propless cruise ship escort

[Peelz]

thought you jet boat guys might dig this... followed us out of jacksonville. Sounded odd, then as it passed, I could see the reason for the "whoosh" sound.... the two streams.


shudder to think the gas this thing is guzzling at full tilt LOL

 

[Lextacy03]

and they are Joystick controlled, Best Friend is a Coastie . I ve been on a few of the boats at the station and they are all amazing.

 

[rkluck]

The navy also has more and more jet boats!

 

[Peelz]

pretty sweet, really.

saw one last year, in Mexico, near yucatan. It was smaller, sleeker. more a of gunboat. but couldnt get a good shot

 

[PedalPirate]

I'm pretty lucky that I can drive one to work, then drive the other for "work"!

 

[007]

What kind of seas can the "work" boat handle @PedalPirate? Looks like it would make a hell of a fun boat to do the Great Loop in if she had sleeping accomodations and a price tag I could swallow!

 

[Julian]

Some good info...yes....joystick controlled:

http://threesheetsnw.com/blog/2011/...veils-jet-propelled-super-fast-response-boat/

http://www.uscg.mil/acquisition/rbm/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Response_Boat_–_Medium

 

[007]

Thanks @Julian ..$2.1 million!?!?

I'm about $2.025 million short. Not to mention the fuel burn makes a Yamaha seem like a Prius!

Still bad ass and I am glad its working for us.

 

[Julian]

I was surprised that its range is really only 250 NMiles (at 30 knots)....I would think they would want a boat with a larger range....but obviously not...

 

[PedalPirate]

Yes, the RBM is "drive by wire", which is good and bad. Trying to teach the new coasties how to drive this boat is easy; it's like a video game since it uses two joy sticks. However, you don't need a true understanding of dynamic forces (wind, current and waves) since you can place the boat in docking mode. When in this setting and maneuvering, the boat adjusts the engine RPMs and buckets automatically to make the boat do what traditional boats aren't suppose to do. It will walk sideways like it has bow and stern thrusters and you can still control the heading. It's super easy for the young guys to learn, but was a challenge for me. I still try not to use the docking mode because it confuses me.
Manufacturer specs are different than what we use. Our limitations are 10' seas and 30kts winds, but the boat is more capable than that. As far as the 250nm range, we are limited by policy not operate anymore than 50nm offshore, and our areas of responsibility very, but aren't usually more than 50x50nm.
I got on the helm for the first time in 2011. I remember vividly driving the boat in solid 5 with the occasional 6.5 foot seas off the port bow and getting beat up. I looked over at the other guys on the boat and told then I thought this thing was suppose to have a plush ride. Their reply was "dude, you're going 32kts in 6 footers, what do you expect?" I'll never forget that because in the old 41 UTBs, I'd still get beat up in that sea state, but the boat would be going 10-15kts.
Long story short, it's a bad ass boat for the new generation.

 

[Peelz]

Yes, the RBM is "drive by wire", which is good and bad. Trying to teach the new coasties how to drive this boat is easy; it's like a video game since it uses two joy sticks. However, you don't need a true understanding of dynamic forces (wind, current and waves) since you can place the boat in docking mode. When in this setting and maneuvering, the boat adjusts the engine RPMs and buckets automatically to make the boat do what traditional boats aren't suppose to do. It will walk sideways like it has bow and stern thrusters and you can still control the heading. It's super easy for the young guys to learn, but was a challenge for me. I still try not to use the docking mode because it confuses me.
Manufacturer specs are different than what we use. Our limitations are 10' seas and 30kts winds, but the boat is more capable than that. As far as the 250nm range, we are limited by policy not operate anymore than 50nm offshore, and our areas of responsibility very, but aren't usually more than 50x50nm.
I got on the helm for the first time in 2011. I remember vividly driving the boat in solid 5 with the occasional 6.5 foot seas off the port bow and getting beat up. I looked over at the other guys on the boat and told then I thought this thing was suppose to have a plush ride. Their reply was "dude, you're going 32kts in 6 footers, what do you expect?" I'll never forget that because in the old 41 UTBs, I'd still get beat up in that sea state, but the boat would be going 10-15kts.
Long story short, it's a bad ass boat for the new generation.

wasn't aware of that one. Makes sense on the speed vs range setup.

very cool. Fun to watch barreling through the waves.