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GREAT BOATS OF 1998

Shipbuilder IRIS Catamarans

Vessel Name IRIS 6.1

Vessel type Modular pass, catamaran

Owner/ operator TMCA, Guadaloupe

IRIS 6.1 is the result of four years of testing and experiment- ing, beginning in 1994 when the first design specifications were dis- cussed. The team at IRIS

Catamarans aimed for a high level of seaworthiness, the capacity to generate a low wake at all speeds with respect for the environment

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Corporate: San Francisco

Pier 3, Embarcadero

San Francisco, CA 94111

Tel: (415) 438 8300

Fax: (415) 983 8202

Contact: John Waggoner

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We operate the fastest passenger vessel in the nation

Development: Boston 675 VFW Parkway, #353

Boston, MA 02167

Tel: (617) 325 1946

Fax: (617) 325 2215

Contact: Tom Johnson

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Liquid Mud Pump

ALLWEILER Marine, Inc. 12600 SE 38th Street, Suite 230

Bellevue, WA 98006-5232, USA

Tel.: 425-643-0377

Fax: 425-643-0456

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OFFSHORE & MARINE PUMP AND PUMPING EXPERTISE SINCE 1860 in mind, and good overall perfor- mance. In 1995 several configura- tions were put through tests for speed, seaworthiness and wake at the tank-testing facilities of

MARIN (Maritime Research

Institute Netherlands) in Holland to determine the best overall solu- tion. Scale models at one tenth of the true size were tested in the tanks throughout 1996 - both dri- ven in calm waters and self-pro- pelled in wave tanks. The process was finalized with sea trials in

February 1998. The catamaran, both hulls and modules, is con- structed primarily of GRP

Sandwich, a material that lends itself well to keeping the vessel weight at a minimum. The trans- verse beams are made of alu- minum, and are joined to the hulls on heavily reinforced double watertight bulkheads. IRIS 6.1 has been acquired by TMCA of

Guadaloupe to be used as an inter- island shuttle service between

Point-a-Pitre, Marie Galante, and

Les Saintes. This alternative to the usual transport by plane allows passengers to spend less than 40 minutes travelling from

Pointe-a-Pitre.

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IRIS 6.1 Main Particulars

Classification Det Norske Veritas

Length, o.a 140 ft. (42.7 m)

Length, waterline 130.2 ft. (39.7 m)

Beam overall 34.8 ft. (10.6 m)

Draft 5.2 ft. (1.6 m)

DWT 51

Passengers 240

Speed, fully loaded 29.9 knots

Speed, maximum 34.2 knots

Range 10 hours

Fuel capacity 7 tons

Fresh water capacity 1.2 cu. m.

Main engines 2 x MTU 12V 4000 M 70

Hulls, modules, command head .. .GRP - Sandwich

Beams Aluminum

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