CGA has three, 60' long aluminum Swallow Water Fast Response Vessels ( SW FRV) in the inventory. These vessels are designed with a slight "V' hulls and triple outboard Yamaha 350 hp engines. Each has two, 3 brush skimmer inserts each equipped with two 17 foot long sections of 36" containment boom that use outriggers to hold a "V" pattern out in front of the vessel to direct oil to the skimmers. Oil Sticks to the brushes as they rotate through a nylon scraper that releases the oil into a sump where it can be pumped to a 249 BBL recovered oil tank. Debris is removed by a grating above the sump and disposed of. All 3 vessels have offloading pumps that operate at 827 GPM.
Tactical Overview
MECHANICAL RECOVERY
Used in an inshore environment, the SW FRV can be used in an advancing mode with boom extended in a “V” pattern, the skimmers can be lowered into contained oil for oil and debris removal. It is ideal for work just outside the jetties in and around the barrier islands, etc. because its speed allows it to get back into protected waters should weather conditions change. It can operate in waters as shallow as 2’.
MAXIMUM SEA CONDITIONS
Calm waters are ideal, anything more than a foot or so of chop and the SW FRV must return to calm waters.
