he monohulled watercraft can travelling at 32 knots as well as has a 400-gallon gas capability
The College of Fisheries as well as Marine Science at the University of Alaska Fairbanks has actually included a brand-new research study vessel to its fleet. Named Nanuq, the 40 feet, light weight aluminum hulled, vessel was made as well as constructed by Armstrong Marine, Port Angeles, Wash., as well as showed up in Seward, Alaska, this summertime.
Pacific Power Group (PPG), functioning carefully with Armstrong, fitted the vessel with a set of Volvo Penta D6 engines, each supplying 330 hp. The engines are coupled with Aquamatic outdrives as well as Volvo hydraulic power guiding.
“Research vessels have very specific performance requirements and Volvo Penta propulsion systems have proven extremely capable of meeting those needs,” claimed Doug Schwedland, vice head of state of PPG’s aquatic department.
The College of Fisheries as well as Marine Science at the college was developed in 1987 to link statewide scholastic as well as research study programs in the college system that are concentrated on fisheries as well as sea scientific researches. The Seward website where the Nanuq will certainly run is committed to the research of aquatic fish, birds as well as creatures.
Along with the Volvo Penta engines, the Nanuq is equipped with side power electrical bow thruster with joystick control to make sure accuracy ability to move throughout research study procedures. The monohulled watercraft can travelling at 32 knots as well as has a 400-gallon gas capability that permits the watercraft long-range traveling abilities in the remote waters of Alaska.
The latest research study vessel changes the R/V Little Dipper.
