Experimental foot ferry won't run between Bremerton, Seattle this year Seattle Times

21.01.10

BREMERTON — Kitsap Moving'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 forgive explain the high-tech prototype to go through Rich Passage, Kitsap Transit executive director Dick Hayes said during a junction of the agency's board Tuesday. In the meantime, he said, the 118-person boat could shuttle passengers between Bremerton and Annapolis and by any chance 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 power 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 certain stage of a Rich Passage wake study that began in 2005. Bellingham's All American Nautical plans to deliver it on April 19. The research, including the boat itself, has been paid for with federal funds, including $800,000 to evaluate the ferry on the Bremerton-Seattle route for about seven months with passengers aboard. That's now projected to cook from April 2011 to October 2011.

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How much does just the aluminum weight on a 24' pontoon boat?

Jul 28, 2008 by Jackie C | Posted in Other - Outdoor Recreation

I positive this varies....do you know approx? or where can i find out?

Call a pontoon relationships...I found one that said the Dry Weight is 2754 lbs. but all boats are different.
Grant Ray is Due 12/17/08! | Jul 28, 2008

i would guesswork around, 3k to 2450 lbs. just find the displacement and subtract around 1500. there will be your answer. you can get displace ment by the botto of the boat, to the integument of the water, now measure width, and length. add togeather, and now figure a gallon of warters weight, and wallah your weight.
BL4KE | Jul 28, 2008

average combination weight of aluminum-weld bass boat and trailer?

Aug 03, 2008 by luis c | Posted in Boats & Boating


Perhaps 2000#, but could be anywhere from 400# to 3500# depending on size of boat and trailer plus gear and engine and nutriment, etc.

Regards,
Dan

Dan | Aug 04, 2008

What size outboard do i need for a 14' aluminum boat?

Jan 04, 2009 by favorstrucking | Posted in Boats & Boating

I'm looking to buy a insignificant fishing boat that probably weights 300lbs or less. what size outboard would be good enough to haul four people around.

How can you build a boat using aluminum foil, straws, little amounts of scotch tape? Required to hold 31 + kg?

Dec 29, 2008 by physicslover568 | Posted in Physics

Required elements:

1. The boat must refrain from the weight for 5 seconds without sinking.
2. Boat may not exceed 30 cm x 45 cm
3. Tape may only be used to bind together the straws or to make fast the edges of the foil, but may not coat the vessel.
4. Something about buoyancy and Archimedes principle.

Any videos would be helpful
Thanks for the serve =]!!!!

-Physicslover586

In behest to keep the boat from swamping, remember that you're going to be displacing 31000 cc's of water. The boat height has to be at least 23 cm to expiate for the displacement of water from the load plus the weight of the construction of the boat. To be safe, 30 cm would suffice.

Mike | Dec 29, 2008

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