Maritime Reporter, May 1989

<BODY> <div> The 32-knot Wave Piercer, built by Nichols Bros, and originally scheduled to run between San Diego and Catalina Island, will instead provide service between Boston and Nantucket. Bay State Cruises is calling the Deutz MWM-powered vessel Nantucket Spray. Nichols Bros/ Deutz MWM-Powered Ocean Catamaran Goes Into Service Between Nantucket And Boston Bay State Cruises of Boston, Mass., recently put the Nantucket Spray, an "ocean catamaran" built by Nichols Bros. Boat Builders of Whidbey Island, Wash., in service between Nantucket and Boston. Ni- chols Bros, delivered the $4.5-mil- lion, 121.5-foot vessel to Bay State via the Panama Canal. Joe Pallotta, president of Bay WE'VE GOT THE LIGHTING •^.hbb^mh • mM^'^. m m m mmmmmmm. Utr 1 n TUU OlCtU. U 1/ 1 PIF p i_ M Tt 1 L'i wvh loo! 1 W'T- Regardless of your vessel's size, Phoenix can deck it out from stem to stern with the industrys widest line of domestically-manufactured quality marine lighting products. Choose from rugged vibration and weather resistant exterior floodlights, searchlights and navigation lights to marine- rated interior fluorescents for engine rooms, passageways, berth areas, holds and pilot houses. These include hazardous location and explosion-proof models. Phoenix can even design and build custom fixtures if needed. All thoroughly tested to survive a punishing life at sea. For a free brochure or information on a computer-aided evaluation of your vessel's lighting needs, contact PHOENIX PRODUCTS CO., INC., 6161 N. 64th St., Milwaukee, Wl 53218; Phone 414-438-1200; TELEX 910-262-3389; FAX 414-438-1330. PHOENIX* Circle 342 on Reader Service Card 20 State Cruises, said the vessel makes the 100-mile trip between Boston and Nantucket in three hours. Top speed for the vessel with a full load of passengers is 32 knots. The Nan- tucket Spray leaves the World Trade Center in Boston at 8 a.m., skirts Cape Cod, and arrives in Nan- tucket at 11 a.m. She leaves Nan- tucket for the return trip at 4:30 p.m. Bay State will operate on this route from May until October, ac- commodating 360 passengers in air- line-type seating. The fully heated and air-conditioned vessel will offer full galley and bar service. The Nantucket Spray is what the designer, International Catamarans (INCAT), calls a "wave piercer." The advanced technology vessel has been described as a cross between a catamaran and a hydrofoil. INCAT developed the prototype of the wave piercer in 1983 in Aus- tralia. Five of these vessels, which have proven to be superior perform- ers in the open ocean, are now in service in Australia. The Nantucket Spray, however, is the first of the type to be built in the U.S. Unlike a traditional catamaran, in which the passenger cabin is mounted directly to two hulls, the wave piercer suspends the super- structure on angled struts attached to widely spaced, long narrow hulls. The angled struts place the hulls outboard of the superstructure; ex- treme beam of the Nantucket Spray is 51.2 feet. The vessel is powered by a pair of Deutz MWM TBD604V-16 diesel engines developing 2,371 hp at 1,800 rpm. The engines will drive KaMe- Wa Model 63 S-62/60 waterjets. Bay State Cruises also operate the Vinyard Spray catamaran that runs between Boston and Martha's Vinyard from May until October. The Vinyard Spray was built by Bay State last year by Gladding-Hearn Shipyard of Massachusetts. Other vessels under construction by Nichols Bros, include six catama- ran ferries for Puerto Rico. For free literature giving com- plete information on the facilities and capabilities of Nichols Bros. Boat Builders, Circle 61 on Reader Service Card Gladding-Hearn Building Another High-Speed INCAT Ferry Sixth Vessel Of Popular Design Sold By Yard Gladding-Hearn Shipbuilding, EquVmen^List The Duclos Corporation, Somerset, Main engines (2) Deutz MWM Mass., recently signed a contract Reduction gears ZF with Put-In-Bay Transportation Generators Lister Co. of Ohio, for the construction of a Waterjets KaMeWa high-speed passenger ferry based on Muffler Cowl Australian designer Philip Her- Compass Ritchie cus's International Catamarans Radar Furuno (INCAT) design. It is the sixth IN- huT Digital CAT vessel sold by the yard. n th h n • ' t-, . >r ' t i Depthsounder Datamarine r or service on the Great Lakes, HoJ.n BueN the catamaran M/V Jet Express, Bilge pump ^Gould which is under construction at Cellular phone Motorola Gladding-Hearn, will be 95 feet Cellular pay phone Railfone long, have a molded beam of 28-1/2 Navigation lights Aqua-Signal feet and draft of 3-1/2 feet. She will Battery charger . Professional Mariner be powered by twin Deutz MWM Searchlight Phoenix 12V 604B diesel engines, rated at Extinguishers Walter Kidde 1,730 bhp each, with ZF reduction "*£"system a^^ro^ j jr ,„ , . , „,.., Wipers American Bosch gears and KaMeWa waterjets. With Seating Marine Interiors a design speed of 33 knots, the twin- pajnt Awlgrip hulled, welded-aluminum Jet Ex- paint Sterling press will be one of the fastest com- Paint International Paint Like the other licensed yards in the International Catamaran group, Gladding-Hearn builds its high-speed ferries in modules. Once completely finished, the main and upper decks are lifted onto the hulls just before launch date, thus allowing the workers to build all three components concurrently. Here, Put-ln-Bay's 95-foot M/V Jet Express begins to take shape. </div> <span id="lblContents"></span> <br /> <br /> <a href="http://www.digitalwavepublishing.com/" title="Digital Magazine">Digital Wave Publishing</a> </BODY>