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22 Dec 2000

Great Boats of 2000

Every year, MarineNews chooses a handful of vessels delivered in the past 12 months and bestows upon them the distinction of “Great Boats.” The boats are chosen for innovations in design, construction and utilization. Following are the 17 vessels or groups of vessels chosen as the Great Boats of 2000. Crowley Marine Services delivered Alert, Attentive, and Aware, a series of three 140-ft., 10,000-hp Prevention and Response Tugs (PRTs), to Alyeska Pipeline Service Company in Valdez, Alaska. Specifically designed and developed for Alyeska, the boats will be used by Crowley in the Trans Alaska Pipeline System trade. Alert was deployed in February; Attentive was delivered in June, and Aware was delivered in July.

24 Sep 1999

Morelli & Melvin Breeding Cats

Morelli & Melvin Design & Engineering has developed two very different, but enormously effective, catamaran designs to take some of the challenge away from experiencing the beauty and excitement of Hawaii's pristine coastal waters. Both designs are capable of carrying 150 passengers, are USCG-certified under sub-chapter T and are designed for economical construction and use. Ocean Spirit, a 65 x 18 ft. Power Cat, operated by the Pacific Whale Foundation, runs three trips each day out of Maalea Harbor. Even when fully loaded with 150 passengers, Ocean Spirit's twin Volvo 102D engines, each producing 420 hp, puses her to 19 knots cruising speed. Four Winds, a 55 x 31 ft. cold-molded wood/epoxy motorsailing catamaran, was designed for safe speed underpower and sail.