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Seychelles
Air/Sea Rescue Fire Fighter
The Department of Civil Aviation of Seychelles chose Cape Town based Veecraft Marine
to build a 12-meter air/sea rescue vessel with fire fighting capabilities.
The order was granted on the strength of Veecraft’s resent successful launch of their new high-speed twin hull landing craft with twin jet propulsion.
The Seychelles vessel has a similar hull design powered by two VM 315kw turbo diesels driving two Hamilton Jet HJ241 units.
She achieves 25-knots with her maximum displacement of 6000kg. Her lightweight displacement will be 4800kg.
Besides being fast, she will be highly manoeuvrable. She will be able to rotate on her own axis and stop within a boat length.
Her fire fighting capabilities include a 215 litre foam tank, a fore deck fire hose stand pipe and one on the port side of the aft deck. A fire monitor is situated on the fly bridge. Seawater is utilised for fire fighting purposes.
The bridge has 360-degree horizon vision and the crew can see what is going on above her.
She is equipted with a Speich clear view screen and pantograph wiper. These will insure that she has good visibility in all conditions.
When it comes to sea rescue, she can really shine. She could aid in the rescue of 325 people. How could she do that? By deploying five 65 person life rafts.
One of the novel features of the vessel is the stern staircase onto the aft deck. Jets are a natural choice for rescue vessels, as they pose no immediate danger to the people in the water. Even whales, dolphins and seals like them. Her manoeuvrability will allow her to be able to herd all the life rafts together and then tow them to the safety of the harbour.
The vessel has been built to American Bureau of Shipping standards and will have SAMSA approval.
Her vital statistics
Total Length………………….......12-meters Transome to bow.........................11.2-meters
Beam……………………………..4-meters
Height…………………………….3.8-meters
Light ships displacement...............4800kg
Max displacement…………..........6000kg
Fuel oil capacity…………….........700-litres
Foam capacity……………….......215-litres
Water pumping capacity…...........6800 litres per minute Life rafts………………………... 5 x 65 man Crew……………………………. 5
Watch her grow week by week
All the router cut plates start coming together
Aft deck & wheel house in progress
 I am not the prettiest thing you ever saw? Just you wait and see. I am having a nose job!!  A lots has happened since you last saw me. I went for a ride on a trailer to our new home. Had a nose job and look at me now.
I am 12-meters long and can rescue 325 plus people.
My engines & jets go in soon and then it's my pump engine and pump. 6000lpm. Shiver me timbers, that's coming on strong.
My engines are in. I can't wait to get them started now.
Four more weeks and we go to the water.
Oh my word! My new owners have come to see me and I haven't got all my coats on yet. Next time they see me..........
They love just as I am..Ye.Ye. Ye.....
And that's not nothing.
Look at me now, Baby!!
Amazing what a few coats can do for a girl.
Baby I'm on FIRE!! Ye....
I can see clearly now.....I have my windows now....
I have a Speich Clearview Screen now... Hey, where did that come from? Italy!!
I'm wired for remote control. Jabsco twin beam, Marco horn and even my 6800 lpm knozzel is remote control.
There is no whey
that you want a knozzle that size.
Believe you me!!
Ok chaps thats enough painting now.
Let's get some batteries in, it's time to party!!
Ok! Enough already. Get me some water.
Two hoses delivering 6, 800 LPM Thank you for watching me grow. By the time you read this, I will be at my new home on the island of Seychelles. Happy Holiday Island. That's my new home. See you there!!
I am pleased that she's gone. She really had a cattish attitude.
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