Tuco Marine rolls out two new ProZero class SAR boats
Approaching next week’s Europort in Rotterdam, one of the world’s leading maritime meeting places. Danish boatbuilder Tuco Marine launches two new Search And Resue vessel designs (SAR boats). The boats have been developed upon international requests and are in every detail optimized for Search and Rescue operations In close collaboration with experts within SAR operations, the Company said Friday in its media release.
Designed by a team of skilled engineers, through collaboration with multiple world leading naval experts, the SAR boats are covered, high speed crafts. The two boats features different beams as one is optimized for a double outboard drive solution, based on the well proven ProZero hull with a beam of 2.84 making it an extremely effective hull with great maneuverability.
The beamier sister boat, features a full walk-around deck and a beam of 4.05 meters, offering the SAR crew safer side decks surrounded by full size safety railings. This boat is equipped with inboard diesel engine installation and waterjet propulsion.
Tuco has been working closely with highly experienced SAR operators to secure that the boats will fit the demands from this specific market. End users have therefore been closely involved in the design and layout of the SAR Boats.
Tuco Marine Group´s ProZero range of boats offers high performance deep V hull shapes, designed specifically for the demanding military and coastguard sector. ProZero boats are available in a multitude of variations that are carefully tuned to suit each individual user’s particular requirements. Cockpit layout in the SAR boats are arranged to maximize the use of modern day Search and Rescue management and situational awareness electronic aids.
The ProZero´s high performance deep V hull secures the boats capabilities to go fast, also in rough seas, where most vessels must give up. SAR missions at high speed in rough seas are mainly limited by the human factor of shock mitigation. And therefore all the ProZero SAR boats have been developed around our design team’s shock mitigation strategy which means the design of the vessel has had the highest focus on minimizing effects of shock mitigation in all parts of the vessels.
The base of the design is to secure that the ProZero vessels outperform the current market in reliability as well as easy service. The ProZero SAR boats can be rapidly reconfigured to meet different roles and requirements, which can include Ambulance variants, fire support variants and Command platform variants. Parameters like delivery time and customization according to customer demands are, during the design phase, a focal point. This is why the complete construction system behind the series is module based. The module-based system allows for easy adjusting and customizing.
Tuco Marine Group (founded in 1998) is a leading manufacturer and supplier of a range composite material light structures and hulls for the shipping sector and other industries. Today focus has shifted to the construction of large structures primarily in the commercial maritime sector. Tuco Yacht Yard (part of Tuco Marine Group) manufactures custom-built ships, performs repair, maintenance contracts for vessels made of composite materials.