L.O.A (length overall): 30'

Beam: 8.5'

Hull Material: 6063 marine aluminum

Draft: 24" drive up/42" drive down

Fuel capacity: 84 gal.

Range: 150 nautical miles.

Cruising speed: 30m.p.h.

Top speed: 40m.p.h.

Engine: single 6.2 Liter Mercruiser sterndrive with Bravo I-X drive unit. Fuel injected and fresh water cooled. 330 HP.

Trawling arm: three position with 1/4 ton electric winch having 200' of 5/8" rope. Able to tow up to 50' trawl.

Electronics: Sitex L.C.D. radar 13mi. range, Garmin g.p.s. 400 series combo-chartplotter/sonar, Uniden 25 watt VHF radio with 13' antenna, Iridium 9505 satellite phone, remote control bow-mounted spotlight, aft-mounted cabin and trawl floodlights, anchor windlass with remote, 12volt accessory outlets, and raw water washdown pump.

Platform: 3'x8.5' work platform with safety rails aft of trawling arm. Suitable for biological sample gathering, dive platform or dinghy storage.

Daily Fee: $400.00 including captain and Fuel. *Vessel rental to be approved be the University of New Orleans for scientific research purposes in near coastal waters of southeast Louisiana only. The University of New Orleans reserves the right to accept or deny the use of the R/V Cavalla to any party at any time.

*The Cavalla is moored at Seabrook Harbor Drystack facility in New Orleans and departs from there as a home port for all research activities. The Cavalla does have a custom tandem axle trailer with surge brakes to move it to other research locations or service. If trailering is necessary to perform research, the rental fee will be increased according to the mileage from UNO.

During the relentless pounding of Hurricane Katrina on August 29th 2005, the Cavalla took quite a beating. It was recovered from a boatyard in Chalmette, La where it rode out the storm on its trailer. The Cavalla was taken back to Island Boats to be recommisioned by the following March of 2006. Since then, the Cavalla has reliably continued its field sampling duties in Lake Pontchartrain and the Gulf of Mexico. It's home port is now the Seabrook Harbor drystack facility in the Inner Harbor Navigation Canal.