The R/V Vantuna

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Niskin Bottles - Taken on 6/11/02 cruise - (0:33 minutes - 4.44Mb windows media .wma file)

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Specifications

Length: 85' feet
Beam: 23 feet
Weight: 98 gross tons
Construction: heavy wood construction and V-bottom
Propulsion: Twin 460 Caterpillar diesel engines
Cruising Speed: 10 knots
Operating Range: normal range 2000 NM
Fuel capacity: 2,700 gallons
Endurance: 7 days
Water Storage: 600 gallons.
Electrical Power: 2- 120/240 VAC, 40 and 20 KW each; 12/32 VDC 200 amp hour battery bank.
Furnishings: Galley with 2 refrigerators, freezer, 4 burner electric range, and 800 watt microwave, 27" Sony Trinitron, Panasonic 4-head VCR, DVD ready 
Accommodations: Sleeps 18 
Seating: 17 (Galley)
Max Capacity: 38 passengers
     
    Machinery
     
  • Hydraulic "A" frame (8000 lb.) maximum lifting capacity, 12' vertical clearance under block; 9' horizontal clearance between the frame; 6' horizontal clearance over the stern
  • Hydrographic winch (Swan series OH-2013-2)
    with 5000' of 5/32" cable - lift capacity Mid Drum 5,900 lbs. at 100 F.P.M.
  • Oceanographic winch (Swan series
    0-331-MK2) with 7,500' of 1/2" cable with load capacity of 5,900 lb.at 100 F.P.M.

Navigation and Communication

  • Trimble Direct GPS (global positioning system)
  • Magnetic compass
  • GPS Magellan Navigator 5200D
  • Raytheon 24 Mi Radar
  • Raytheon V820 Color Fathometer
  • EPSCO Radar 36 mi
  • Polaris VHF Direction Finder
  • 2 VHF Transceivers
  • 24 mile Raytheon Pathfinder Recording fathometer

Laboratory Equipment

  • Leica Microscopes and Imaging Equipment
  • Microvideo Units for TV display and image capture of microscope images
  • Sony Trinitron 27" monitor
  • On-board Computer
  • Hand held ZR-25 Canon DV (Digital) camcorder
  • Still 35mm cameras

Oceanographic Equipment

  • SBE 25 Sealogger equipped with conductivity, temperature, depth, dissolved oxygen, pH,
    fluorometer (chlorophyll a) and photosynthetically active region (light) sensors
  • 0.25m Phytoplankton nets
  • 16' and 25' Otter Trawls
  • 1 and 0.5 meter Zooplankton nets
  • Van Veen Bottom Grabs
  • Biological Dredges; 3'x1/2' opening 
  • TSK Flowmeters
  • Phleger Corer
  • Bongo and Manta nets
  • 6' Isaacs-Kidd Midwater Trawl
  • Sorting screens (rough and
    precision)
  • Secchi Disc
  • Forel Scale
  • Nansen and Niskin Bottles 1.7L

Safety Equipment

  • 2 Self deploying life rafts (top deck)

  • 45 Adult Lifevests

  • 40 Child Lifevests

  • 2 Liferings

  • EPIRB (Emergency Position-Indicating Radio Beacon)

Other Equipment

  • 12' Avon inflatable with 15 h.p. outboard
  • 1- 17' Boston Whaler with 90 h.p. outboard
  • 1- 19' Boston Whaler with 130 h.p. outboard
  • 2 Live wells - 800 gal each
  • Live Well - 40 gal (for research specimens)
  • 2 Bait tanks - 15 scoops each
  • Flow through sorting table
 

This site is maintained by Curtis Gee -Last updated 03/04/03