Fire Island Ferries, Bay Shore, N.Y., has taken delivery of a new 85’x20′ ferry, Isle of Fire, that will service the company’s Great South Bay route. The boat was built at Warren, R.I.-based Blount Boats Inc. and carries a total of 400 passengers, with seating for 383 of them.
Main propulsion comes from three John Deere 6135SFM keel-cooled diesel engines, producing 650 hp each, connected to ZF 34″x31″ propellers through ZF 550 transmissions with 2:1 reduction ratios. The propulsion package gives...