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Vessel Name
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SOLANO
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Vessel Type
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Passenger-only, high speed aluminum catamaran
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| Built by
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Dakota Creek Industries, Inc., of Anacortes, WA
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Designed by
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Advanced Multihull Designs, of Sydney, Australia
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| Owner
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City of Vallejo, California
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| Operator
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Blue & Gold Fleet LLP, of San Francisco, CA
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| Length Overall
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41.3 meters (135 feet)
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| Waterline Length
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36.2 meters (119 feet)
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| Beam
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12.0 meters (39 feet)
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| Maximum Draft
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1.5 meters (5 feet)
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| Displacement
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184 tonnes (406,000 pounds) fully loaded with passengers + fuel
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| Regulatory Tonnage
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91 tonnes
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| Coast Guard Class
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Subchapter K, licensed for operation on Lakes, Bays, and Sounds
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| Passenger Capacity
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300 + 1 snack bar attendant
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| Crew Size
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4
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| Fuel
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#2 Diesel – 6,600 gallons maximum, 3,300 gallons nominal
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| Fresh Water
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500 gallons
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| Sewage
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500 gallons
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| Urea
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120 gallons
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| Lubricating Oil
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170 gallons
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| Service Speed
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34 knots fully loaded, 38 knots maximum
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| Range
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12 round trips maximum, 6 round trips nominal
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| Crossing Time
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55 minutes each way, Vallejo to San Francisco
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| Main Engines
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two MTU 16V4000 Series M70 engines each rated at 3,110 horsepower @
2,000 RPM (major components manufactured in Germany, engines assembled
in Detroit, MI)
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| Fuel Consumption
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300 gallons per hour total
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| Reduction Gears
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two ZF Marine (Germany) 7550 gears with a reduction ratio of 2.028:1
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| Propulsion and Steering
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two Hamilton Jet (New Zealand) Series 811 waterjets each producing
18,250 pounds of trust – the waterjets pump 2,700 gallons of water per
minute (10 tons per second) at an exit velocity of 70 miles per hour.
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| Electrical Plant
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two 130 kilowatt John Deere generator sets packaged by Pacific Detroit
Diesel Allison, Kent, WA
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| Machinery Alarm, Control & Monitoring
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MTU (Germany) MCS-5 Type 2 system controls virtually all machinery
through a single operator interface
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| Diesel Emissions
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two Steuler Anlagenbau GmbH & Co., Germany – selective catalytic
reduction (SCR) reactors
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| Reduction Agent
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Urea, vessel will burn 100 gallons of urea per day in normal operation
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| NOx Reduction
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57%, vessel is cleaner than EPA 2007 Tier 2 limits
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| Added Capital Cost
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$472,594
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| Added Operational Cost
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projected to be $100,000 per year
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| Added Vessel Weight
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4 tonnes (8,818 pounds)
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| Urea Supplier
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Cervantes~Delgado Inc., Brea, CA
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