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Gladding-Hearn Delivers
Pilot Boat
Gladding-Hearn Shipbuilding delivered a new
Chesapeake class pilot boat to the Delaware pilots.
The shipyard's new class of pilot boats has also been built for the Virginia, Maryland, New Orleans,
Tampa Bay, and Portland, Maine pilots. According to Winn Willard at C. Raymond Hunt Associates, the designer, the increasing popularity of the
Chesapeake class results from some subtle changes to the firm's typical pilot boat design. The boat is six inches longer and wider on deck. There is also an additional six inches of freeboard. The new class is also suitable for a variety of engine options.
Dubbed Brandywine, the all-aluminum vessel is named after the first pilot boat built for the
Delaware pilots by Gladding-Hearn in 1957, meas- ures 52.5 ft. overall, with a 17-ft. beam and 4.8 ft. draft, and has a top speed of 26 knots. The new launch is powered by twin Daewoo V180TIM, 10- cylinder, diesel engines, each delivering 640 bhp at 2,100 rpm, with ZF 350A gears. The engines turn five-blade Hall & Stavert bronze propellers.
The Delaware pilots chose an unpainted launch to reduce maintenance. The boat is equipped with heated glass in the windows, as well as heated handrails and decks to prevent ice build-up in the winter. It has wide side-decks, and side and rear doors. At the transom are throttle and steering con- trols, and a winch-operated U-frame over a recessed platform for pilot rescue operations. The heated wheelhouse and forecastle is outfitted with
Stidd reclining seats, and bunks. Interior sound levels are 78 dba.
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Brandywine Main Particulars
Vessel Name . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Brandywine
Hull Type . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Deep-V
Owner . . . . . . . . . . . . .Pilots of the Bay and River Delaware, Lewes DE
Builder . . . . . . . . . . .Gladding-Hearn Shipbuilding, Duclos Corporation
Architect . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .C. Raymond Hunt Associates
Vessel length . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .53 ft. (16.2 m)
Vessel beam . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .17 ft. (5.2 m)
Vessel depth . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .8.5 ft. (2.6 m)
Vessel draft . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4.5 ft. (1.4 m)
Main engines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2 x Daewoo
Mek . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .V180TIM, 18 liter, 10 cylinder engines
Output . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .640 bhp at 2,100 rpm
Engine supplier . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Carey's Diesel
Gears . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .ZF 350A
Propellers . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Hall and Stavert - 5 blade, NiBrAl, 30" Dia.
Engine controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .ZF/Mathers Micro Commander
Radar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Furuno 7062
VHF . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2x Standard Quantum GX2360S
GPS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Northstar GP952
Depth sounder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Furuno FVC600L
Compass . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Ritchie 4-in.
Fuel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .690 gal.
Speed (loaded) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .26 knots
Seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Stidd
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