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Aluminium Catamaran Tusa V

T5    (“TUSA 5”)

Tusa dive is a well known and long established name in the tourist dive industry on the Great Barrier Reef having operated monohull day dive boats and overnight dive vessels for many years in a very competitive environment.

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The decision to go to a Sea Speed Design for there next high speed dive boat was a natural progression but not any easy one. Says Chris Ede director of Tusa Dive “If you had of asked me ten years ago if I would have considered an Aluminium Catamaran Dive Boat I would have said "no way". The advantages are just too much to go past. Basically we are replacing two Dive Boats boats with the one.” Tusa 3 and Tusa 4 have been sold off and are now being replaced with the sleek new catamaran. The decision to benefit from extra capacity and fuel consumption being a natural progression. Having seen first hand the aft’ end of the Sea Speed Sea cats currently in operation in the region, Tusa decided to order the latest version with new styling to set themselves apart from the rest.

Tusa5 Transom in water

The result is this sleek new catamaran vessel with distinctive styling and branding. Dubbed as “T5” T5 is the 9th custom designed dive boat of around this size completed by Paul Birgan of Seaspeed Design for the Cairns Port Douglas region. The catamaran hulls and fit-out will be upgraded each year.

The new Dive boat comes with excellent fuel consumption of 230 ltrs/hr at 27 knot full load and speed.  Down the rev range it is 160ltr/hr at 20 knots. Powered by twin MTU series 60  (490 kw) engines with twin disc gearboxes and a Cummins 60 kva genset with sound shield dive compressor and air banks.

Features on the vessel include: Lounge seating, Bain Marie, double acting hydraulic dive platform, tmq electric hydraulic steering and electronics.

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Specifications

Name of Vessel:

TUSA 5 ("T5")

Type of Vessel:

DIVE CATAMARAN

In Survey to:

USL 1C

Home Port:

CAIRNS

Owner:

TUSA DIVE

Owner Contact Phone:

CHRIS AND PHIL

0740479100

Operator

TUSA DIVE

Designer:

Seaspeeddesign.com

CAD Software:

MAXSURF

Builder:

Newwavecats.com

Hull Construction Material:

ALUMINIUM

Superstructure Construction Material:

ALUMINIUM

Deck Construction Material:

ALUMINIUM

Length Overall:

 24.5M

Length Waterline:

23.10M

Length bp.:

23.4M

Beam:

7.66M

Draught:

1.75M

Depth:

2.5M

Displacement:

50 TONNE

Tonnage/s:

110GRT

Main Engine/s:

2 X MTU

(no/make/model/power)

S 60 488 KW @ 2300 RPM

Gearbox/s:

TWIN DISC 5224A

Propulsion:

ROGERS AND LOUGH

Maximum Speed:

27 KNOTS

Cruising Speed:

24 KNOTS

Bollard Pull:

NIL

Generator:

CUMMINS 4BT 3.9 LTR 60KVA

Shaft Auxiliary Generator/s:

 NIL

Side Thruster/s:

NIL

Steering System:

TMQ ELECTRIC HYDRAULIC

Dive Compressor:

OWNER SUPPLY

Dive Gear:

OWNER SUPPLY

Hydraulic Equipment:

TMQ/NWC

Stern Gear:

ROGERS AND LOUGH

Electronics Supplied By:

TMQ

Electronics Installed By:

TMQ

Depth Sounder/s:

JRC FF50

Radio/s:

Icom

Autopilot:

TMQ AP55

Compass/es:

100MM WITH CARD

Weatherfax:

 

GMDSS:

 

GPS:

Lorenz Magnum Pro

Plotters:

Lorenz Magnum Pro

Sound System:

Sony Marine

Video System:^p

TMQ

Other Electronics:

JRC Radar

Electrical  By:

Mackey Electrical

Winches:

NIL

Capstan/Windlas

MUIR 3500

Cranes:

NIL

Deck Equipment:

DIVE PLATFORM

Fire System:

SYSTEMS ADVANTAGE

Alarm System/s:

ITIM TANK GUAGES

Paints/Coatings:

JOTAN

Windows:

ALFAB

Seating:

NWC CUSTOM

TST SEATING

Flooring/Deck Surface Finishes:

CARPET TILES

MARINE CARPET

Interior Fitout/Furnishings:

NWC CUSTOM

DAMPER CEILING

Lights:

AQUA SIGNAL

Air Conditioning:

FREEZTEC

Anchors:

2 X 70KG HHPA

Liferaft/s:

4 X RFD

25  MAN

Safety:

SAM ALAN

Tender:

AQUA PRO 1401 DIVE MASTER

Hold Capacity:

LIGHT STORES

Sullage Capacity:

2 X 1000LTR

Water Capacity:

2 X 1000LTR

Fuel Capacity:

2 X 1750LTR

Fuel Consumption:

150LTR/HR @ 20 KN

Passengers:

95 DIVERS/5 CREW

Range:

300 NM

Vehicles:

NIL

Type of operation Envisaged:

DAY DIVE

CRUISE

Operational Area:

COASTAL CAIRNS

Date of Delivery:

5TH SEPT 2007

 

 

 

 

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