Plans and Specifications

Experienced crew...Accurate results

The crew of the R/V FAY SLOVER is skilled in vessel operations with collective experience from the Corps of Engineers, NOAA, EPA, and private research.All crewmembers are licensed with the US Coast Guard for 100 Gross Tonnage, near coastal operations.On-board scientific equipment is maintained by a pool of ODU marine technicians.

At cruise end, the researcher will have the ability to obtain a CD-ROM with a complete geo-referenced data file of ship-collected and researcher-collected integrated data in Labview format.

Physical Characteristics

LOA	55 Feet
Beam	17 Feet, 7 Inches
Draft	5 Feet
Cruising Speed	15 knots
Maximum Speed	15 knots
Galley, toilet, freshwater shower

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Powerplant

Engines	twin electronic 700 hp 3406E Caterpillar diesels
Generator	32 kW Northern Lights GenSet

Navigation/Communications

GPS 1	Furuno BB DGPS (integrated into Furuno Navnet)
GPS 2	Furuno GP-36 DGPS
Fathometer	Furuno BB FFI Sounder 600W 50/200kHz (Navnet integrated)
Compass	Furuno PG-1000 Fluxgate
Autopilot	Simrad/Robertson AP20 w/remote
Radar	Furuno 6kW (Navnet integrated)
Electronic Charts	Navionics charts, The Cap'n, ENCs
VHF Radio	2 standard-spectrum marine VHF's
SSB Radio	1 Icom IC-M700
Software	NT Planner w/ NT r/w card; The Cap'n

Deck Gear

A-Frame and Oceanographic Winch	Markey, 7-conductor slip rings, 600 m of 6000 lb capacity ¼" conductor cable
Trawl/coring Winch	InterOcean Systems, electric, 1500 lb. line pull, 250 meters of 8000 lb working strength 1/4" Plasmabraid Kevlar line

Science Gear

Lab Space	25 sq. feet of wet/dry/electronics lab
Computing	2 Dell Optiplex Pentium III's w/100 mbit Ethernet network. Labnet based.
CTD	SBE 25 CTD w/fluorometer, transmissometer, dissolved oxygen
Rosette Sampler	SBE 32 Mini-rosette with 12 x 5-liter OTE Go-Flo bottles. SBE 33 Deck Unit
Seawater System	Flow-through seawater system with SBE 45 Thermosalinograph and Wetlabs Fluorometer
ADCP	600 kHz RDI ADCP well-mounted, interchangeable
Bathymetry	Knudsen 320B 200 kHz Precision Depth Recorder
Side Scan Sonar	Edgetech, 100 kHz towfish
Weather Station	RM Young anemometer, temp, RH, Photosynthetically Available Radiation (PAR) logging to Campbell Scientific CR-10X datalogger
Acoustic Release	Benthos 866A Continental Shelf acoustic release w/DS-8000 deck command unit

Other Notable Features

A 25 square foot wet/dry lab with 32 kW of clean, UPS-backed power is available for sample processing or electronic monitoring, remote control operations, or data recording.

Deck tackle includes Bruce and Danforth anchors, 8000 lb-capacity A-frame aft, oceanographic winch with 8 -conductor slip rings and 600m of 6000 lb-capacity ¼", 7-conductor cable.

Non-toxic continuous seawater sampling from the sea chest. The SLOVER hull bottom and sea chest is painted with a silicone elastomeric coating system that does not contain antifoulant toxins.

Mid-ship transducer well allows for interchangeable ADCPs, or other instrumentation.

Complete lab electronic chart system providing electronic navigation and tracking. The pilothouse system, which has integrated radar, is independent from the lab.