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Nichols Brothers Lengthens

And Repowers

Washington State Cat

The M/V Tyee, Washington State

Ferries' passenger-only catamaran ferry, went back into service in May after being lengthened and repow- ered in the Nichols Brothers Boat

Builders yards, Whidbey Island.

The twin hulls were extended 8.5 feet. Caterpillar 3512 engines re- placed the original Deutz engines.

Matt Nichols, president of Nichols

Brothers of Freeland, said that they were able to complete the job "on budget and ahead of schedule."

Robert Jones, marine engineer- ing manager for the state system, said that the "quality of the work was good and getting the vessel back earlier than expected was a savings to the taxpayers."

The state ferry system leased the clipper III from the Clipper Lines while the M/V Tyee was out of ser- vice.

It spent four months in the

Nichols' yard.

The two Caterpillar engines, rated at 1,228-hp at 1,760 rpm, were in- stalled with the original Reintjes

WVS832 reduction gears. These gears were rebuilt during the project.

The original John Deere 4276 50- kW generators, which were supplied by Alaska Diesel Electric of Seattle, were moved aft to the compartments formed by extending the hulls.

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Racal Adds New Vessel To

Its Survey Capabilities

The M/V "Miclyn Searcher" has been acquired as an addition to the geophysics capabilities of Racal

Survey.

Racal Survey has acquired the M/

V "Miclyn Searcher" on long term charter for use in the Asia Pacific region. Based in Singapore, she has entered service as a replacement to the M/V "Algosaibi 21," which has operated successfully in the region for the past two years.

The new addition to Racal

Survey's geophysics capabilities is expected to operate from the Gulf of

Korea to Australia with the bulk of its work being offshore Thailand,

Malaysia, Myanmar, Indonesia and the Philippines and with occasional projects off southern China.

Following the successful comple- tion of its commissioning trials, the "Miclyn Searcher" has been awarded a major contract to perform drill site hazard surveys for P.T. Caltex Pa- cific Indonesia. In addition to the

August, 1993 site surveys, Caltex has requested a high resolution digital survey to con- duct further exploration.

Launched by Walkers Ltd. of

Australia in 1970 as the "Western

Endeavour," the vessel has since undergone numerous modifications and upgrades to place it among the best equipped and most capable ves- sels of its type.

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Samson Re-enters Large

Diameter Rope Market

Samson Ocean Systems is re-en- tering the large diameter rope off- shore market with a four-inch diam- eter product that has a break strength of more than one million pounds. Called Spectron 12, the new rope is made from SpectraR, the ultra-high molecular weight poly- ethylene fiber from Allied Signal of

Petersburg, Va.

The company makes ropes with

Spectra ranging in size from 7/64- inch diameter to four-inch diameter that are used for everything from ligament replacement to fishing nets to mooring lines. Reportedly Spec- tra is, pound for pound, 10 times stronger than steel, and with a spe- cific gravity of .98, it floats.

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