Deck Equipment & Tenders
Deck Equipment
- Swinging stern A-frame with block-rigged jack: SWL 25 ton
- Pullmaster M50 Hydraulic winch on A-frame: 25 ton pull (optional)
- Lifting jack with soft line: SWL 22 ton
- Aft crane (North Pacific Crane model MCT-1255): SWL 12 ton
- Fore crane (Marine Crane model MPH1-20K): SWL 1 ton
- RAPP load rendering motion compensated winch with 6000 m of 0.322 fiber optic cable
- Fully enclosed hangar with stainless steel door capable of housing 2 submersibles
- Aft-facing docking/control station “dog house” on flybridge with full replica bridge and electronic controls for ship control during submersible operations
Tenders
Custom Tender:
The M/V Northwind is a 9.8 m (32 ft) aluminum hull RHIB with a polyurethane collar complete with cabin and pilothouse. It was custom built for Alucia service and outfitted as a submarine tender, dive boat, resupply vessel, shore tender, gamefisher and for recreation.
- Engines: 2x Yanmar #6LY2A-STP, 315 hp diesel
- Dimensions: 9.8 m (32 ft) x 3.3 m (10.7 ft) x 0.98 m (3.2 ft)
- Fuel tank capacity: 6.3 tons (200 gallons)
- Water tank capacity: 10.1 tons (320 gallons)
- Maximum speed: 40 knots
- Weight (empty): 4,762 kg (10,500 lbs)
Outfitted with:
- 10” color radar with 24” radar dome
- Black box fish finder
- GPS
- Furuno Digital depth finder
- Standard Quantum VHF
- Aircraft radio
- Hailer/horn
- Ritchie compass
- Racks for 6 dive tanks
- Fortress anchor with rode
- Full safety package
Small Crafts:
- Zodiac Fast Rescue Boat: 4.2 m (13.8 ft), Yamaha 40 hp 2 stroke outboard engine
- Zodiac RHIB, hard bottom: 5.8 m (19 ft), Yamaha 115 hp 4 stroke outboard engine
- Zodiac, soft bottom: 5.8 m (19 ft), Yamaha 75 hp 4 stroke outboard engine