Maritime Reporter, March 1997

<BODY> <div> u. P. Construction complies with United States Navy and Coast Guard Specifications Core consists of closed-cell, resilient, energy absorbing foam, covered with a protective, seamless polyurethane elastomer skin. Will not mark or scratch vessel hulls Easy to install with very little maintenance. Light Weight and Extremely buoyant with a lower reaction force than either hard rubber or pneumatic fenders (almost 40% higher energy absorption than pneumatic fenders) 1-800-913-0062 Urethane Products Corporation 17007 SOUTH BROADWAY • GARDENA, CA 90248 Tel: 310-532-3662 • Fax:310-532-9884 Condor Express Delivered Condor Express is a 282.1-ft. (86- m) wave-piercing catamaran built by Australia's Incat for Condor Ferries. The high speed ferry is the 18th built by Incat. The design — born in the early 1980s and contin- ually refined — is characterized by long, slender waterborne hulls, each subdivided into eight water- tight compartments, which have very little buoyancy at the bow. As each hull encounters a wave, it tends to pierce through, rather than ride over it. Condor Express was constructed from marine grade aluminum alloys at Incat's Hobart, Tasmania, facility. The aluminum superstruc- ture is supported on vibration damping mounts. The vessel is powered by four Circle 265 on Reader Service Card 67 For more information on the companies listed in this story, circle the appropriate number on the Reader Service Card in this edition. Incat 76 Ruston 7 Lips 78 Renk 9 Caterpillar 80 MBS Project Management 81 We make rope as if your life depended on i WK, SPECTRA Perf ormance Materials A. SPECTRA FIBER Spectra i registered ofAlliedS Puget Sound Rope specializes in manufacturing high performance braided ropes for the most demanding applications — mooring lines, towing hawsers, emergency tow lines, vessel assist lines, face wires and wing wires — to name a few. PSR's strongest rope, Plasma® 12 Strand, is manufactured with 100% Spectra® fiber that has been enhanced by our patented re-crystallization process. It is 50% stronger than conventional Spectra fiber rope, yet retains all of the outstanding properties of the Spectra fiber including light weight, toughness, and near zero stretch. U.S. distribution by: Waterman Supply Company, Inc., P.O. Box 596, Wilmington, Calif. 90748, PH: (562) 436-4288; FAX: (562) 495-1045. March, 1997 Circle 224 on Reader Service Card When your life and livelihood is on the line, PSR holds true. Call your distributor today, or contact us for more information. Foam Filled Marine Fenders Ruston 20 RK270 conventional medium speed diesel engines, each developing 7,080 kW. Each engine drives a transom mounted Lips waterjet through Renk reduction gearboxes. Two Caterpillar genera- tors in each hull feed associated independent main switchboards, which are capable of disconnection in an emergency. MBS Project Management was commissioned to design the interior outfit of the vessel. </div> <span id="lblContents"></span> <br /> <br /> <a href="http://www.digitalwavepublishing.com/" title="Digital Magazine">Digital Wave Publishing</a> </BODY>