, powered by Cummins marine engines, is able to make her commuter run in 55 minutes.

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Maritime Reporter Staff

A new rush-hour commuter ser- vice utilizing a high-speed hover fer- ry was recently inaugurated be- tween Glen Cove Marina, Glen

Cove, Long Island, and Pier 11 at the foot of Wall Street in Manhat- tan.

The new Monday-to-Friday rush- hour service utilizes a 62-passenger

SES (Surface-Effect Ship) built by a Titusville, Fla., plant, under li- cense from Hover Marine Interna- tional, Ltd. of Southampton, U.K.

Called the American Skimmer, the hover ferry has an overall length of 51 feet, beam of 20 feet and draft on cushion of 2 feet 10-1/2 inches.

Based on Hover Marine Interna- tional's HM.2 design, the ferry is powered by two Cummins turbo- charged VT 8-370 M marine propul- sion engines rated at 320 bhp each and one Cummins 186-bhp V6 215M lift fan engine. She is fitted with two 3-bladed, 21-inch propel- lers and five direct-driven centrifu- gal-type fans.

The unique boat accommodates passengers in comfortable airline- style seating in its spacious 22-foot by 16-foot carpeted cabin. Color

TV, VCR and stereo are also offered on board during the 55-minute com- mute. Use of quiet marine diesels and water screws also add to passen- ger comfort.

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At present, the American Skim- mer departs once per day from Glen

Cove Marina at 7:30 a.m., arriving at

Pier 11 in Manhattan at 8:25 a.m.

The boat makes its return trip from

Manhattan at 5:30 p.m., arriving at

Glen Cove Marina at 6:25 p.m.

According to Nancy Suther- land, operations manager for

American Skimmer, Massapequa

Park, N.Y., the service has been very successful and she anticipates the addition of other scheduled runs.

American Skimmer owner Sha- shi Tejpau said that the company is presently in the process of nego- tiations to obtain a second vessel similar to the American Skimmer.

Mr. Tejpau said the second vessel may be large enough to carry as many as 150 passengers. He expects to have a second vessel operating as early as this summer.

The GRP-hulled American Skim- mer, which can reach speeds as high as 35 knots, rides on a cushion of air contained fore and aft by flexible skirts and along her sides by narrow rigid keels, or sidewalls, which al- ways remain in contact with the water. These twin sidewalls provide high resistance to side slippage in crosswinds and when turning, thus positive directional control is main- tained in all conditions at all speeds.

Little wash is created by the vessel even at maximum speed.

Because of her twin rudders, the boat has excellent maneuverability and a tight turning circle, which is important when operating in con- gested waterways and harbors.

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