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WBW BEST DIVE BOAT 2016

 

Reef Quest 111 power/fuel curve

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Reef Quest 111 GA plan

26 M Dive Boat Design GA Plan image

    

R'Quest 111 GA Ferry plan

26M 200 passenger ferry design

 

"Reef Quest 111" New Sea Cat 26 Dive Boat

 

 

This award winning "SeaCat 26" high speed, aluminium dive boat design looks great and goes incredibly well, as can be seen in the photo above at fully loaded sea trials. Reef Quest was built in Thailand by our sister company 'SeaCat Ship's by their Australian/Thai team, however a lot of the components came from Australia and many of the subcontractors were also Australian.'Reef Quest 111' is a state-of-the-art dive boat built for daily rough water operations from Cairns, Australia out to the Great Barrier Reef. Also carrying out passenger and crew transfers to the mother ship 'Ocean Quest' and day Scuba Diving trips with up to three dive sites a day for the lucky customers.

 

26 M Dive Boat Reef Quest

 

This is the third Sea Cat design for Tony Physick of Deep Sea Divers Den in Cairns, being the most modern version of a proven theme. The first 'Reef Quest' was designed in 2000 and is now in the Caribbean ready for another 15 years of service before its next re-fit. The second “Sea Quest” was built in 2004 and is currently operational and doing a great job day after day out on the reef. The upgraded version 'Reef Quest 3' will give the operator better performance, reliability, fuel economy, styling and passenger comfort.

 

Reef Quest 111 Dive boat after launchReef Quest 111 launch

 

The above photo's are of the beach launching of the new cat at Ocean Marina Yacht Club, Pattaya, Thailand with perfect wind and sea conditions. The aluminium hull and deckhouse design is very strong and is in compliance with the requirements of Lloyds Register SSC rules for a passenger vessel operating 150 Nautical Miles offshore. The majority of the aluminium structure was supplied in KIT format to allow the parts to be CNC router cut to for ease in construction.

 

Reef Quest 111 Dive Boat interior1Reef Quest 111 Dive Boat interior 2Reefquest 111 Main CabinSea Cat 26 Upper Cabin

 

She has an extremely high standard of fit-out to the accommodation spaces, The lower deck has a forward sunken lounge, main passenger cabin and aft' dive deck. The foredeck is fitted out with plush lounge cushions (dry in most sea conditions) and is a perfect place for sun baking or dive briefings. The fully air conditioned main cabin is fitted with ferry style seats, two U lounges and a large servery/bar. All the tables, cabinets and galley were constructed in Australia and shipped to Thailand and are made from solid silky oak wood from North Queensland. The aft' deck is a scuba divers dream, with provision for up to 70 dive tanks with three refill stations powered by below deck dive compressor and 8 large dive air banks. The dive deck features a two stage hydraulic platform which opens up the complete transom for diving and a folding bottom platform which holds the tender when under way and turns into a stairwell with waist height water access when down. The upper deck has a fully air conditioned VIP lounge, open helm area and integrated "touch screen" electronic system.

 

Sea Cat 26 Aluminium Dive Boat aft' deckSea Cat 26 Sun DeckReef Quest Dive platform (Down)Reef Quest 111 Galley

 

The aft' upper deck has a nice outside seating area with teak slat seats. On top is a spacious sun deck with day bed and perimeter seating. Powered by twin Yanmar 911 H.P. mechanical marine engines. The vessel achieved speeds of 26-27 knots fully loaded with an impressive cruising speed of 24 knots @ 85% MCR with total fuel consumption of 260 liters per hour and a super fuel efficient speed of 20 knots @ 60% MCR and 170 Ltrs/hr total fuel consumption. The drive train is through Yanmar YXH 250 gear boxes, Rogers and Lough shafting and rudder and Veemstar fixed pitched propellers in conjunction with the mini keels, giving protection to the running gear and increased tracking especially in a following sea. Although being fitted with 100% mechanical engines the control and gear shift is via twin disc electronic control units, giving a main station with two wing controls. Steering is electric hydraulic and also three station. Reliability is the key for the busy operation, thus two Zenith 60 KVA generators are fitted with 100% redundancy.

 

Aluminium catamaran dive boatDive boat at Pattaya

Reef Quest 111 engine roomReef Quest 111 sunken lounge

 

    SPECIFICATIONS

Name of Vessel:

"Reef Quest 111"

Type of Vessel:

DIVE CATAMARAN

TOUR/FERRY

In Survey to:

NSCV 1C

Home Port:

Cairns Australia

Owner:

Ecrolight P/l

Owner Contact:

Tony Physick

Operator

Deep Sea Divers Den

Designer Contact:

Paul Birgan

CAD Software:

MAXSURF

Builder:

Aust Thai Thailand

Hull Construction

ALUMINIUM

Superstructure

ALUMINIUM

Deck Construction

ALUMINIUM

Length Overall:

26.07M

Length Waterline:

24.32M

Length rule:

23.98M

Beam:

9.00M

Draught:

1.79M

Depth:

2.60M

Displacement:

60 TONNE

Tonnage/s:

145 GRT

Main Engine/s:

2 X YANMAR

6AYM WYM WGT

(model/power)

2 x 911HP

@1938RPM

Gearbox/s:

YANMAR YXH 250

1.95 ratio

Propulsion:

R & L (AUS)

Veem Prop's

Maximum Speed:

26-27 KNOTS

Cruising Speed:

24 KNOTS @ 80%   MCR

 

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Generator/s:

Zenith4GB1TRD

2 of 55/60 KVA

Shaft Auxiliary Generator/s:

NIL

Side Thruster/s:

NIL

Steering System:

Hydrive/UMP

Hydraulic Equipment:

Ultimate Marine Power

Electronics Supplied By:

Ultimate Marine Power

Electronics Installed

 UPS/GCS

Depth Sounder/s:

Samyung

Radio/s:

ICOM

Sonar:

-

Satcom:

-

Autopilot:

SIMRAD

Compass/es:

Ritchie

Weatherfax:

-

GMDSS:

-

GPS:

Simrad

Plotters:

Samyung

Sound System:

Fusion

Video System:

Domestic

Other Electronics:

CCTV & DVR

Electrical By:

Bensen & Brown

Electrics installed by:

GCS Electrical

Capstan/Windlass:

Lewmar V6

Tank Guages:

ITIM

Deck Equipment:

Dive Platform

Other Equipment Installed:

-

Alarm System/s:

Systems Advantage (Sea Fire)

Paints/Coatings:

Jotun interior

Wrap it Marine

Windows:

Windows West AUSTRALIA

Seating:

Wave Rider

Pond Cushions

Flooring/Deck Surface Finishes:

Carper Tiles

NON SKID

Interior Fitout/Furnishings:

Honeycomb

Walls and Ceiling

Lights:

LED

Anchors:

1 X 130 KG SHHP

Liferaft/s:

5 x 25Man RFD

Lifeboat/s:

-

Rescue Boat/s:

10Man Barefoot

Hold Capacity:

-

Sullage Capacity:

2 x 1000 LTR

Water Ballast:

-

Fuel Capacity:

2 X 4600LTR

Fuel Consumption:

270l/hr @ 24 KN

180l/hr @ 20 KN

Freshwater Capacity:

2 x 1000 LTR

Crew:

4

Passengers:

120 DIVERS ( 200 pax+ as ferry)

Range:

1120 NM @ 20KN

2000 NM @ 10KN

Vehicles:

-

Type of operation Envisaged:

TOURIST, FERRY,

DIVE BOAT

Operational Area:

COASTAL

Date of Delivery:

1st DECEMBER 2015

 

CONSTRUCTION PHOTOSReef Quest 3 Dive Boat designAluminium Dive Boat Catamaran constructionAluminium Catamaran construction 26M dive Cat stern construction

Aluminium Dive Cat 26 construction

Above are construction photo's showing different stages of construction.

3 D IMAGES AND RENDERS

Reef Quest 111 3d

Sea Cat 26m Dive Boat image26M Dive Catamaran image fore end26M Dive Boat image model

Above are 3d images provided to the owner to show what the final version will look like.

 

Contact Information

                             Sea Speed Pty Ltd. P.O. BOX 773 Aspley 4034, Brisbane Australia

                               Phone Int 668 04406355     

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Contact Information

Sea Speed Pty Ltd.

P.O. BOX 773 Aspley 4034, Brisbane Australia

Phone +61 7 3862 9988

Fax +61 7 3862 9488

Mobile Paul 0417 770 769

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