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The other big player in the field from Norway is UFAS with a main- stream range of SOLAS-approved craft, called Seabear, spanning 23 to 33 ft. (7-10 m). It is currently building the last of a four-boat order from the Norwegian Coast Guard for 24.6-ft. (7.5-m) craft with a high level of fit-out, 315-hp Yanmar en- gines and Hamilton waterjets. Fin-

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TEL: (716) 854-3211 FAX: (716) 854-4141 land also has its own RIB builder in

Boomeranger Boats with a stan- dard product line at 15.4 ft. (4.7 m), 25 ft. (7.6 m) and 30 ft. (9.2 m) and a customer reference list which in- cludes the Finnish Coast Guard,

National Board of Navigation and

Finnish Lifeboat Society. SOLAS approval is expected shortly on the two smaller models although the 25- ft. (7.6-m) version already has DN\ classification. The company said that a range of 33-50 ft. (10-15 m) boats with cabins is at the design stage.

Serving the Mediterranean mar- ket with commercial RIBs is

Astilleros Neumaticos Duarry SA from Spain and the Italian company

Novurania S.p.A. Duarry has a range up to 25 ft. (7.6 m) — many of which are available in Kevlar sand- wich construction. The 24-ft. (7.3- m) version is used by the Spanish

Navy and uses a single 200-hp diesel plus sterndrive propulsion system to give a 35-knot top speed.

Novurania's largest commercial RIB is at 21.3 ft. (6.5 m) and, although certain craft in the range are SOLAS- approved, they are only available with outboard motor propulsion.

Two companies in Ireland have been making a name for themselves.

In the Republic's County Waterford,

Lencraft has become well established with a range of boats extending from 14.8 to 30 ft. (4.5 to 9.5 m) and advises that a number of boats have been delivered recently to anti-ter- rorist organizations. "For security reasons we cannot tell you more," said Managing Director Jimmy

Lenane. North of the border in

County Antrim, Red Bay Boats be- gan building RIBs in 1993 for local diving clubs.

A race boat powered by twin 65- hp outboards set the fastest descent of the Shannon, Ireland's longest river, and holds the record for cross- ing from Ireland to Scotland in only 23 minutes. According to Managing

Director Tom McLaughlin, these successes have prompted the com- pany to design a 24-ft. (7.4-m) boat capable of taking an inboard diesel up to 240 hp coupled to a sterndrive, and two have been ordered.

A 38-ft. (11.6-m) twin diesel ver- sion with totally enclosed wheel- house is planned and will be used as a 12-person ferry serving the is- lands of Islay, Juna, Mull and Barra off the west coast of Scotland.

This latest development is indica- tive of the trend toward larger RIBs.

Delta Power Services has five of its 31-ft. (9.5-m) enclosed wheelhouse versions operating with Boston

Putford Offshore Safety Limited on the North Sea with another in build,

Halmatic is building a 32-ft. (9.75- m) twin diesel/waterjet boat for

Hamble Rescue operating off

Southampton and the Dutch con- cern Mulder & Rijke has supplied the Ukraine with a 42-ft. (12.7-m) search and rescue command RIB for the Black Sea and another, only slightly shorter, for combined res- cue and salvage operations off the

Dutch coast.

Both these vessels have identical propulsion systems, each having a total of 800 diesel hp and two waterjets. Moody RIBs are new to the scene, although developed by a long established U.K. company pre-

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