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NEW BUILD - Portable 80 PAX Modular FerryListing ID: 1209039

DESCRIPTION: Portable 80 PAX Modular Ferry

DATE LAUNCHED: Built to order, one 2013-built available

LENGTH: 11.8m (38ft 8in)

BEAM: 4.9m (16ft)

DRAFT: 0.20m (7in)

LOCATION: Eastern Cape South Africa

BROKER: Geoff Fraser

PRICE: POA

General Description

Imagine fitting an 80 passenger ferry onto a super link or 40ft container for delivery to anywhere in the world that a standard truck can access. This is what the

HIPPO 1180 can offer in its unique “knocked down” form. With its exceptional stability and buoyancy characteristics coupled with its flexible deck layout optionsmakes this platform a winner with tour operators.

 SpecificationYear Constructed: 2013

LOA: 11.8m (38ft 8in)

Beam: 4.9m (16ft)

Maximum draft: 0.20m (7in)

Hull Type: Catamaran

Displacement 10 metric ton

Guest: 78

Heads: 83

 CapacityFuel Capacity: 600 Litres

Water Capacity: 200 Litres

Holding Tank Capacity: 200 Litres

 Engine2x 300 HP, Petrol (gas)

Client choice of outboard configuration dependent on local support in each country of operation

Fuel Consuption: 22 Litres per hour

Drive Type: Outboard

Cruising Speed: 12 knots

Maximum Speed: 22 knots

 Construction:5754/5083 Marine Grade Aluminium

WHY ALUMINIUM?Consistent World Class Accuracy of Construction - Weight Co-efficient - Durability - Value - Reparability - Flammability - Ease of Customisation - Corrosion

Resistance - On site Construction

Whilst most vessels available in South Africa are constructed in GRP, the new generation of vessels now available are constructed from Welded Seawater

Resistant Aluminium Alloy.

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The immediate benefits for any clients switching to aluminium vessels are as follows.

General Aluminium is the first choice of government agencies for boats in the 6 to 20 metre range. Aluminium is used for most small to medium sized commercial fishing

boats in the north western US, and used in most crew boats in the Gulf of Mexico. Aluminium has long been accepted as the premier material for fine yachts,

both sail and power, and has been the choice for most America's Cup sailboats since 1974. It is thus evident, that the Sub Saharan market is ready for the

introduction of this technology. Another indication is the global trend to manufacture safe passenger ferry vessels in Aluminium. 

Consistent World Class Accuracy of ConstructionAs each plate is individually cut on a CNC CAD-CAM Router, working at tolerances of 0.01mm, the accuracy of construction is unmatched, and is consistent from

vessel to vessel. Fibreglass boats are generally built from a mould, which, with time, wears resulting in deformed vessels with potential weak points.

Weight Co-efficientAluminium has a higher strength to weight ratio than most affordable boat building materials; Aluminium boats typically weigh 30 to 40% less than their

fibreglass counterparts, and 45 to 55% less than their steel counterparts.

Weight savings provide a number of performance bonuses. For example, in any given size and shape of boat, lighter weight means greater speed with the same

horsepower, reduced fuel consumption, at the maintenance of the same cruising speeds, or a greater payload - more cargo or more range - all meaningful

advantages. Its strength and reduced weight also provides reduced draft in relation to a given payload.

DurabilityAluminium has great toughness. It will survive impacts, that neither steel nor fibreglass will survive. In such cases the steel or fibreglass will rupture, while

aluminium will merely dent, due to its superior elasticity. Like steel, aluminium has considerable ductility, i.e. the ability to withstand permanent deformation without rupture. It has one-third the modulus of elasticity of

steel, thus it absorbs the energy of any impact over a greater distance than steel. Stress levels therefore are considerably less than would be the case in steel. The hull, deck and keel of an aluminium boat are all one welded structure, with no joints and no leaks and can be easily repaired by welding into place

preformed segments.

ValueMarket intelligence shows that Aluminium fleet boats maintain their value as well as their fibreglass counterparts, and has better value retention than steel.

ReparabilityAluminium boats are much easier to repair than fibreglass boats, particularly fibreglass boats with foam liners. With aluminium, dents can often be pounded out

with a hammer, and, if necessary, sections of a plate can be machined out and simply replaced.

Flammability Aluminium does not burn. Fibreglass boats contain petroleum-based resins, which burn energetically. Fire retardant resin makes them harder to "light", but

nonetheless, the burning is energetic once started.

Ease of CustomisationUnlike fibreglass boats, aluminium boats are not built from moulds, and thus require minimal bulkheads for structural support, changes in design, modification in

the location of bulkheads, size of cabins, etc. and can all be accomplished much more readily than with fibreglass. The ease with which equipment can be

relocated, by cutting and welding or drilling and bolting is also advantageous.

Corrosion Resistance The salt water corrosion resistance of 5000 series Aluminium is excellent, and has been demonstrated by the Aluminium Company of America (ALCOA) in a

thirty-year test, from the mid 1930's to the mid 1960's, at which time a section of an aluminium hull was retired from its test site in Narragansett Bay because so

little was happening to it. Corrosion problems with aluminium boats can usually be traced to either the use of improper alloys, galvanic or electrolytic corrosion, all of which may be easily

eliminated through proper material selection, proper wiring, bonding and isolation procedures. It also requires less maintenance than a GRP or Steel vessel, with

Osmosis and Oxidation being a reduced risk with a longer and more productive lifespan.

On site ConstructionWe fabricate to the following standards BS8118, as well as ASME9. Aluminium also allows for the frames and shell plating of a vessel, to be pre-cut and shipped to any destination for final assembly. This would be critical where

logistics do not allow for a complete vessel to be transported to its final destination.

 Accommodationdependant on application this vessel can be customised to meet any clients requirements.

 EquipmentFitted will all standard equipment, this can be configured to clients specification

 Navigation EquipmentUser defined

 Safety EquipmentSAMSA Approved

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IMPORTANT: The Company offers the details of this vessel in good faith but cannot guarantee or warrant the accuracy of this information nor warrant thecondition of the vessel. A buyer should instruct their agents, or their surveyors, to investigate such details as the buyer desires validated. This vessel is offeredsubject to prior sale, price change, or withdrawal without notice.

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