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 on a class of aluminum monohull vessels.
California
Department of Transportation (CALTRANS)
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.
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.