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Casco
Bay Lines
Seaworthy
provides support to Casco Bay Lines in the form of engineering
solutions for existing vessels and in the design of a new,
110' 399 passenger vessel, AUCOCISCO III. The ferry was
designed to USCG Subchapter K requirements and built at
Steiner Shipyard in Bayou La Batre, Alabama, and Seaworthy
provided construction supervision support throughout the
project. Other projects for Casco Bay Lines include a repowering
of the MAQUOIT II with Detroit Diesel Series 60 engines.
MAQUOIT
II
NY
Waterways
Seaworthy
has provided engineering support to NY Waterway, most notably
with the lengthening and repowering of the passenger ferry
M/V MANHATTAN. Tasks for this project included full propulsion
and auxiliary plant design and piping schematics, weight
analyses, trim and stability studies (including an inclining
procedure), and tonnage calculations. Seaworthy also provided
full engineering support in the repowering of a series of
monohulls, the repowering of the catamaran M/V MONMOUTH,
and in troubleshooting the installation of keel coolers
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California
Department of Transportation (CALTRANS)
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Seaworthy
recently delivered a concept design package to CALTRANS
(California Dept. of Transportation) for an 80’ open
deck car ferry to be used as a replacement for the current
Cache Slough Ferry in operation on the Sacramento River.
The proposed design will allow the ferry to carry up to
eight Suburban-sized vehicles in two lanes, or a tractor-trailer
straddling the centerline. Up to 100 passengers may be carried
depending on deck space available after vehicles have been
loaded. The propulsion engines are actually located in machinery
spaces on the main deck, outboard of the vehicle lanes.
Seaworthy will continue to develop the new ferry design
throughout several task phases.
Hudson
Valley Line, Ltd.
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Seaworthy
designed two new river liners for Hudson Valley Line, Ltd.
The best of the old riverboat technologies and esthetics
were combined with modern equipment and shipbuilding practices.
The hull design is traditional American riverboat, long
and slim, to achieve high speeds with moderate power and
low wake. Articulated paddlewheels are used instead of propellers
to achieve a shallow draft and to minimize disturbance of
river sediments. Each sidewheeler is 304 feet long and designed
to carry 1,200 passengers.
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