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All American Marine launches another NOAA boat
50’ catamaran for NOAA’s Olympic Coast National Marine Sanctuary
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ith its new boat, a 50'x18'9" aluminum catamaran, the Olympic Coast National Marine Sanctuary will have a larger, more stable, and more capable platform for performing the multitude of missions expected of it. For instance, the new boat’s A-frame gantry and hydraulic winch will be able to lift about 5,000 lbs. The boat it is replacing, a 38' aluminum monohull, could lift about 10% of that amount. “We are really super excited about the additional capacity that we will have,” said Carol Bernthal, superintendent of the marine sanctuary, which extends up to 50 miles off the northwest coast of Washington state. “With a much beefier A-frame, it will be able to do more of the oceanographic monitoring work that requires winching up moorings and things like that.” The new boat, the Storm Petrel, was designed by Teknicraft in New Zealand and built by All American
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‘For us, a smaller vessel like this gives us more flexibility to get in close.’ Marine in Bellingham, Wash. AAM has built several other boats for the marine sanctuary program, most of which have been larger than the Storm Petrel. Bernthal said that the Olympic Coast Sanctuary boat only needs to operate as a day boat, so it didn’t require the additional accommodations of a boat that stays out for days at a time. “For us, a smaller vessel like this gives us more flexibility to get in close.” Built to Subchapter T specifications, the Storm Petrel can carry up to 18, including a crew of two. The boat is powered by a pair of Cummins QSC 8.3 engines, each rated at 493 hp at 2,600 rpm, turning fixed-pitch propellers. Unlike many other Teknicraft-designed boats, the Storm Petrel isn’t built for speed. There is no hydrofoil. Top speed www.workboat.com • OCTOBER 2021 • WorkBoat
