Research Vessel Paragon

Specifications

• Official Number: 993613
• Make: H & F Boats; Bandon, Oregon
• Year Built: 1993
• Material: Fiberglass/ Wood
• Length: Hull (32 feet), Overall (36 feet)
• Tonnage: 10 Gross ton, 8 Net ton
• Working Deck Dimensions: 8.5 x 15 feet
• Beam: 10 feet
• Draft:  3 feet
• Overhead Clearance: Mast up (21.5 feet), Mast down (10 feet)
• Occupancy: 8 people total
• Horsepower: 700 hp (twin F350 hp Yamaha Outboards)
• Fuel Capacity: 550 gallons (pairs of 120 gal saddle tanks and 50 and 55 gal aft tanks)
• Speed: 25-32 knots cruising (40 knots max)
• Economy: 0.8-0.9 nm/gal (@ 4200 rpm (23 kts) to 4900 rpm (32 kts))
• Endurance: ~400 nm
• Freshwater: ~50 gallons (fiberglass tank, not potable)
• Head: Porta-Potti

Engineering Machinery

• Honda GX390 (11 HP Four Stroke Engine)- powers hydraulics
• Pressure Compensated Pump (VTM42 60 75 15 MD R1 14)
  • Capacity: 8.0 US GPM
  • Relief Pressure: 1500 PSI

Deck Machinery

• Deck boom
  • Operated by hand lines (side to side, up down)
  • Max lifting capacity 500 lbs. (static)
  • Fitted with 12V WARN DC1000 electric hoist (1000 lb.)
  • Fitted with 5” hydraulic capstan
  • Fitted with a 9” hydraulic line pinch (3/4”-1”)
• 7” Hydraulic Capstan (to 500 lb lift capacity, max lift TBD
• 3″ Windlass
• Hydraulic Anchor Drum (20 pound bruce anchor)
• Canon Digi-Troll 10 (for light use to 800′)
• Collapsible mast for restricted overhead situations
• Gunwale-mounted pole for acoustic instrumentation
• Launch and Recovery cradle (LARS) for LRAUV
• Deck plate with 12″ centers
• Electric gunwale winch (tugger) 1000 Lbs
• Davit mounted Electra-dyne 12V electric pot puller
  • 12″ Disc, 3/4 HP, 30:1 gear ratio
  • 310 FPM, 250 lb max load
• InterOcean hydraulic winch
  • 750 lbs bare weight, 2 channel slip ring, ~1m/min
  • 800m Falmat EM cable (FM088095-1MOD1)4 Conductor, 18-20 AWG
    • 0.380″, 0.068 lbs/ft air, 0.013 lbs/ft water, Break 2400 lbs

Safety Equipment

• 1 ACR EPIRB (M/N RLB-33 Cat. 1)
  • UIN: 2DCC7 528B0 FFBFF
  • S/N: 6502
• SPOT emergency beacon
• Garmin AIS 600 Class B (viewable on MarineTraffic.com & ODSS)
• Fireboy CO monitor
• 8 Type III Stearns work vest
• 4 Plastic Hard Hats
• 8 Type I PFD vests
• 8 Survival Suits (Size Universal Adult)
• 2 Fire Extinguishers (Type-B-I)
• Compressed Air Horn
• Electric Horn
• Flares
  • 3 Hand Flares
  • 1 SOLAS Red Hand Flare
  • 4 Aerial Flares
  • 1 Daytime Visual Distress Signal
  • 2 Mirrors
• Diver Down Flag
• Alpha Flag
• First Aid Kit
• Throwable Life Ring (Type IV)
• Throwable Life Sling (Type IV)
• Throw rope
• Recovery cargo net
• First Aid Kit
• Automated external defibrillator (AED)
• Ditch Bag
  • Handheld VHF radio (6 Watt Boost)
  • 2 Emergency Strobes
  • 1 SOLAS Orange Floating Smoke Signal
  • 1 SOLAS Red Hand Flare
  • 8 Emergency Blankets
  • 16 pints of water
  • Snack bars

Electronics and Communications

• 12 V starter bank batteries
  • 4 AC Delco M27MF
• 6 V auxiliary bank batteries
  • 4 West Marine Heavy Duty Deep Cycle 230Ah (6 V)
• Garmin GPSMAP 7612xsv
• Garmin GPSMAP 7608xsv
• Garmin B265LH (Traditional Chirp Transducer)
• Garmin GT51M-THP (Down-vu and Side-vu Chirp transducer)
• Garmin Marine Heading Sensor (010-11417-00)
• Garmin GMR24 xHD Radome
• 3000 W Xantrex ProWatt Inverter
• 1000 W Xantrex Sine Wave Inverter (110 V; 60 Hz)
• 1 VHF radio (IC-M302)
• 1 Garmin VHF 200 NMEA 2000 – allows Digital Selective Calling and SOS
• Sterling Power ProCharge Ultra (12V)
• 12v Power port (70A Marinco trolling motor plug ) – Port is female