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Lead Fast ferry Sassacus, the first craft built by the Pequot River Shipworks, owned by the Mashantucket Pequot Tribal Nation, was launched into the Thames River in New London, Conn., on June 11. The new vessel, powered by twin gas turbines coupled to water- jets, is reportedly capable of carrying 302 pas- sengers while cruising at 47 knots. Sassacus is the ORl by Blohm+Voss Split Version There's no substitute for Blohm+Voss quality, reliability, safety and experience. And there's no comparing the service, attention, expertise and value you get from STI along with the lowest possible prices on sterntube seals and seal spares! New York City Area TEL: (718) 460-1220 FAX: (718) 460-1464 Buffalo New York Office SIMPLEX TURMAR INC. TEL: (716) 695-0142 FAX: (716) 695-0144 touted as the fastest ferry in the U.S., and the first U.S. vessel to meet the IMO's International High- Speed Code. The 147-ft. (45-m) ves- sel, built to a design by FBM Marine Group, has been under con- struction at the tribe's shipyard fol- lowing its keel laying ceremony last July. In its first year of opera- tion, the Shipworks reported- ly pumped $6 million into Connecticut's economy, buy- ing $4 million in goods and services from Connecticut vendors. The shipyard reports an annual payroll in excess of $2 million. "This event marks nothing less than a new era in the history of transportation in the United States," said tribal Chairman Richard A. Hayward. "This is the first of what we feel will be a large number of fast ferries built for the marine superhighway of the next centu- ry. The tribe is committed to alternative means of transportation and the Sassacus is an example of that commit- ment." At the time of its launching, Sassacus was 90 percent complete. Following the outfitting phase of the project, the vessel was to undergo four weeks of dockside testing and sea trials before entering service between New York and southern Connecticut later this year, carrying customers from Pequot-owned Foxwoods Resort Casino, as well as commuters to Pequot Shipworks Launches First Vessel; Wins first Costract Circle 325 on Reader Service Card and from New York. Upon entering service, Sassacus will be the eighth ship of the TriCat design in operation. The other seven carry passengers between Hong Kong and Macao in the South China Sea. With a crew of 10, Sassacus is expected to make the trip from New York City to the mouth of the Thames River in less than 2.5 hrs. Hornblower Marine Services has been contracted to operate the vessel. In addition, the Pequot River Shipworks has also signed a contract with Buquebubus, Inc. for the construction and purchase of one of its TriCat fast ferries. The contract marks the first time the tribe has sold one of its new fer- ries to an outside buyer. The new vessel will carry passengers between Key West and Fort Myers, Fla. For more information on Pequot River Shipworks Circle 14 on Reader Service Card Circle 221 on Reader Service Card arine esign of tware 82 Maritime Reporter/Engineering News Integrated ship production for Win95/NT. ShipCAM97: Fairing and lofting including frames with cutouts, plate expansion, shell expansion and inv. bending. CAD-Link97: AutoCAD13 based 3D structural modeling as easy as 2D drafting plus weight & CG. NC-Pyros97: NC- code generation from CAD drawings. FlagShip from Proteus Engineering General Hydrostatics (GHS) from Creative Systems, Inc. Widely recognized as the most advanced and produc- tive trim/stability/strength software. Specialized ver- sions are available for ship operators, for salvage engineers and for small craft designers. Includes efficient modeling for all types of complex vessels, and the abili- ty to analyze them both afloat and aground. NavCad from HydroComp, Inc. aspect of a ship's performance can be evalu ated for virtually every type of displacement hull, semi-displacement and planing craft, river barge train, catamaran and auxiliary- powered sailboat. ShipCAM97 / CAD-Link97 NC-Pyros97 from Albacore Research Ltd. FlagShip is a complete ship design system, including hullform design (FastShip), structural design and opti- mization (MAESTRO), stabili- ty, powering, maneuvering, seakeeping, ship- yard cost estimating and interfaces to CAD and ship production programs. FlagShip is based on time-tested, best-in-class applications, which are in use by more than 1,000 designers in over 30 countries around the world. NavCad offers an integrated platform to predict resistance and power, and to determine optimum propeller parame- ters. With NavCad each
