#622- 22.3' x 7.1'- Small Buoy Tender
(photos courtesy of Lyman Morse)
Background:
This design was developed for buoy and waterway maintenance operations in the lakes of Maine. The design mission was to replace the department's 36 year-old fiberglass vessel with a boat of similar dimensions, albeit relatively small for shouldering the maintenance burden of Maine's 1,000+ freshwater buoys. The preference for small size was dictated to facilitate trailering and launching at remote and primitive ramps. Despite its relatively small size, the boat routinely carries a cargo of 2,500# consisting of buoys, anchors and chain. The buoys and gear are worked via a davit at the side hull cutout. A bow thruster is used to help keep the boat on station.
The first of these designs was built by Lyman Morse Fabrication in Thomaston, Maine.
Particulars:
Length (hull):
Beam (hull):
Wt. as rigged:
Wt. Bare Hull:
Deadrise Angles-
Transom:
Sta. 4:
Cutwater:
22' - 3"
7' - 1" (w/o rub rails)
4,155# (twin 115 hp outboard)
2,600# (w/ console & seating)
15
21
45
Scantlings:
Bottom:
Bot. Stringers:
Chine Flats:
Sides:
Side Stringers:
Decks:
Transverse Frames:
Transom:
Keelson:
.250"
3.25" x .250"
.250"
.190"
.190" Flanged Shelf
.190"
.190", flanged
.375"
4.5" x .375"
Stock Weight (approx):
Blank Plate: 3,151# (w/ consoles) Extrusion: 402#