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MARCH/APRIL 2012
Editor M a r t i n Conway Assistant Editor Nicola Stuart Teclinical Contributor David Tinsley Design/Production Manager Sandy Defraine Group Sales Director John Payten
Sales Executive M e r v y n Lahrosse
Advertisement Production Manager Stephen Bell Subscriptions & Publications Manager Josie Pearlson Publisher Mark J Staunton-Lambert
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A 2012 subscription to Ship & Boat International costs: 12 Months 24 Months Inland £120 £211 Europe £127 £220 Overseas £145 £252 36 Months £300 £317 £363
Average Net Circulation 5999 1 January to 31 December 2011 ISSN 0037-3834
7 Editorial comment
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8-14 News
8-10 News
12-14 E q u i p m e n t news
16-19 In-depth
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Safety
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48 Book review
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20-46 Features
Feature 1 Patrol and rescue boats
20 Are y o u sitting c o m f o r t a b l y ?
21 Baitic Patrol 150 d u o r e a c h t h e Ukraine
22-24 High h o p e s for d e m o p a t r o l b o a t
26-28 Indian yards b e g i n t o see t h e light
28 Thai p a t r o l m e n g e t KrobI
Feature 2 Yacht design a n d construction
29-30 Superyachts g a i n single-source
w a s t e w a t e r solution
31-32 O n r a c i n g f o r m
Feature 3 IVIedium-speed engines
34-37 Regulatory goals drive e n g i n e
d e v e l o p m e n t
Feature 4 Offshore wind farm support vessels
38-40 N e w kid off t h e blocks
42-44 Trial b y w i n d
44 Voith a n d SCHRAMM m e a s u r e u p n e w
w i n d f a r m s u p p o r t b o o t design
Feature 5 Ballast a n d waste water treatment
45 BWTS customers o f f e r e d ' s c a n a n d s a v e '
solution
46 Raising t h e t e m p e r a t u r e
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Editor M a r t i n Conway Assistant Editor Nicola Stuart Technical Contributor David Tinsley Design/Production Manager Sandy Defraine Group Sales Director John Payten
Advertisement Production Manager Stephen Bell Subscriptions & Publications Manager Josie Pearlson Publisher M a r k J Staunton-Lambert
Published by:
The Royal Institution o f Naval Architects Editorial & Advertisement Office: 10 Upper Belgrave Street London S W I X 8BQ. U K Telephone: +44 (0) 20 7235 4622 Telefax; +44 (0) 20 7245 6959
E-mail editorial mconway@rina.org.uk E - m a i l advertising advertising@rina.org.uk E-maU production production@rina.org.uk E-mail subscriptions subscriptions@rina.org.uk
Printed i n Wales by Stephens and George Magazines
The Institution is not, as a body, responsible for opinions expressed i n Ship é- Boat International unless i t is expressly stated that these are the Councils views.
Registered charity No. 211161
© 2012 The Royal Institution o f Naval Architects. Tills publication is copyright under the Berne Convention and the International Copyright Convention. A l l rights reserved. N o part o f this publication may be reproduced, stored i n a retrieval system or transmitted without the prior permission o f the copyright owner. Permission is not, however, required to copy abstracts o f papers or o f articles on condition that a f u l l reference to the source is shown. Multiple copying o f the contents w i t h o u t permission is always illegal.
A 2012 subscription to Ship & Boat International costs: 12 Months 24 Months 36 Months Inland £120 £211 £300 Europe £127 £220 £317 Overseas £145 £252 £363
Average Net Circulation 5999 1 January to 31 December 2011 ISSN 0969-0174
7 Editorial comment
Considerations for c o m p o s i t e s
8-16 News
8-13 News
14-16 E q u i p m e n t news
35 Letters to the Editor
35 W e i g l i t - w a t c h i i n g for i m p r o v e d safety
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18-34 Features
Feature 1 Fishing vessels
18-20 s t a y i n g alive, a n d well
20-21 Better b y design
Feature 2 UK
22-24 Yards u n i t e d
25-26 Duty p a g e a n t
Feature 3 Green craft technology
28 Taxi f a b
29 Working a t r e a t
Feature 4 IVIarine composites
30 High in fibre, low in w e i g h t
32-33 M o r e c o m p o s i t e research r e q u i r e d
Feature 5 Communications
34 M o r e c o n n e c t i v i t y for your b u c k
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