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Tusa dive is a well known and long established name in the tourist dive industry on the Great Barrier Reef having operated monohull day and overnight vessels for many years in a very competitive environment.
Click play on the video box to play Tusa Dive's Video featuring their new vessel.
The decision to go to a New Wave Catamaran was a natural progression but not any easy one. Says Chris Ede director of Tusa Dive “If you have of asked me ten years ago if would have considered an Aluminium Catamaran I would have said no way. The advantages are just too much to go past. Basically we are replacing two boats with the one.” Tusa 3 and Tusa 4 have been sold off and are now being replaced with the sleek new catamaran. The decision to benefit from extra capacity and fuel consumption being a natural progression. Having seen first hand the aft’ end of the New Wave Seacats currently in operation in the region, they decided to order the latest version with new styling to set themselves apart from the rest.
The result is this sleek new vessel with distinctive styling and branding. Dubbed as “T5” T5 is the 9th custom designed dive boat of around this size completed by Paul Birgan of Seaspeed Design for the Cairns Port Douglas region. The hulls fit out will be upgraded each year.
The new boat comes with excellent fuel consumption of 230 ltrs/hr at 27 knot full load and speed. Down the range it is 160ltr/hr at 20 knots. Powered by twin MTU series 60 (490 kw) engines with twin disc gearboxes and a one off Cummins 60 kva genset with new wave custom built sound shield.
Features on the vessel include: Lounge seating, Bain Marie, double acting hydraulic dive platform, tmq electric hydraulic steering and electronics.
Click on the image to the right to view the editorial in the magazine Work Boat World about Tusa V. |
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Name of Vessel: |
TUSA 5 (“T5”) |
Type of Vessel: |
DIVE CATAMARAN |
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In Survey to: |
USL 1C |
Home Port: |
CAIRNS |
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Owner: |
TUSA DIVE |
Owner Contact Phone: |
CHRIS AND PHIL 0740479100 |
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Operator |
TUSA DIVE |
Designer: |
Seaspeeddesign.com |
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CAD Software: |
MAXSURF |
Builder: |
Newwavecats.com |
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Hull Construction Material: |
ALUMINIUM |
Superstructure Construction Material: |
ALUMINIUM |
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Deck Construction Material: |
ALUMINIUM |
Length Overall: |
24.5M |
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Length Waterline: |
23.10M |
Length bp.: |
23.4M |
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Beam: |
7.66M |
Draught: |
1.75M |
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Depth: |
2.5M |
Displacement: |
50 TONNE |
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Tonnage/s: |
110GRT |
Main Engine/s: |
2 X MTU |
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(no/make/model/power) |
S 60 488 KW @ 2300 RPM |
Gearbox/s: |
TWIN DISC 5224A |
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Propulsion: |
ROGERS AND LOUGH |
Maximum Speed: |
27 KNOTS |
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Cruising Speed: |
24 KNOTS |
Bollard Pull: |
NIL |
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Generator: |
CUMMINS 4BT 3.9 LTR 60KVA |
Shaft Auxiliary Generator/s: |
NIL |
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Side Thruster/s: |
NIL |
Steering System: |
TMQ ELECTRIC HYDRAULIC |
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Dive Compressor: |
OWNER SUPPLY |
Dive Gear: |
OWNER SUPPLY |
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Hydraulic Equipment: |
TMQ/NWC |
Stern Gear: |
ROGERS AND LOUGH |
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Electronics Supplied By: |
TMQ |
Electronics Installed By: |
TMQ |
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Depth Sounder/s: |
JRC FF50 |
Radio/s: |
Icom |
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Autopilot: |
TMQ AP55 |
Compass/es: |
100MM WITH CARD |
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Weatherfax: |
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GMDSS: |
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GPS: |
Lorenz Magnum Pro |
Plotters: |
Lorenz Magnum Pro |
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Sound System: |
Sony Marine |
Video System:^p |
TMQ |
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Other Electronics: |
JRC Radar |
Electrical By: |
Mackey Electrical |
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Winches: |
NIL |
Capstan/Windlas |
MUIR 3500 |
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Cranes: |
NIL |
Deck Equipment: |
DIVE PLATFORM |
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Fire System: |
SYSTEMS ADVANTAGE |
Alarm System/s: |
ITIM TANK GUAGES |
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Paints/Coatings: |
JOTAN |
Windows: |
ALFAB |
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Seating: |
NWC CUSTOM TST SEATING |
Flooring/Deck Surface Finishes: |
CARPET TILES MARINE CARPET |
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Interior Fitout/Furnishings: |
NWC CUSTOM DAMPER CEILING |
Lights: |
AQUA SIGNAL |
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Air Conditioning: |
FREEZTEC |
Anchors: |
2 X 70KG HHPA |
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Liferaft/s: |
4 X RFD 25 MAN |
Safety: |
SAM ALAN |
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Tender: |
AQUA PRO 1401 DIVE MASTER |
Hold Capacity: |
LIGHT STORES |
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Sullage Capacity: |
2 X 1000LTR |
Water Capacity: |
2 X 1000LTR |
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Fuel Capacity: |
2 X 1750LTR |
Fuel Consumption: |
150LTR/HR @ 20 KN |
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Passengers: |
95 DIVERS/5 CREW |
Range: |
300 NM |
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Vehicles: |
NIL |
Type of operation Envisaged: |
DAY DIVE CRUISE |
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Operational Area: |
COASTAL CAIRNS |
Date of Delivery: |
5TH SEPT 2007 |
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Contact InformationSea Speed Pty Ltd. P.O. BOX 773 Aspley 4034, Brisbane Australia Phone +61 7 3862 9988 Fax +61 7 3862 9488 Mobile Paul 0417 770 769 |
