Ferry Workshop “There’S No Charge - It’S Worth More for My Moose to See Your Family, Than It Is for Your Family to See My Moose” “Bert & I”, Marshall Dodge
SNAME Maritime Economics Panel (O-36) (And Friends) Ferry Workshop “There’s no charge - It’s worth more for my moose to see your family, Than it is for your family to see my moose” “Bert & I”, Marshall Dodge Chris Barry, P.E. The opinions expressed are those of the author, and do not necessarily represent official policy of the United States Coast Guard San Francisco, CA 2003 World Maritime Technology Conference 1 Thank you all for taking your valuable time and coming to this workshop. I hope that we can all get something out of it. My job here is to present a quick overview of a wide variety of issues to begin the interchange process, so I’ll try to tread lightly on each. There is an annual conference of government small craft users, the Multi Agency Craft Conference, held every year at the Little Creek VA amphibious warfare center. You can see lots of fast boats, big engines, night vision goggles, camouflage and all that sort of stuff there. One topic of interest for users of high speed craft operators is shock absorbing seats, so that boat crews can operate fast in waves without injuries. At one conference, I was examining such a seat and the owner of the firm, also a person of gravitas like myself, having what a naval architect would call a high displacement length ratio, commented that the seat unfortunately was designed for Navy SEALs, not Coast Guard walruses. The point of this story for today’s presentation is: “The Time Has Come, the Walrus Said, To Talk of Many Things” Speed Tonnage Design Options • Hull Design • Propulsion Systems Optimization Rules Alternative Energy Ferry Construction Productivity Improvement Finance San Francisco, CA 2003 World Maritime Technology Conference 2 An effective ferry system requires doing a lot of things right and making the right decisions, based on the needs and goals of the overall system.
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