BOATS & BARGES
Aluminum Boats Delivers
85-Foot Crewboat—
Sixth Built For Land And Marine
Aluminum Boats, Inc., Crown
Point, La., has delivered the Lan-
mar Cove, an 85-foot all-aluminum
crewboat to Land and Marine Engi-
neering Co. Ltd., Bromborough,
Merseyside, England.
The new boat is the sixth built for
Land and Marine by a Trinity Ma-
rine Group shipyard and the first
all-aluminum vessel for the compa-
ny. Previous crewboats were built
with lightweight steel hulls and alu-
minum superstructures.
The new boat is 85 feet in length,
with a 20-foot beam and 9-foot
depth. Normal operating draft is 4
feet. It is powered by two Caterpil-
lar 34412TA turbocharged diesel
engines developing 764 shp each at
2,100 rpm. They drive 36-inch, four-
blade propellers through Twin Disc
MG520 reverse/reduction gears
with a ratio of 2:1.
Two 30-kw diesel generators each
driven by a Detroit Diesel 3-71 en-
gine provide electrical power.
In addition to the passenger and
lounge spaces, the Lanmar Cove has
accommodations and galley for a
crew of six. The main cabin and
lounge, pilothouse, and crew quar-
ters are air conditioned and heated
by a Carrier five-ton water-cooled
system with 208-volt strip heaters.
Aluminum Boats' workboat Lanmar Cove has a flush 15-foot by 34-foot aft deck, providing
510 square feet of clear cargo area for a deck load of up to 20 long tons.
A partial list of navigation and
communications equipment in-
cludes a Racal-Decca radar, a Kel-
vin Hughes Husun VHF radio, an
ICOM SSB radio, and a Marconi
depth recorder.
The Vessel is Bureau Veritas
(BV) certified, Sea and Rivers, Gulf
of Guinea.
Aluminum Boats, Inc. is part of
the Trinity Marine Group, Gulf-
port, Miss., which is owned by Trin-
ity Industries, Inc., Dallas, Texas.
For free literature on the facilities
and capabilities of the Trinity Ma-
rine Group,
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