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HAMMERFEST HAVN KF : FRENCH TEMPTATION Maritim guide Havnebâten Haja Weather Display FRENCH TEMPTATION Article published in "Bâtmagasinet" The harbour boat Haja of temptation which the Port Authority fell for as they were about to renew the fleet — and which the Harbour Master and colleagues just as well drove home from the yard In Lorient, In the center of Hammerfest, right at the inside of the breakwater, a raw tough boat catches the attention. Hull dark blue with orange superstructure, it reminds one of any old British rescue boat from RNLI, but the rest is unlike anything we have seen before. The bows are in fact jagged like a coarse saw blade and act like a "shock absorber" when the semi planing boats must fight their way through the brutal head seas along the French Atlantic coast at around 30 knots. A boat with such qualities would be very suitable along the coast of Finnmark as well, thought Harbour Master Roll Stiansen, who saw the boat for the first time at the Seawork International Work Boat Exhibition in Southampton two years ago. Patented Bows The French Design Office Pantocarene Naval Architects has a patent on the hull design which has been given the name "BEAK". The relatively round bottomed, semi planing hull has a lot in common with more traditional boats built for fast speed in heavy seas, like "Nelson". With a weight of as much as 20 tons divided between 14,99 meters, and with a total of 1000 hp from two Volvo Penta D9 500 with V-drive, the yard could not evade the old fundamental rule that in order to obtain comfort in tough surroundings, heavy weight and raw engine power are unbeatable. The big difference are the "BEAK"- bows. -The bows act as a hydro dynamic shock absorber in head seas, says Roll Stiansen, who is unable to hide a certain pride over the new combi boat of the arctic town. The sophisticated vessel is self-righting and divided into four water-tight sections. - At first sight it looks like if the boat has been put together by two hulls of different lengths. The idea is that the "bottom hull" which is extremely sharp, provides some positive buoyancy as it meets the seawater, then negative buoyancy is provided as the seawater meets the "upper hull", and finally the "upper hull" itself again helps lifting the boat out of the water, Roll Stiansen explains. He himself took part in projecting the new boat in collaboration with the constructor and the Bernard Shipyard, that builds the so-called ORC-boats from 12 to 22

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HAMMERFEST HAVN KF : FRENCH TEMPTATION meters length. With the tremendous Snohvit development on Melkoya literally spoken in the background, we climb on board the Haja, named after the characteristic islet west of Hammerfest. True enough, subsequently there are solutions that need adjustments, and the noise level is still too high, but when it comes to sea qualities, the Haja belongs in the elite division. The Harbour Master and colleagues got to test out just that when they collected the boat in Lorient in February this year. -We received an offer of transportation from Lorient to Le Havre...

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