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原文传递 Collared

题名：	Collared
正文语种：	eng
作者：	Michael Crowley
摘要：	MetalCraft Marine has a long track record of building RIBs for the Navy. But its current order from the Navy for 67 RIBs represents a first - all of the RIBs will come with MetalCraft's push knees built into the bow. The rubber push knees protect the collar and when engaged with a seawall they stick to it. A RIB's stern might be moving up and down but the bow "is stuck to that wall and not moving," said Bob Clark, partner and contracts manager at Kingston, Ontario, and Watertown, N.Y.-based MetalCraft. "Everybody is blown away by how they work." He compares it to how a crew transfer vessel works when up against an offshore wind tower A couple of special features built into a pair of MetalCraft Marine Interceptor RIBs - an eight-meter (26'6"×8'5") and 10-meter (34'×9'19") - for the Ohio Department of Natural Resources, are a fold-down bow and a pair of Porta Products transom brackets with 425-hp Yamaha outboards. The fold-down bow is incorporated into the deck and when the bow is opened a ladder slides out, becoming in effect a bow ramp, allowing crewmembers to come and go during beach landings and facilitating diving. In 2022, Clark called that feature, "a revolutionary change for RIBs."
出版年：	2023
期刊名称：	Work Boat
卷：	80
期：	1
页码：	20,37