DERECKTOR 16m High Speed Pilot Vessel A Safe, Reliable Boat with Superior Ride Comfort Great safety features and a very smooth ride in an extremely robust construction are the main characteristics for this Derecktor boat, built to a design by Camarc Small Craft Designs. The new fendering system, which ensures great durability together with very high impact resistance, provides a greater surface for the impact zone and has no thru-hull fastenings. Other safety features on this boat include: heated decks and handrails, forward raked windows on bridge for maximum visibility of deck area and of boarding pilots, and port and starboard side doors for direct exit of pilots from the shelter of the deckhouse to the ship's boarding ladder. The boat is also fitted with a hydraulic platform -- built into the stern -- that allows retrieval of a person overboard.

Type: High Speed Pilot Designer: Camarc Design LOA: 55.8 feet LWL: 47.5 feet Beam: 18.8 feet Draft: 5.25 feet Displ.: 27 tonnes Speed: 25 knots Engines: 2 x Detroit 8v2000 Hull: Aluminum Deck: Aluminum House: Aluminum Complement: 10 max. The structural design is based on Lloyds Register of Shipping Special Service Craft Rules, and American Boat and Yacht Council Rules (ABYC) is used for all the onboard systems. The hull design is an advanced double chine hull, with full skeg on the propellers, developed in conjunction with U.K. towing tank facilities since 1983. This basic hull design has been...