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Passenger Vessel Report run between Manila Bay and the indus- try-oriented area of Mari-Velles. The ferry serves a much needed service of transportation between the two areas after the recent eruption of Mount

Pinatubo, which forced the road from

Manila impassable as a result of mud and landslides.

The Wavemaster is powered by three

MTU 12V 183 TE92s, with only the wing engines equipped for maneuvering and a guaranteed speed of 29 knots and a deadweight of 12 tons. Exhausts are dry and are tunneled through a utility stack including access stairs, vents and

C02 storage.

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Classification DNV

Length 100 ft. (30.5 m)

Main engines MTU

Water jets Hamilton

Auxiliaries Cummins-Ona

Speed 29 knots

Deadweight 12 tons

Range 250nm for 95% fuel

Passengers 176

Radar. Sounder Furuno

Radio Sailor DSC VHF

Builder Westport Shipyard

Boat name Tanaina

Boat type Excursion

Owner Prince Wiiliam Sound

Cruises & Tours

Westport Shipyard delivered the 95 x 22.7 ft. (28.9 x 6.9 m) fiberglass excur- sion boat, Tanaina, to Prince William

Sound Cruises & Tours (PWSCT). The boat will be based in Whittier, Alaska, to join other firms providing excursion services on Prince William Sound.

Tanaina, an Alaskan word meaning, "the people," was constructed using

Westport's 8500 series adjustable hull form, featuring modified propeller tun- nels. The new 28-knot vessel is powered by Caterpillar 3512B engines delivering 1,960 hp at 1,835 rpm. Engines deliver power through ZF BW460 2.529:1 marine gears. The Bird-Johnson Nibral propellers have an 18-degree skew and .89 DAR. Twin Disc power Commander engine controls are installed. The ship's service power is provided by a Northern

Lights M437 40-kW single phase gen- erator and an M844L, 20-kW generator with wet exhaust. Ancillary equipment includes a 12-in., 25 hp dual prop Wes- mar bowthruster.

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Great Boat • 1999

Builder

Boat name

Boat type

Owner

Gladding Hearn

Yankee Freedom II

Catamaran

Yankee Roamer

Gladding-Hearn Shipbuilding, the

Duclos Corp. constructed its first high speed excursion vessel for Yankee

Roamer, Inc., Key West, Fla. The 92-ft. (28 m) boat has a top speed of more than •^^•^Greatl

Phil Hercus of International Catamaran Designs Sydney, Australia, designed

Yankee Freedom II. The Incat design uses a single chine Z-Bow hull shape that increases waterline length for improved high-speed performance and seakeeping ability.

Gladding-Hearn Shipbuilding, Somerset, Mass. built the all-aluminum vessel and designed the interior and mechanical systems. Gladding-Hearn is Incat's U.S. East

Coast licensee and is schedule to launch two more Incat designed ferries this year.

Two Cat 3412C marine engines, each rated 1,050 bhp at 2,300 rpm power the ves- sel. The 3412s drive 40 in. diameter Bruntons propellers through ZF BW 190 marine gears. Compared to a 90 ft. (27.4 m), 2,600-bhp Lydia composite monohull previously making the Dry Tortugas run, Yankee Freedom II operates with a 20 per- cent increase in speed while using approximately one-third less fuel.

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Main Particulars

Length 92 ft. (28 m)

Beam 29 ft. (8.8 m)

Draft 6 ft. (1.8 m)

Fuel cap. 2,000 gallons

Fresh water cap. 200 gallons

Sewage holding 300 gallons

Main engines Caterpillar

Engine supplier Southworth-Milton

Gear

Propellers

Engine controls

Gensets

Generator control panel

Steering system

Hydraulics

Radar

Compass

ZF Industries

Bruntons Nibral

Mathers Clear Command

Alaska Diesel @ 40 kW

Industrial Power Systems

Wagner

Hydraulic Pot Hauler

Furuno

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