Delivered build
Delivered build
Fort Dade
A 54-foot new-generation inverted deep-V pilot vessel built for Tampa Bay Pilots, powered by twin Caterpillar C-18 engines and engineered for dependable transfer operations.
5.0Trusted by professional operators across the Gulf
- Hull
- 1770
- Class
- Pilot Boats
- Client
- Tampa Bay Pilots
- Delivered
- 2019
- LOA
- 54 ft
The BuildPilot Boats
Twin Caterpillar power with active ride control
Hull 1770
- Two Caterpillar C-18 engines · 715 HP each @ 2,100 rpm
- Twin ZF 500-1A gears with five-blade Veem Star-C Ni-Bral propellers
- 27.5 kn top · 24.5 kn cruise
- Humphree HE-1250 Interceptors with Active Ride Plus
- Dual-station Gulf Coast Air hydraulic steering system
- Custom transom rescue platform with 24 VDC Sea Lift hydraulic unit
03 — BOAT PROFILE
Fort Dade — Boat Profile
Fig. 03 — Side Elevation
- Size
- 54 ft × 17 ft vessel size · 54 ft LOA
- Top Speed
- 27.5 kn top · 24.5 kn cruise
- Vessel Type
- Aluminum Pilot Vessel
- Hull Type
- New Generation Inverted Deep "V"
- Classification
- Built to U.S.C.G. Standards
- Designer / Builder
- Breaux's Bay Craft, Inc. and C.FLY Marine Services, LLC
- Owner
- Tampa Bay Pilots
- Vessel Location
- Tampa, Florida
- Year Built
- 2019
The Outcome
Purpose-built pilot transfer capability for Tampa Bay
- Top Speed
- 27.5 kn
- Cruise Speed
- 24.5 kn
- Propulsion
- 2 × 715 HP
- Fuel Capacity
- 1,150 gal
What the build delivers
01
Performance & Capacity
Power & Performance
- Engines
- Two (2) Caterpillar C-18 engines · 715 HP each @ 2,100 rpm
- Gears
- Two (2) ZF 500-1A gears
- Propellers
- Veem Star-C Ni-Bral five-blade propellers · 31 in × 36.5 in × 3 in
- Generators
- One (1) Northern Lights 12 kW single-phase, heat-exchanged-cooled generator
- Trim / Stabilization
- One (1) set of Humphree HE-1250 Interceptors with Active Ride Plus
Capacities
- Fuel Capacity
- Forward tank: 350 gal · Aft tank: 800 gal
- Fresh Water Capacity
- 75 gal
02
Systems & Outfitting
Electronics & Navigation
- One (1) Furuno Radar 1835 with 24 in dome
- One (1) Furuno TZTL12F GPS plotter/MFD with remote
- One (1) Furuno FA170 AIS interfaced with radar and plotter
- One (1) Furuno LH5000 loudhailer
- One (1) Ritchie compass
- One (1) Furuno DT800PSF smart sensor
- One (1) CAPAC through-hull monitoring system
- One (1) ISP-5000 intercom speaker
Custom Features
- Gulf Coast Air hydraulic steering system with dual 2 HP, 240 VAC electric motors on a 20-gallon reservoir
- Forward station with orbitrol and rudder-angle indicator
- Aft station joystick and rudder-angle indicator with remote rescue control
- Fixed CO₂ engine-room suppression system by Herbert S. Hiller
- One (1) 3.5-ton water-cooled air-conditioning system with two air handlers
- Custom transom rescue platform powered by one (1) 24 VDC Sea Lift hydraulic unit
- Overhead transom arch with snatch block and tackle
- Bomar windows with defrosters and three (3) Bomar pilothouse doors
Gallery
On the water, and in the yard.
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