May 21, 2021 By Waterways Journal
Vessel Repair, a shipyard in Port Arthur, Texas, located on the Sabine-Neches Ship Channel, has announced being awarded a patent for the hull of its Pacesetter class of pushboats. The patent is for a new design that is a combination of single- and double-chined hulls, the announcement said.
“The majority of towboats are constructed with single-chined or double-chined hulls,” said Kurt Moerbe, vice president of Vessel Repair, by way of providing a background. “Each have their advantages and disadvantages.”
Boats with single-chined hulls are cost effective to build, stable, easy to drydock and have hulls that resist sliding. However, they do not have an efficient water flow, they are less maneuverable and consume more fuel, he said. Double-chined boats have improved water flow and fuel consumption, but are more costly to build, less stable, harder to drydock and have hulls th
50 Arkansas artists who made good noise in 2020
50 Arkansas artists who made good noise in 2020
December 29, 20207:43 pm (top left to top right) Bazi Owenz, Bailey Bigger, Joshua Asante, (bottom left to bottom right) The Eulogy Brothers, Elise Davis, DOT
Creators are going to create, and whether the upheaval of a year like 2020 stifles or fuels that process probably depends on the artist, and on the day. Many, undoubtedly, made music in 2020 at their own expense, investing time, money or both into projects they couldn’t support or promote with live performance, at least not for the foreseeable future. A good number of them, especially those who make music for a living, have spent the year devoted to an industry and to a live music landscape that may well emerge from Post-Pandemic Times looking very different than it did in 2019. But I’m willing to bet that by the time some of this quarantine-crafted music reaches the stage, congregants’ ears