Blount Boats finishes new 110-foot ferry for Maine

摘要

On the first weekend in 2014, Blount Boats delivered the Wa-banaki, a new 110′4″×32′×6′4″ passenger ferry, to the Maine Department of Transportation. This is the eighth ferry built by the Warren, R.I., boatyard to be operated by Maine's Casco Bay Island Transit District in Portland. The first boat was the Aucocisco Ⅱ built in 1953. Designed by Rolls-Royce, the Wabanaki carries up to 399 passengers on two levels and runs year-round out of Portland to six islands in Casco Bay. With its vertical bow, wheelhouse set well back from the bow and a single, tall stack behind the house, the Wabanaki resembles old steam-powered ferries.