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46 Maritime Reporter & Engineering News wind under the rig. It takes bearings off the rig and keeps us within one foot on our position. It's all kind of new to me,"

He smiles, "So I'm not sure how it works, but it works, great."

Located in the vessel's hull, the galley and mess area continue the maroon and white color scheme from the wheel- house. Aft of this crew staterooms line the companionway. At the end a water- tight door opens on a laundry/utility room. Aft of that the boat's Twin

Cummins 6CTA8.3-DM gensets pro- ducing 125 kw of electricity each pro- vide ship's service power, some of which will power an electric, 100-hp bowthruster from Thrustmaster. The boat has two 1,000-gpm fire monitors supplied by a pump driven off an inde- pendent Cummins 6CTA8.3 engine. The vessel is classed ABS Loadline and

USCG certified Subchapter T.

The engine room is well laid out with good access to all four main engines.

Chief Engineer Jerry Reynolds has been six years with Diamond Services and is happy with the company and Port

Captain Kenny Guidry for their support while he worked up from deck hand. He is also happy with his engine room, "I've worked all the engine makes and you don't have the mechanics coming out to the boat as often with these," he main- tains.

Jerry works a regular four weeks on and two weeks off. Tracy often puts in more time than that, saying, "When I'm on a beautiful boat like this it is my sec- ond home."

That may explain the reason that a new deck-hand being shown around the ves- sel is told, "This boat is named the Mary

Grace but really it could be the Tracy

Grace."

For more information on the companies in this report, circle the appropriate number on the Reader Service Card in this edition.

A.K. Suda . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .38

ABS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .39

Conrad Aluminum . . . . . . . . . . . . . .40

Cummins . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .41

Hamilton Jet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .42

Thrustmaster . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .43

ZF . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .44

Next Generation

Supply Vessels

UT-Design in Rolls-Royce has undertaken a com- plete review of offshore vessel design.

The latest development from the

Rolls-Royce marine stable is the UT 770-series of platform supply vessels, a vessel designed to provide the shipown- er and charterer with a range of vessels which are economical to operate, to be effective tools and to provide a safe environment for their crews. "A clear requirement has been to make working and living conditions on board as safe and comfortable as possible," said chief designer Sigmund

Borgundvaag.

The design is tailored so that cargo is carried as near the point of minimum motion as is feasible, on a working deck with high and protective bulwarks.

Stabilizing tanks above the main deck provide optimal roll reduction and also form a safety buffer between the work- ing deck and the superstructure, reduc-

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