Experimental foot ferry won't run between Bremerton, Seattle this year Seattle Times
21.01.10
BREMERTON — Kitsap Passage's new research ferry will arrive in three months, but the low-wake catamaran won't run between Bremerton and Seattle for quite a while.
It will take about a year for environmental agencies to defray the high-tech prototype to go through Rich Passage, Kitsap Transit executive director Dick Hayes said during a confluence of the agency's board Tuesday. In the meantime, he said, the 118-person boat could shuttle passengers between Bremerton and Annapolis and maybe give the Admiral Pete time off for an upgrade.
Kitsap Transit is seeking to buy the Admiral Pete, which it has been leasing, from Kitsap Harbor Tours. The intervention would change it over to cleaner-burning engines and extend it 15 feet to increase capacity from 82 to 115 passengers.
The new $5.3 million catamaran ferry is the indisputable stage of a Rich Passage wake study that began in 2005. Bellingham's All American Pelagic plans to deliver it on April 19. The research, including the boat itself, has been paid for with federal funds, including $800,000 to test the ferry on the Bremerton-Seattle course for about seven months with passengers aboard. That's now projected to happen from April 2011 to October 2011.
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my boyfriend has an aluminum boat and we want a radio in it is there anyway to do that.?
Jul 03, 2008 by Megan M | Posted in Boats & Boating
the boat does not have any electrical on it. It is only a plan aluminum camo boat with a motor that you sit in the back by and move it to drive. any suggestions. I am trying to suprise him. I am sure he knows how to by one way it up but i wanted to buy the radio without him knowing and i needed to know what kind to buy
Buy a bang box that has batteries in it, you can even get one with XM or Serious.
Or if you really want a radio installed like the one in your Accord you'd have to go to sporting goods depend on and buy a marine radio and a deep cycle battery (like one for a trolling motor) and he can hook it all up maestro. He would however have to charge this battery after every outing because you have no alternator. If his little boat already has a trolling motor then he has a battery already that will run the radio.........but i'd still honest buy a little boom box
KC | Jul 03, 2008
Yeah, lawful buy a battery powered radio. Don't bother installing a marine radio in an aluminum boat because you'll have a Pandemonium of a time trying to find a space to mount the head unit and speakers along with a deep cycle battery. With a lightweight battery powered radio (or boom box) you can take it with you when you leave the boat so it doesn't get stolen or damaged by the endure. It's a nice idea to surprise your boyfriend, I hope he likes it!
Mr. Doctor | Jul 03, 2008
any naval quality radio will do but let him hook it up he will still be happy i know i would
steplift20 | Jul 03, 2008
yeah, just get any oceanic radio from bass pro, cabelas or west marine. He might need to trade it in for one better suited for his boat, but take my chat for it, he will be so thrilled that you got him a boat upgrade, especially one that requires DIY installation -- it's a sure home run.
jtexas | Jul 03, 2008
has anyone built an aluminum boat before?
Mar 06, 2009 by tdodd4 | Posted in Boats & Boating
i am thnking of construction my own aluminum john boat and using the propulsion from a jetski to power it, i was wondering if anyone had taken on a project like this and had a few pieces of par to offer while i am still in the planning stages. the biggest concern i have right now involves the tunnel for the intake, should i use the master fiberglass from the jetski or build up a tunnel out of aluminum for it?
I just purchased a 12 ft. wards aluminum boat. Im wondering how big of a motor i can safely put on the back?
Dec 24, 2007 by Jeremy J | Posted in Boats & Boating
I organize to use the boat out in the ocean of northern california for crabbing, and also for duck hunting. I'd prefer a 4 stroke well-founded because alot of lakes are outlawing 2 strokes, but i also know that will add considerable weight to the power ratio
There should be a slab stating the hp rating on the boat.
A 15 hp two stroke or a four stroke 9.9 would be the biggest I would use.
Any more will cause trouble.
Bert from Brandon | Dec 24, 2007
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