New Tour Vessel for Mary D Cruises

 

Designed by Incat Crowther with styling reminiscent of a yacht, the new vessel is being built by Strategic Marine to replace an existing vessel in Mary D Cruises’ fleet.

 

The main deck is arranged to support the transit operation by day and dinner cruises in the evening to tourist destination Amedee Island. The deck features 108 passenger seats primarily in booth seating with tables, an outdoor servery with chilled food storage and food display area. The toilets and scullery are located in the hull away from passenger view with the scullery served by a dumb waiter to the main deck. A bar and a dance floor for the evening’s entertainment are included.

 

By day the dance floor converts to a baggage store with the upper deck seating an additional 88 passengers for outdoor under cover viewing on the lagoon cruise.

 

Additional operational features include a dedicated rubbish storage and removal system and fold out landing ramps to meet with the operator’s existing infrastructure. The vessel is also fitted with cargo fuel and water tanks as it doubles as the supply vessel for Amedee Island.

 

The vessel is powered by two MTU 16V2000 M61 main engines with a rating of only 800kW for a service speed of 20 knots. Electrical power is supplied by multiple Caterpillar C4.4 generators for redundancy, fitted in sound enclosures. The vessel will be classed by BV and complies with local French flag rules.

 

Length Overall: 38.4m

Length Waterline: 34.6m

Beam Overall: 8.12m

Draft: 1.4m

Depth: 3.25m

Construction: Marine grade aluminum

 

Day Fuel Oil: 5,000 liters

Cargo / Delivery Fuel Oil: 8,600 liters

Ships Fresh Water: 1,250 liters

Cargo Fresh Water: 3,600 liters

Sullage: 1,250 liters

Passengers: 196

Crew: 8

Service Speed: 20 knots

Main Engines: 2 x MTU 16V2000 M61

Power: 2 x 800kW / 1,074hp @ 1,800rpm

Propulsion: Fixed Pitch Propeller

Generators: 3 x Caterpillar C4.4 96 eKW

 

Flag: French

Class / Survey: BV 1+Hull+Mach Passenger Vessel Coastal Waters