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Nichols To Build 98-Foot Twin-Jet Ferry

A 98-foot, 250-passenger jet cata- maran ferry will go into service for the City of Alameda and Port of

Oakland next spring, Ernest

Sanchez, manager of the ferry ser- vice, confirmed. The ferry will be built by Nichols Brothers Boat Build- ers, Inc., Freeland, Wash. Matt

Nichols, president of Nichols Broth- ers on Whidbey Island, Wash., said this vessel will be the 20th catama- ran ferry to be built by the Whidbey

Island firm and represents the lat- est technical evolution of the line.

Mr. Sanchez said that while the

Alameda City Council had awarded the contract for construction of the

International Catamaran Ltd. de- signed ferry to Nichols Brothers late last year, the final size of the ferry had been dependent upon obtaining state funds for construction.

In early May, the California

Transportation Commission (CTC) awarded approximately $1 million to the Alameda/Oakland Ferry Ser- vice for the purchase of the new ferry. The CTC earlier granted the

East San Francisco Bay authority $2.5million. Funds were made avail- able by the U.S. DOT.

The Alameda/Oakland ferry will provide service between Jack Lon- don Square, Alameda Main Street landing, the San Francisco Ferry

Building, and Fisherman's Wharf in

San Francisco. Mr. Nichols said that the new ferry will be powered by KaMeWa Model 50 waterjets, driven by 1,100-hp 16V92TA De- troit Diesel engines. Each hull will also house 20 kW generators to pro- vide service power. The vessel will have an overall beam of 28 feet, while the twin hulls will each be approximately nine feet wide. The vessel will have a draft of approxi- mately four feet. At full load, the vessel will be capable of 30 knots.

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