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The engine room is spacious and well laid out, with ample space over the engines, for easy access and mainte- nance tasks. It is fitted with a manual- ly operable C02 system. The propul- sion engines can be removed through a soft patch in the pilot cabin floor and cabin deckhead. A single 12 kW

Northern Lights generator c/w sound shield provides AC power. All machin- ery is flexibly mounted for noise and vibration attenuation. In addition the engine room received an insulation sys- tem, which resulted in sound levels not exceeding 75 dba anywhere outside the machinery space. The ballast tank sys- tem is installed on the vessel centerline forward and aft and can be used for the weight and for trim adjustment in cer- tain conditions. Stern gear consists of

Aquamet S.S. propeller shafts , Duramax shaft seals, Vulcan flex couplings and

Hall & Stavert five-blade propellers.

Steering gear is electro/hydraulic type 4 station provided by Jastram

Technologies.A unique portable operat- ing station c/w jog steering and engine controls is fitted inside a watertight sta- tion on the stern deck for use in a man overboard emergency. A very functional elevating platform for man overboard retrieval is fitted at the transom.

Welded aluminum bollards are fitted both sides along with a fixed towing post on the foredeck and a portable tow post aft. Since the boat was delivered to

Jacobsen Pilot Service this past July, according to Tom Jacobsen, it has not left any room for disappointment. "We're very pleased with Hike and were impressed with their commitment to quality boat- building," he said.

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Gladding-Hearn Get New

Pilot Boat Order

Having already built four new pilot boats this year, Gladding-Hearn, Duclos Corporation, has taken orders for two more of its all-aluminum 52 footers. The New Orleans pilots will take delivery of their launches in mid-2004. The new "Jacksonville" class boats, designed by C.

Raymond Hunt Associates of Boston, measure 52.6 ft. (16 m) overall, with a 17-ft. beam and a 4.8-ft. (1.4-m) draft. They will be powered by twin Detroit Diesel Series 60 D-DEC engines, each developing 600 bhp at 2,100 rpm. Top speed is expected to be 25 knots. The engines will run five-blade Hall & Stavert bronze pro- pellers via Twin Disc MG 5114A, 2:1 reverse/reduction gear boxes. The generators are Northern Lights, with 12kW of output.

After riding the "St. Johns," built by the shipyard for the St. Johns Bar Pilots in Jacksonville, Fla., the New Orleans pilots wanted a similar boat, because the wave action at the mouth of the St.

Johns River was similar to that at the South Pass of the Mississippi, said shipyard officials.

The New Orleans pilots' boats are equipped with wide side decks, side and rear doors, heated front windows, and a boarding platform.

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There's a Nabrico hatch or door to fit almost every need, and common sizes are in stock and ready for shipment.

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