Coastal Marine to Supply for X-Craft
Coastal Marine Equipment, Inc. of Stennis Space Center, Miss. USA has been
selected by Nichols Brothers Boat Builders of Freeland, WA, to supply the
deck machinery for the Navy's new experimental X-Craft under construction
there. The weight sensitive equipment, which was designed specifically for
the X-Craft, includes two electrically driven anchor winches sized to hold
1,080ft of 1-5/8in diameter wire rope. The winches are in accordance with
ABS rules for HSNC (2003) and develop 28,500lbs bare drum line pull and
212,000lbs brake holding. Also included in the package are four vertical,
through deck, electrically driven capstans developing 11,000lbs line pull.
