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Boats & Barges

SOLAS Testing Completed

On Willard Marine RIB 22-Foot Rescue Boat Awaits USCG Approval

Willard Marine, Inc., Anaheim,

Calif., recently completed U.S. Coast

Guard-supervised testing of its 22- foot Rigid Inflatable Boat (RIB). Ac- cording to Willard Marine, this RIB, reportedly the first by a U.S. manu- facturer, was built and tested as per

SOLAS (safety of Life at Sea) Chap- ter III, 74/83 Amendments, and

USCG Interim Guidelines. The testing was successful and the RIB is currently in the process of being approved by USCG as meeting 74/ 83 requirements. After July 1,1991, certain large U.S. ships are required to carry SOLAS-approved rescue boats.

The testing program culminated a year and one-half of effort by Wil- lard Marine encompassing the de- sign, engineering and drawing phase; the prototype construction and in-process testing by an inde- pendent laboratory accredited by the

Coast Guard; and the operational testing which involved personnel from the Survival Systems Branch,

U.S. Coast Guard Headquarters,

Washington, D.C. The engineering drawings package required pre- approval by the Coast Guard before construction of the prototype boat.

One of the more significant tests of the prototype included a flooded stability test where the boat demon- strated positive stability and buoy-

The drop test of the Willard Marine prototype rescue boat in a fully loaded condition and suspended 10 feet above the water. The boat was released so that it fell freely into the water to verify that it would not sustain operational damage.

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