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SHALLOW DRAFT REVIEW

Blancke Marine Completes Major Conversion Project

Sun Dancer II, the newest mem- ber of Peter Hughes Diving, Core

Gables, Fla., has completed/its transit voyage and is in regular service in Palau. The< Belize- flagged vessel carries 20 passen- gers and six crew on week-long, , live-aboard scuba giving tours in its home waters in Micronesia.

The all-aluminum vessef 4& the J result of a major conversion of

Ranger V, a Robert E. Derecktor passenger vessel. All design and engineering was performed to U.S.

Coast Guard standards by Blancke

Marine Services, Inc., Woodbury,

N. J Work began at Gulf Craft in

Patterson, La., where a deep skeg was added to improve the original hull's directional tracking. Side hull sponsons were added to the

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Pictured is revamped Ranger Vjas the new Sun

Dancer II. vessel, incorporating main engine exhaust trunks. Bilge keels were added and a set of wide steps recessed into the transom, provid- ing access to a neW swim platform.

The vessel now measures 122 ft. (37.2 m) overall; with a 25-ft. (7.6- m) beam and a 7.3-ft. (2.2-m) draft.

The remainder 'of the conversion was completed by Network Marine in Pierre Part, La.

Original Detroit Diesel 16V-149s drive 42 x 31-in. four-blade pro- pellers, providing a 15-kiipt cruis- ing speed. A pair of 75-kW 6-71 gensets and a lazarette-mounted 50-kW 4-71 night generator and 1,600-gpd FCI watermaker were installed. Aqua Air provided a 20- ton chill water A/C system with individually controlled air han- dlers for each stateroom. New and modified double bottoni tanks hold 2,500 gallons of fresh water, 1,725 gallons of sewage and 7,500 gal- lons of fuel. A large passenger accessible bow pulpit was added, serving as a combination anchor fairlead and stowage pocket.

The main deck aft is the vessel's diving center, with individual gear stations for each passenger, Nitrqx and air fill stations, dive tables, dip tanks and deck showers. The lazarette contains compressors and 10,000-cu-ft. capacity, high pressure air receivers.

The revamped vessel is suited for worldwide operation. It functions as a dive platform itself or as a

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Pictured is passenger vessel Ranger V before its conversion.