Pilot boat ORC 156

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The pilot lauch ORC 156 carries 2 crew plus 7 drivers (loading and landing), day and night, from the pilot station of Saint-Nazaire to the pilot vessel on the entry to the estuary of the Loire, landing zone of merchant ships. This pilot boat is as well very suitable to ensure pilots transfers on operating vessels for many daily landings of large or smaller size vessels. The pilot lauch ORC 156 sails safely and requires a pilot’s driving behaviour adapted to the changing sea conditions encountered. To achieve these types of intervention, the hull is reinforced on the front side to withstand collisions and resist to side impacts due to crushing during dockings of ships in motion. To improve the comfort of transfer pilots, the pilot boat ORC 156 has a wheelhouse on flexible mountings. The concept of this pilot boat is designed to serve as a pilot along the walls of surface ships at a speed between 10 and 13 knots. ORC 156 Pilot Lauch Performances In the configuration defïned by this spécification, the performances of the launch rise to 24 knots with a power engine setting on 485CV. ORC 156 fitings . a forepeak . a forestore with bathroom . an engine room . a ship-holds compartment . a rudder room . a wheelhouse on the deck for a wide all-round visibility The pilot boat ORC 156 is powered by two diesel in-line engines each driving a shaft line and a propeller. Electricity génération is performed by two altemators driven by the two propulsion engines. Self-righting Besides its design to tackle the roughest seas, the pilot boat ORC 156 is self- righting in the event of an accidentai capsizing due to very exceptional boating conditions.