摘要: |
ACI Boats, Port Townsend, Wash., has delivered a new 32′×11′ aluminum catamaran support vessel to the Tampa Bay Pilots Association. Designed by Foil Assist Cats with a 2′ draft, the asymmetrical foil assist catamaran YBOR was designed for speed, fuel efficiency, and low wake wash for the Tampa Bay Pilots' small boat program. It will be used as a support vessel around the inner harbor of Tampa Bay. Main propulsion comes from a pair of 300-hp Yamaha outboards with Yamaha controls in the wheelhouse. The steering system is made up of a 2.4 hydraulic helm pump, SeaStar power assist pump, and outboard steering cylinders. The boat has a cruising speed of 28-35 knots with a top speed of 40 knots. Not only is the asymmetrical foil catamaran designed to help reduce wake wash, it will provide fuel efficiency of 1.2 NM/gal. at cruising speed. The electronics suite consists of a Furuno Navnet TZT Touch 3 radar system, Furuno 24" NXT Radome, and external GPS antenna. Delivered in April, YBOR carries a crew and passenger capacity of five and 300 gals, of fuel in two 150-gal. tanks. |