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New & Notable between Valencia and the Balearic

Islands - Majorca and Ibiza.

Rodriquez Cantieri Navali SpA, builder of advanced aluminum vessels including fast ferries, patrol boats, and luxury yachts, constructed TMV 115 at its Pietra Ligure yard located outside of

Savona, Italy.

The sea-trials were concluded suc- cessfully and a testament to the high degree of engineering and expertise that went into the construction of this all- aluminum vessel. Specifically, the ves- sel achieved a better than expected ser- vice speed of 38.3 knots with the four

Caterpillar 3816's at 90 percent MCR, with 400 tons of deadweight, and with the ride control system installed and active.

The ride control system was designed and manufactured by Rodriquez Marine

Systems, a subsidiary of Rodriquez

Cantieri Navali SpA, and consists of four anti-roll fins with forward and aft

T-foils all centrally controlled by an advanced bridge mounted system. Inte- grated into the aft T-foil skegs are trim tabs that are used to steer the vessel at speeds over 15 knots thereby allowing the waterjets to remain in their optimal thrust position.

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Main Particulars - Aquastrada TMV 115

Length, (o.a.) 377 ft. (115 m)

Length, (waterline) 316 ft. (96.2 m)

Beam 56 ft. (17 m)

Draft 17 ft. (5 m)

DWT 700

Engines 4 x 7,200 kW Diesels

Waterjets x steerable Lips

Ride Control System .. .Rodriquez Marine Systems

Passengers 900

Elliott Bay Develops

Eco-Tourism Vessel s • =:.' •

Elliott Bay Design Group (EBDG) has created a design for a new 230 ft. (70.1 m), 127-passenger Eco-tourism vessel for Nisa Navegacion of Santiago, Chile.

Known as Mare Australis, the vessel will join the existing 210-ft. (64-m), 90- passenger Terra Australis in providing one-week excursions from Punta Arenas to the Straits of Magellan, Tierra del

Fuego, and Cape Horn.

Elliott Bay's designers worked to ensure that three important requirements were met during the vessel's construc- tion; beginning with the idea that the design had to be as close a possible to that of Nisa's existing vessel, while complying with current SOLAS require- ments. The second point was to provide the utmost in seakeeping characteristics while maintaining an easy-to-build hull form. Thirdly, because the new boat will be constructed in Chile, the design has to incorporate both metric-size plate thicknesses, as well as English-measure structural shapes and piping.

The all-stateroom vessel will feature two lounges and will provide daily shore excursions for passengers via onboard RIBs. The company's contract design is currently undergoing review for classing by ABS, and construction is expected to commence during the third quarter 2001, with delivery occurring in the fourth quarter 2002.

The steel vessel will have a beam of

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