b'FOGHORN FOCUSPHOTO THIS PAGE: BLUE & GOLD FLEET; PHOTO OPPOSITE PAGE: RHODE ISLAND FAST FERRYVESSEL:Blue Rocket, Gold Rushpropulsion. The mains are connected to a quad outboard OPERATOR:Blue & Gold Fleet steering system. Deck accessories include fabricated alumi-BUILDER:Brix Marine num bulwarks and Coast Guard-compliant handrails, side TYPE:Tour boatboarding gates port and starboard, welded aluminum raft shelf above transom, welded aluminum arch and equip-This summer, two aluminum 46 tour boats by Brix Ma- ment bar, aluminum framed canopy with marine grade rine rocketed into service, carrying 49 passengers and twofabric, three LED deck lights mounted to arch, 16 LED crew on 30-minute high-speed tours in the San Franciscodeck lights, three hinged hatches for hull access, two wa-Bay. Operated by Blue & Gold Fleet, each vessel has a hulltertight liftout hatches in outboard well, four tie-up cleats, skin made of 5086 alloy aluminum while the yellow Naiadand anodes for cathodic protection D-shaped, outer foam collars are made of heavy-duty Erez with a double black PVC rub strip.The passenger seats comprise two single seats, eight two-per-sonbenches,eightthree-personbenches,andaluminum Four Cox CXO300 4.4-liter, twin turbo V8 diesel elec- bench seating along transom with marine grade vinyl seat tric outboards with stainless steel props supply the mainand lumbar cushions designed for seven passengers.FOGHORN 24'