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RIB Report as well, mainly Donzi Marine and Pro-

Line Boats, both of which have more than 35 years of proven hull designs.

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Rough Water "New RIB on the Block"

Rosborough Boats of Halifax Nova

Scotia recently introduced its line of 40 semi custom Heavy Duty Rigid Hull

Inflatable boats. The Rough Water line was developed to meet the new and growing demand for Rigid Hull

Inflatables with more personnel carrying capacity, workability space and opera- tional stability. Canada's Fisheries &

Oceans Conservation and Protection

Police took delivery of four 30-ft. (9.1- m) Rough Water full wheelhouse, wide body boats this winter (for operations off the Canadian Atlantic coast), and more are expected to be contracted for later this season. The Rough Water designs offer a 26-ft. (7.9-m) and 30-ft. (9.1-m) narrow deep V (33 degree) con- figuration, as strictly Chase Boat, and the larger 30 ft. version modified deep V (24 degree) hull. The Wide Body Rough

Water 30 boasts a full 6-ft. working floor width, five crew wheelhouse and a for- ward cuddy area for equipment, toilet, safety gear etc. Working and cockpit floor areas are large with a fore deck area at the bow. All decks are molded in nonskid and hatches are tread plate. The under floor area forward accessed through two water tight hatches offer large storage and hold capacity, and the dual fuel tanks are equal in capacity and together provide a total of 164 gallons for extended operations. Powered with twin Yamaha 150 hp HPDI outboards, the 30 ft. reached a top speed of 45 knots with continuous cruise speeds up to 35 knots. Rosborough's test version of the

Rough Water 30 wide body was config- ured with a pair of Mercury 225 hp.

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Zodiac's SRPs Will be

Featured in "New" Navy

Zodiac's Short Range Prosecutor or

SRP (a.k.a. the Hurricane 770 DJ) is custom-built for the U.S. Coast Guard's multi-billion dollar Deepwater program.

The vessel, which has highly advanced deepwater design features, is being por- trayed as a boat of the flb^GS^ future for ttjEnq far-reach- A¥£ ing anti terrorism and count- e r - n a r - mjfK^^^^j^^B^g \ cotics i^mn operations.

Zodiac was recently chosen by the

USCG and Bollinger Shipyards to sup- ply the series of 84 custom-built deep- water class vessels for use during extended, long-range patrol missions.

SRPs are used on a variety of Coast

Guard vessels, such as fast response cut- ters. national security cutters and off- shore patrol cutters. They are launched from patrol boats or cutters for opera- tions consisting of boarding, personnel recovery, and search and rescue. H-770 measures 25 ft. (7.6-m) with an alu- minum hull and is equipped with a

Yanmar 315 hp engine with a Hamilton 241 water jet drive. It is designed with a four-point lifting sling with a stainless steel ring, which allows for safe, fast launch and recover to and from the

Coast Guard vessel.

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