Owner/Operator: Florida Institute of Oceanography, St. Petersburg, Fla.
Designer: Boksa Marine Design, Lithia, Fla.
Builder: Duckworth Steel Boats, Tarpon Springs, Fla.
Dimensions: L: 78’ B: 26’ D: 6’
Mission: Scientific research
Crew size: Four
Hull: Steel monohull
Performance:
- Cruising speed: 10 knots
- Maneuvering speed: 2 knots
- Range: 1,000 miles
- Endurance: Seven days (estimated)
Propulsion:
- (2) Caterpillar C18 diesel engines, 600 hp each
- (2) ZF Marine 665A reduction gears
- (2) 41-inch nibral propellers
- Thrustmaster 100-hp bow thruster
- (2) John Deere 55-kW gensets
- Kongsberg K-Pos DP-11 dynamic positioning system
Capacities:
- Tonnage: 178 tons
- Fuel: 6,500 gallons
- Potable water: 1,400 gallons
- Deck: 400 square feet
Deck equipment:
- 14-foot stern hydraulic A-frame
- 13.5-foot starboard hydraulic J-frame
- Allied Systems TB5-20 crane
Navigation/communications:
- Furuno FAR-2127 radar
- Furuno FA-170 AIS
- Nobeltec Odyssey navigation software
- Simrad AP80 autopilot
- Furuno FCV-1150 depth sounder, 3 kW, 50 kHz/200 kHz
- Simrad GC80 gyrocompass
- Panasonic KX-TA824 onboard communications
- KVH VSAT mini-broadband satellite
- Science systems
- Multi-beam system
- Flow-through thermosalinograph
- Vaisala WXT520 weather transmitter
- VideoRay Pro 4 ROV
