Owner/operator: Virginia Pilot Association, Virginia Beach, Va.
Designer/builder: C. Raymond Hunt Associates, New Bedford, Mass./Gladding- Hearn Shipbuilding, Somerset, Mass.
Dimensions: L: 55’ B: 17’2” D: 4’11”
Mission: Pilot boat
Crew size: Two
Hull:
- Deep-V aluminum monohull
Performance:
- Maximum speed: 32 knots (loaded)
Propulsion:
- (2) Volvo Penta D13-700 EPA Tier 3 diesel engines, 700 hp each at 2,250 rpm
- (2) Volvo Penta IPS 650MC propulsion pods with twin forward-facing, counter-rotating bronze propellers
- Volvo Penta EVC integrated steering and engine control system with three-axis joysticks (pilothouse and aft station)
- Northern Lights/Alaska Diesel Electric 12-kW generator
Capacities:
- Fuel: 800 gallons
- Potable water: 25 gallons
- Sewage: 9 gallons
Navigation/communications:
- (2) Furuno TZT14 multi-touch MFDs with Furuno DRS radar and chartplotter
- Furuno FA150 AIS
- Furuno GP330B GPS
- Furuno DFF1 echosounder
- Ritchie compass
- (2) Icom IC-M604 VHF radios
Additional equipment:
- Humphree automatic trim optimization system and coordinated turn optimization system
- Heated deck and handrail system
- Cruisair Vector Turbo air-conditioning units
- Raritan Atlantes Freedom A724 marine toilet
Classifications:
- U.S. Coast Guard uninspected, documented with coastwise endorsement
