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Designed to work hard and earn money.

SeaArk commercial vessels are designed to work hard and keep delivering profit for decades. A SeaArk will exceed your expectations by a wide margin. • We'll design, equip and power to your specifications. • The craft shown here are particularly well- suited for your ferry, cruise or charter use. • Meticulous workmanship. • Highest quality aluminum construction. • Superb coatings. • Financing. • Marketing and business training available.

SEAARK

Post Office Box 210

Monticello, Arkansas 71655 870/367-9755

Fax: 870/367-2120

Internet: www.seaark.com

You know your needs. And we've built over 6,000 high- quality commercial, military and pleasure vessels since 1959. With your input and our skills, you'll get a boat that exceeds your requirements. stern for handling large ploughs, and 23,800 bhp is installed to pro- vide a substantial bollard pull of 260 tons.

The vessels' power package includes a pair of Ulstein Bergen

BRM-9 engines rated at 5,400 bhp (4,000 kW) each, supplemented by a swing-up azimuthing thruster dri- ven by another Ulstein Bergen pow- erplant.

UT741

Main Particulars

A Tradition of Innovation and Excellence since 1949 • Affordable I • Custom Designs • Construction Plans for 300 Vessels

For nearly 50 years, Blount Industries has continued to design, build and operate high quality, and innovative workboats, cruise ships and dinner ships.

Blount Industries, Inc. 461 Water Street, Warren, Rhode Island 02885 (401) 245-8300 Fax (401) 245-8303 34 Circle 205 on Reader Service Card

RISE SYSTEM for Cables SEALING PLUGS for Pipes / Fire, Water, Gas Tight / Classification Society Approved / Stamped Application Drawings / Easy to Install - No Blocks!

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Length, o.a 273.2 ft. (83.3 m)

Length, b.p 227.4 ft. (69.3 m)

Breadth, molded 67.3 ft. (20.5 m)

Depth, to main deck 31.2 ft. (9.5 m)

Design draft 23 ft. (7 m)

Max. draft midship 25.5 ft. (7.8 m)

Power 17,500 kW (23,800 hp)

Bollard pull 260 tons

Ballast water 2,000 cu. m.

Freshwater .-. .1,100 cu. m.

Drillwater 1,900 cu. m.

Dry bulk cargo 12,000 cu. ft.

Fuel oil 2,000 cu. m.

Liquid mud 540 cu. m.

Brine 540 cu. m.

Base oil 250 cu. m.

Oil Rec 1,050 cu. m.

Cargo chain lockers 540 cu. m.

Cargo deck area 680 cu. m.

Designer Ulstein Industrier AS

Flag Norway

Classification DNV +1 Al, lug Supply Vessel,

SF, EO, Oil Recovery,DynPos AUTR, Ice C, Fi-Fi I, Fi-Fi II,

TM0N

Contract Date September 1997

Delivery Date May 1999

Gross lonnage approx. 4,200 grt

DW1 approx. 4,400 tons

Bollard pulllapprox.) 260 tons

Service speedfapprox.) 17 knots

Complement 70

Main engine Ulstein Bergen

Main engine type (4) BRM-9 and 1 pes.

KRM-8,750 rpm lotal power ME 17,520 kW (23,825 bhp)

Auxiliary engines (2) 600 kW, 1,800 rpm

Emergency generator (1) pes approx. 120 kW, 1,800 rpm.

Propellers ... .Ulstein Type SL0 380-1250/4S-4270N

Generators (2) off shaft gen. each approx. 3000 kVA, 50-60 Hz.

Reduction gears (2) off twin input/single output reduction gears.

Eng./prop. controls Ulstein Helicon

Monitoring/Cargo and

Ballast control system Ulstein Type UMAS-V

Steering controls Ulstein Tenfjord AS

Deck machinery Ulstein Brattvaag AS

Shafting/Bearings Ulstein Propeller AS

Radio communications According to GMDSS A3

Radar 1 off S-band ARPA radar, (1) off

X-band RM radar, (1) off electronic charting, Navigation

Monitoring and Planning Workstation (ECDIS)

Sat/Com ... .(1) Differential GPS (12 ch.) dual type, (1) off Loran C

Gyro Compass .(2) off in Master / Slave configuration

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