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Vessel Specification
Vessel Details
- Name: Shearwater
- Type: Multi-Role Survey
- Year of Build: 1981
- Reconfigured, Refit and Repowered: 2011
Dimensions
- Length: 33 m
- Beam: 11m
- Draft: 2.74m
- GRT: 198
- NRT: 175
- Aft Deck: 1175 sq. ft with separate stern rescue deck
Accommodation
- Berths: 20 including crew
- Survey Lab: 127 sq ft
- Processing Office: 72 sq ft
Propulsion and Machinery
- Main Engines: 2 x 526 HP John Deere Model 6125AFM
- Propulsion: 2 x Hydraulically driven “Z” Drives (raise/lower/tilt with 360 degree steering)
- Bow Thruster: Thrustmaster 100 HP
- Generators: 2 x John Deere Model 6081AFM/Marathon (Magna Plus) 135 Kw
Capacities
- Desalination System: Up to 900 gallons/day
- Fresh Water Storage: 5000 gallons
- Fuel Storage: 13800 gallons
- Septic: Zero discharge with
- 2000 gallon holding tank
- Endurance: 21 days
Fuel Consumption
- Survey 24hrs: 300 gallons/day
- Steaming: 500-600 gallons/day
- Standby at Sea: 70-100 gallons/day
Navigation
- Radar: Furuno 1944C/NT
- Furuno 1935
- Charting System: Garmin 5208 GPS with Chart Plot
- Auto Pilot: COMNAV
- Echosounders: Furuno FCV 620 – color in each hull
- AIS: Furuno FA 150
- Navtex: Furuno NX700 Survey GPS, Heading and IMU: Applanix POS MV
- Acoustic Positioning: Moon Pool mounted USBL
Communication
- VHF: 2 x Icom IC-M504
- SSB: SEA 245 HF/SSB
- SART: Sevenstar Electronics S.701
- Satellite (Phone/Data): Intellian v80G VSAT
Equipment Handling
- Equipment Moon Pools: Port and Starboard 3 foot diameter moon pools
- Hydraulic Stern A-Frame: 2 Ton Capacity
- Can operate as two separate davits
- Fixed Starboard A-Frame: 5 Ton Capacity
- Crane: 14 Ton Maximum Capacity
- 5 Ton w/ single part line
- 2 Ton at 40’ Extension.
- Geotechnical Winch: 5 Ton Capacity
- Survey Equipment Winch: 2500m (11mm diam.) Capacity
Survey Capabilities
- Hydrography and Geophysics
- Multibeam and Single Beam Echosounders
- Side Scan Sonars
- Subbottom Profilers
- Boomers
- Sparkers
- Mini Air Gun
- Multi-Channel Streamers
- Magnetometers and Gradiometers
Benthic and Oceanographic
- CTD and SVPs
- Water Sampling Systems
- Turbidity Monitoring Systems
- Benthic Grabs
- Box Corers
- Drop Down Cameras
Geotechnical
- 10 to 30’ Pneumatic and Electric Vibracores
- Mini-CPTs
- Piston Corers
- Drop Corers
- Grab Sampler
Other
- Deployment and Retrieval of Inspection
- Class ROVs and Compact AUVs
- Dive Platform Capable
- Permanently Installed Networked Server
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