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Builder Willard Marine

Boat name Nautilus , . it j i. • i Main Particulars Boat type Underwater v.ew.ng vessel Lcngth,0,a 65 ft. (19.8 m)

Owner Catalina Adventure Tours Breadth, molded . .16 ft. (4.8 m)

Willard Marine's Nautilus is a custom-built 65 ft. Displacement 203,000 lbs. (19.8 m) inspected twin-diesel screw passenger-carry- Draft (design) 6 ft. (1.8 m) ing underwater viewing vessel. The hull design mimics Speed- serv'ce six knots a submarine above the waterline, with rounded hull top- {omp'ulKllt • • • • • •'' 4' r Mam hngine . .General Motors sides, a conning tower forward, flush deck and ventila- Auxiliary Engines GM tion sail aft. The underbody consists of a trapezoidal Reduction Gears Twin Disc rectangle hull, referred to as the Gondola. The Gondola Engine Controls Kobelt contains the passenger seating area, and is fitted with 28 Steenng Controls • • Maro1 H>'d' . . ,, ,, -x- • • VHF Radio ICOM viewing ports. Hull construction is of resin-impregnat- t oni]1 lss Ritchie ed molded fiberglass, additionally reinforced by full gps Furuno and partial transverse wood and fiberglass bulkheads, foam cored fiberglass bulk- heads and fiberglass over wood frames and stringers. '

The hull layout allows for a j " forepeak void accessed via a

Freeman watertight hatch containing anchor gear. This Great Boat • 1999 j compartment has a watertight bulkhead. On either side of the hull, running from the watertight bulkhead aft to the engine room, are the wing voids of the upper canoe hull. These areas contain the water and fuel tanks, ballast effect pumps, fish-feeding devices with through hulls (28 in total), and air handling compressors. There is a watertight bulkhead aft followed by the engine space. Each wing space is sealed from the hull cen- terline by watertight longitudinal bulkheads. Access is via port and starboard propulsion engines, centerline mounted auxiliary coupled to a generator and the hydraulic pump for bow and stern thrusters. Batteries, inverters and main dis- connect switches are aft in the engine space.

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CRANKSHAFT GRINDING

While Installed in Engine • CRANKPIN AND MAIN

JOURNAL REFURBISHING

While crankshaft is in engine • ALL TYPES OF ON-BOARD

MACHINING Cylinder boring, engine top decks, horizontal joints, couplings, journals • LINE BORING OF MAIN

BEARING POCKETS

Laser and Optical

Alignment • METALSTITCH®

Repair of cracked or broken cast iron engine blocks

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Circle 288 on Reader Service Card ,i Ful> Service jjgSS*

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Fax: 510/337-0154

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Builder Incat Tasmania

Boat name Bentayga Express Classification DNV

Boat type High speed RoPax ferry LenSth a> 96 m

Owner Fred. Olsen, S.A.

Launched from Incat Tasmaina Coverdales shipbuilding DWT 718 tons facility at Prince of Wales Bay, Hobart, Australia, Bentayga Speeds 46.7 knots

Express was constructed for operation in the Canary lightship

Islands by Fred. Olsen, S.A. The 315 ft. (96 m) catamaran Total passengers .900 entered service in October 1999 between Santa Cruz and MainenSines . .CAT 3618 . Iransmission ... .Reintjes Tenenfe and Agaete, on the Island of Gran Canaria. Mea- waterjets LIPS suring 40 percent larger than Incat's previous 315 ft. (96 m) class vessels, Bentay- ga's larger structure was accomplished by extending the super- structure aft to the stern and much further for- ward than normal - almost to the bow. The vessel's interior decor provides the passenger with a "modern, upbeat environment," while the operator is given a sense of "practical, functional and easily serviced" space. With passenger accommoda- tion for up to 900 locat- ed on one deck, two classes of travel are offered. One of the ves- sel's most significant features is a central sky- light with concealed fluorescent lighting around the base located in the Centrum area. » k FRED. OLSEN