After 10 years of continuous service in the port of Charleston, the 65-foot pilot launch Fort Ripley has been delivered to the Charleston Branch Pilots by Gladding-Hearn, Duclos Corporation, after a repower
Fort Ripley prior ro repower
After 10 years of continuous service in the port of Charleston, the 65-foot pilot launch Fort Ripley has been delivered to the Charleston Branch Pilots by Gladding-Hearn, Duclos Corporation, after a repower and installation of a Seakeeper 40 gyro stabilizer.
The all-aluminum Fort Ripley was designed by Ray Hunt Design and Gladding-Hearn and built by the Somerset, Mass., shipyard in 2014. With a top speed of 28 knots, it was the first commercial vessel in the United States powered by Volvo Penta IPS drives with twin forward-facing, counter-rotating propellers.
The repower saw the three existing IPS 900 propulsion systems were replaced with three new Volvo Penta IPS 1050 propulsion systems, including new 800 bhp D13 engines, shafts, IPS-30 pods, and an EVC 2.0 control system and displays in the wheelhouse.
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