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Deutz-powered catamaran Dolphin will operate between San Francisco and San Pablo Bay for Crowley's Red & White Fleet. Nichols Delivers Another Passenger Catamaran To Red & White Fleet Crowley Maritime's Red & White Fleet recently took delivery of a new 86-foot catamaran intended for pas- senger service between San Francis- co and San Pablo Bay. The 400-pas- senger commuter vessel Dolphin was christened at the fitting-out yard of Nichols Brothers Boat Builders, Inc. in Langley, Wash. It will provide the first ferry service between San Francisco and Vallejo in 49 years, according to David Pence, general manager of the Red & White Fleet. The new catamaran is a virtual sister vessel of the Catamarin, which the Red & White Fleet now operates between San Francisco and Marin County. Monday through Friday the Dol- phin will carry commuters on morn- ing and evening runs between the Ferry Building in San Francisco and Vallejo. It takes a commuter some IV2 hours to drive from Vallejo to San Francisco across the Oakland Bay Bridge. The catamaran will make the same trip by water in about 50 minutes. At mid-day and on weekends, the vessel will carry passengers to Marine World/Africa DOLPHIN Major Suppliers Main engines (2) Deutz Reduction gears (2) Reintjes Propellers (2) Coolidge Propulsion controls . . . . Systems Engineering Steering system Wagner Motor starters . . . . Klockner-Moeller Generators . . . Alaska Diesel Electric Generator engines John Deere Pumps . . . Pacific & Pump Industries Lifesaving & marine hardware . Fisheries Supply Valves Tsubota Coatings . . . . . . International Paint Wiring/fixtures . Hardware Specialties Anchor & rope . Everett Steel Doors & windows . . . Pacific Coast Marine Piping Alaska Copper & Brass Radars (2) . . . Furuno Loran C . . . . Depth sounder Ross Speed log . . Datamarine VHF radiotelephone Raytheon Aluminum plates and shapes Reynolds Anchor winch . . Washington Chain October, 1986 U.S.A., a new theme park being built on San Pablo Bay. Like other Nichols-built catama- rans, the Dolphin was designed by International Catamarans, Pty, Ltd. of Sydney, Australia. The vessel has a beam of 31 feet 6 inches, depth to the main deck of 9 feet 2 inches, and design full-load draft of 7 feet 2 inches. Fuel capacity is 4,000 gallons and fresh water 1,000 gallons. Two Deutz B16AM 816 diesel en- gines, supplied by KHD Canada, each with an output of 1,346 bhp, will drive the vessel at a top speed of 30 knots via Reintjes WVS 832 reduction gears with ratio of 1:2.29, supplied by Karl Senner, Inc. The power train includes Coolidge 5- bladed stainless steel propellers, Systems Engineering propulsion controls, and Hough-Wagner steer- ing system. The electronics suite, supplied by PSI of Seattle, includes two Furuno radars, Furuno Loran C, Ross depth sounder, Datamarine sea temperature/speed log system, and Raytheon VHF. Three other International Cata- marans-designed vessels are under construction in U.S. yards. Nichols will deliver a 100-foot, MWM-pow- ered cat to Robert and Lori Giersdorf for use by Glacier Bay Yacht Tours this fall. A 78-foot ves- sel powered by Rolls Royce engines for use as a diving party boat in the Bahamas is nearing completion in Florida, and Gladding-Hearn Ship- yard in Somerset, Mass., will build a 79-foot catamaran for an eastern buyer. Other vessels under contract at the Nichols yard on Whidbey Island in Freland, Wash., include a 150- foot topsail schooner that will be Hyundai Introduces Three Standard Crude Oil Tanker Designs Recent increases in the oil trade have prompted more tanker owners to bring their laid-up tonnage into service, while studying possibilities of replacing obsolete vessels with competitive new ones. This trend could lead to increased demand for large- and medium-sized tankers, though a more moderate scale than the tanker boom of the early 1970s. In order to swiftly meet such mar- ket conditions, Hyundai Heavy In- dustries Company, Ltd. (HHI) re- cently introduced three standard crude oil tanker designs with dead- weights of 254,000, 156,000, and 114,000 tons. Their hull form is shaped for minimum resistance and structured for increased speed and greater deadweight capacity with as used as a medical ship in Microne- sia, and a sternwheel excursion ves- sel for use in Fairbanks, Alaska. In another development, the Washington State Department of Transportation has announced it will purchase the 86-foot catamaran Glacier Express from the Giers- dorfs and use it to initiate passen- ger-only ferry service between Seat- tle and Bremerton, Wash., in Octo- ber this year. The vessel will be reconditioned and renamed; Nichols delivered the Glacier Express in 1985. To obtain free literature fully de- scribing the shipbuilding services and facilities of Nichols Brothers, Circle 147 on Reader Service Card light a hull weight as possible. They are each equipped with a propulsion plant having a main engine with low fuel rate, and a large-diameter, low- rpm propeller. With the latest navi- gation equipment, selective cargo- handling systems, and economical electrical plants, these prototypes will provide clients with optimum performance and greater economy. HHI began its shipbuilding oper- ation with the construction of two VLCCs in 1973. Since then the Kor- ean yard has become a leader in the area of crude oil tankers. Its wide experience with this type ship in- cludes delivery of 12 VLCCs, eleven 62,500-dwt crude oil tankers, and four of 80,000 dwt. HHI currently has four tankers on its orderbook, including one 254,000-dwt VLCC. For further information and free color brochures on HHI's standard tanker designs, Circle 132 on Reader Service Card Drew Ameroid AMEROID is a trademark of Drew. AMEROID and the TRITON logo are registered trademarks of Drew, c 1986 Drew. All Rights Reserved. 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