Port Angeles, Wash.-based aluminum boat specialist BRIX Marine reports that it has started the pre-build of a new 44-foot catamaran research vessel designed for year-round environmental research along Connecticut’s coast.
Being built for the Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection (CT DEEP) and commissioned by the Long Island Sound Study (LISS), the vessel will play a key role in marine and water quality research, expanding on the work of the existing monohulled RV John...