b'MEMBER NEWSMEMBER NEWS Bay Weld Boats Delivers Landing Craft to Adventure Tourism CompanyB ayWeldBoatsofHomer, Alaska, recently delivered a 36 x 13 x 6.2 purpose-built alu-minum landing craft, the North Cape, to an adventure tourism company in Alaska, which provides water taxi ser-vices, wildlife tours, and freight runs to the remote.Unique to this build and delivery is the role that Brad Conley has between both companies. Conley is the gener-al manager and lead designer at Bay Weld Boats; hes also the owner of the tourism company.The North Cape weighs 19 gwt, draws only 18, and has twin Yamaha 300 outboards on the stern. The vessel tops out at 38 mph, with cruising speeds between22-25mph.Unloadedat cruising speed the vessel averages 1.2 mpg. At max capacity, 23 guests and twocrewmembers,cruisingspeeds average 0.8 mpg.The catamaran hull is 5086 aluminum that is 0.25 thick on the bottom. The raisedpilothousecontainsbonded windows,andthe13.5x11.5cargo deck space has a set of forward controls.Turnkey Solutions for Passenger Vessels Themaindeckweightcapacityis 4,600lbs.,whereall-terrainvehicles Vessel Design & EngineeringConstruction Managementor freight are stored. Bearing only the PHOTO: BAY WELD BOATSInterior Design SolutionsVessel Conversion & Refitsessentials, the vessel does not have a generator, nor any freshwater systems To learn more, visiton board. Two twin fuel tanks hold a crowley.com/engineering total of 390 gals. of fuel. FOGHORN 50'