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原文传递 Relaxed Fit

题名：	Relaxed Fit
正文语种：	eng
作者：	Michael Crowley
摘要：	Let's face it, getting people to work on a commercial vessel, be it large or small or anything in between, and then hoping they stick around, is a lot harder than it used to be. Pay isn't always enough of an incentive to work on the deck, in the wheelhouse, or in the engine room. Something that vessel and boat owners are realizing that's much more important than was previously admitted to is the quality of the vessel, loosely measured in terms of "comfort." John Myers, president and managing principal of the naval architecture company Hockema Group Inc., Seattle, gave an idea what comfort might entail. "Not having your ears ringing at the end of the day, not having a headache from working in an excessively noisy environment or an excessively vibrating environment, or one that's too hot or too cold," he said. "If you are constantly working among people in very cramped spaces, that just elevates the stress level of everybody onboard, versus a vessel with more elbow room." It's an issue that has plagued all sizes and types of work- boats. There are answers that depend very much on the size of the vessel or boat. To understand some of the approaches to crew comfort, let's start with the 420'×81', 15,000-cu.-yd. hopper dredge Frederick Paup, designed by Hockema Group and being built at Keppel AmFELS, Brownsville, Texas, for Manson Construction. When it is launched this summer and delivered in 2024, the self-propelled Frederick Paup will be the largest U.S.-built self-propelled hopper dredge.
出版年：	2023
期刊名称：	Work Boat
卷：	80
期：	9
页码：	30-31