NEW: rescue hovercraft by Hike Metal Products

These two custom built “multi-task” Hovercraft (ACV’s) , Christened the “SIYAY” and the “SIPU MUIN” are utilized by the Canadian Coast Guard for Emergency Response, Search & Rescue, Navigational Buoy retrieval and deployment, and Icebreaking.

The SIYAY carries out duties on the Frazer River Delta British Columbia, its navigatable tributaries, and the Georgia Straits, while the Sipu Muin conducts these similar operations plus ice breaking during Spring thaw on the St Lawrence River and the Gulf.

Hovercraft Details and Specifications:

Designer: Westland Aerospace

Manufacturer / Builder: Hike Metal Products

Crew / Complement: 4 (3 officers, 1 crew)

Hovercraft Dimensions

Length: 28.5 metres

Width: 12 metres

Height: (on cushion)12 meters

Full load displacement: 69 tons

Hovercraft Propulsion

propulsion: 4 Caterpillar 3416 TTA diesel engines 912 horsepower for lift and propulsion

Generators Power: 2818 Kw

Propellers: 2 – variable pitch propellers

Hovercraft Performance

Top Speed: 72 knots

Cruising Speed: 50 knots

Military Lift: 22.6 tons of equipment

Endurance: 1 days Fuel Consumption:

Fuel Capacity: 8 m3 Fresh Water: 0 m3

Hovercraft Communications Equipment:

VHF FM: (1x) NAT NTX 138-000

VHF AM: (1x) Collins CTL22

Hovercraft Navigation Equipment:

GPS: (1x) Magnavox MX-400BR

Gyro: (1x) Sperry Rascar C14D

Radar: (1x) Sperry Rascar 1040

VHF DF: (1x) OAR 4400

Hovercraft Deck equipment:

Main Hoist: (1x) Polar Crane

Towing Equipment: (1x) Portable