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Excursion Cat Under

Construction At Metal

Boat Of Vancouver

The latest multihull to take shape at Metal Boat in Vancouver, Wash, is a USCG-certified, 65 x 33-foot catamaran designed to provide wa- ter sports by day and dinner cruises at night. The owner is Fair Wind

Inc. of Kona, Hawaii, a business that has been running coastal ex- cursions on a modified sailing trimaran for over 20 years.

According to Metal Boat presi- dent Don Becker, the 149-passen- ger design has been done in-house because the owner had exact speci- fications of what he wanted, and several architects questioned such requirements as the sail-assist rig, the water slide and the seamless- keel construction.

Power is twin Lugger L6109A's, giving 600 hp at 2,300 rpm. Reduc- tion gear is Twin Disk 2.5:1 with a 7 degree down angle, turning 30" x 22", four-bladed, bronze propellors.

Cruising speed is estimated at 12 knots. 110 volt current will come from a bank of gel-cell batteries and an inverter, charged from the Lug- gers by a 200-amp alternator. 640 gallons of freshwater will be carried in 4 x 165 gallon tanks in the bridgedeck.

For more information on Metal

Boat,

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Count on Trimble GPS to get you into dire straits.

Trimble GPS products use differential GPS corrections to give you ultra-precise navigation in treacherous waters.

And out of them, of course.

Because if you're bold enough to steer your vessel through rocky channels, into fog- shrouded harbor entrances, or to the edge of international boundaries, chances are you're already more than familiar with the risks.

And you've probably heard about dif- ferential GPS—the technology that corrects errors caused by selective availability (S/A) signal scrambling, to give you ultra- precise position and speed information.

Well, that's where Trimble's

NavBeaconXL™ comes in. That and a few other products from Trimble.

The solution starts with differential ground stations along the shore, which com- pare their positions to those reported by

GPS satellites. The stations calculate the dif- ference, determine whatever corrections are needed, and broadcast that information out to sea via radio waves.

The NavBeaconXL then picks up these signals and passes the corrections on to your other equipment. For instance, Trimble's

NavGraphicXLGPS;" NavTracXL GPS J" or even products made by other manufacturers.

Regardless, with Trimble differential

GPS, your accuracy will be better than ten meters and a tenth of a knot.

Which is probably all you need to know when it comes to differential GPS technology. Unless, of course, you care to know more—in which case you can call

Trimble at 1-800-949-9444 for a free book,

Differential GPS Explained.

Or, you could just call for the name of your nearest Trimble marine retailer—and get ready to conquer those treacherous waters.

Trimble

The Leader in GPS Solutions

Marine Products 645 North Mary Ave., P.O. Box 3642

Sunnyvale, CA 94088-3642 1-800-827-8000 in U.S. and Canada 408-481-8000 outside U.S.

FAX: 408-481-6057

Trimble Navigation Europe Ltd.. FAX (44) 256-760-148

Trimble Navigation New Zealand Ltd.. FAX (64) 3-371 -3417

The NavBeaconXL receives

GPS corrections from differential beacons on land, and translates them into the RTCM SC-104 format accepted by many GPS receivers. This Trimble receiver is so sensitive that it's capable of picking up even the weakest of signals.

Thanks to NavTracXL GPS's innovative user interface, all you have to do is point your boat down the "road" on screen and you'll quickly see the best route to reach your destination. The NavTracXL shows all the information you need on a high-contrast display.

With the NavGraphicXL GPS, you can track a moving image of your boat on a real nautical chart.

You can zoom in for delicate maneuvering or zoom out for an overview of your voyage—all on a high-contrast screen that's easy to read in direct sun or total darkness. 86 86 Circle 194 on Reader Service Card

Schottel Supplying

Navigators Up To 200 kW

With Hydrostatic Drive

The Schottel Group is now abl< supply Navigators rated up to 5 kW with both mechanit (Rudderpropeller) and hydrosta drive through its international sa and service network. This is t outcome of a cooperation agreeme concluded recently with the Fren company Hydro-Armor. Hyd]

Armor's experience with the cc struction of hydrostatic drives e tends back to 1971.

Under the terms of the agre ment, Schottel will equip its Na1 gators with hydraulically driven pi pellers built by Hydro-Armor ai will market the complete packag worldwide. Under the name

Schottel-Hydro-Armor (SHA

These systems cover a power ran| of 62 - 200 kW and are designed fc the propulsion of barges, pontoon ferries and fishing craft.

Both companies will remain con pletely independent and are cor vinced that this cooperation an their extended product ranges wl improve their competitive positioi and market shares worldwide.

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U.S. Company Buys

Damaged Canadian-

Owned Tanker

A U.S.-owned shipping company located in Singapore bought a Cana- dian-owned tanker that burned in a collision with a container ship in the

Straits of Malacca in September 1992. The crash killed more than 20 crew members on the two ships and spilled about 13,000 tons of crude oil into the Straits.

The Neptune Orient Lines, which is controlled by the Singapore gov- ernment, paid approximately $7 million for the 95,900-ton Nagasaki

Spirit. The current market value for a tanker of its size is $12 million.

The ship is to be renamed and will join the Neptune Orient Lines after repairs, reportedly costing $29 mil- lion.

Rexroth Introduces New

Pilot House Controls

Equipment Catalog

The Rexroth Corporation, pneu- matics division, of Lexington, Ky., has introduced a new 53-page cata- log presenting its full line of pneu- matic control equipment designed to provide pilot house control of main engines and reverse gears for opti- mum vessel maneuvering.

Technical specifications are pro- vided for the wide selection of ma- neuvering control valves, pre-as- sembled LogicmasterR and

GearmasterR control units, and ac- cessory devices required to provide complete shipboard control instal- lations.

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