KEILLINA: HART MARINE DELIVERS COMPOSITE PILOT BOAT TO ESPERANCE

摘要

Victoria-based boat builder Hart Marine has recently delivered the FRP composite pilot boat 'Kwillina' to the Esperance Port Authority in Western Australia.Based on the ORC-series of pilot boats from French naval architect Pantocarene, the vessel measures 16 metres in length overall, with a beam of 5.4 metres and a draught of 1.4 metres. Featuring Pantocarene's distinctive hull shape, the vessel's hull form reduces the "venturi effect", a phenomenon that can suck a pilot boat hull alongside a ship's slab-sided hull whilst both vessels are at speed.