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Diver
1 - URGQ's flagship!
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In 1996, the URGQ became a proud owner of the club dive
boat, URGQ Diver 1. This specially designed 6.3 metre rigid-hull
inflatable is fully equipped and can carry up to ten divers plus skipper.
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Diver 1 is a non- displacing mono hull and is best described as
a rigid inflatable boat. Her rigid hull is fabricated from
aluminium which is much lighter than glass reinforced plastic
or steel and has a strength advantage over timber vessels of a
similar size.
Air pontoons are formed as gunwales, they provide most of Diver
1's buoyancy. The removable canopy contains a series of overhead
nets for the safe storage of dry gear. A ladder is installed on
the transom for easy water exits.
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Diver 1 is powered by a 115 HP, two stroke Yamaha outboard
engine whichruns on unleaded fuel and is equipped with an oil injection
system that calculates and adds the correct ratio of oil for the
running conditions.
As standard, Diver 1 carries up to a total of 150 litres of
fuel which has a fully loaded fuel economy of around one litre per kilometre, so cruising for long periods is not an
issue.
Diver 1 can readily be launched from the beach or a boat ramp.
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For safety reasons, all tanks are strapped in during travel.
Diver 1 carries all the necessary emergency, fire fighting, first
aid, oxygen resuscitation equipment and boasts a full
compliment of Marine Electronics including:
 | GPS with map plotter |
 | VHF marine radio |
 | 27 MHz marine radio |
 | Depth Sounder |
 | EPIRB |
 | Full digital instrumentation |
 | A really, really loud horn! |
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