1972 86 Feet Passenger Vessel Whale Watch Vessel

86.5' x 22' x 6' Steel Whale Watch Vessel 149 passengers and 3 crew Built in 1972 in North Carolina Designed by Gilbert & Assoc Gross tons: 77 Net tons: 53 Date last hauled: March 2005 All frames, deck, beams, shell plating and decks are 5/16" steel plate All cabin ports are rubber gasketed safety glass with opening sliders on the maindeck cabin forward and opening stainless steel bezel framed port in the wheelhouse Bulwards are regulation 40" high Overhang from the second deck extends out 36" Powered by pair of 12V-71 Detroit Diesel engines c/w two Twin Disc MG512 transmissions 3:1 ratio Two 3" stainless steel shafts with Cooper pillow bearings Two 36" x 32" four bladed propellers 10 KW Lima generator c/w 2 cyl Lister diesel Fuel capacity: 900 gallons Modine cabin heater operates via a heat exchanger with port engine Freshwater capacity: 75 gallons Two heads Wagner manual/hydraulic steering system Safety equipment - as required by vessels's Certificate of Inspection Danforth 90 lb anchor Danforth Constallation magnetic compass w/deviation card 149 gallon steel emergency fuel tank mounted in the lazarette Electronics include: Four 8V batteries, Simrad paper echo sounder, Triton II VHF radios, Sitex Koden 797 Loran C, Furuno 1931 36 mile radar, Morrow S-120 depth gauge, Furuno FR-604D radar, AC/DC amp/volt gauges w/AC frequency meter in wheelhouse, Lamarch Constavolt 60 amp converter, Arista 48-195 amplifier & microphone & PASO FM tuner, Dayton 10/2 amp converter, Micrologic GPS Navigator .  Year 2005 - vessel has been drydocked, hull has been painted and inspected