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Spindletop
Quad-jet, Humphree-stabilized pilot transfer vessel built for the deep-water approaches of Sabine Pass, Texas.
5.0Trusted by professional operators across the Gulf
- Hull
- 1771
- Class
- Pilot Boats
- Client
- Sabine Pilots
- Delivered
- 2021
- LOA
- 90 ft
The BuildPilot Boats
Four MAN diesels through Hamilton jets

Hull 1771
- Four (4) MAN D2862 LE 454 engines · 1,800 rpm rated
- Four (4) ZF ZF2050 gears
- Four (4) Hamilton HM 461 waterjet drives
- 30.6 kn top speed · 27 kn cruise
- Humphree HA-1100 Interceptors with Active Ride Plus stability control
03 — BOAT PROFILE
Spindletop — Boat Profile

Fig. 03 — Side Elevation
- Size
- 90 ft LOA · 23 ft beam
- Top Speed
- 30.6 kn top · 27 kn cruise
- Vessel Type
- Pilot Vessel
- Hull Type
- Aluminum Inverted Deep "V"
- Classification
- Built to U.S.C.G. Standards and ABS Welding Standards · American Bureau of Shipping
- Designer / Builder
- Breaux's Bay Craft, Inc. & C.FLY Marine Services, LLC
- Owner
- Sabine Pilots
- Vessel Location
- Sabine Pass, Texas
- Year Built
- 2021
The Outcome
Quad-jet performance for the Sabine Pass deep-water approaches
- Top Speed
- 30.6 kn
- Cruise Speed
- 27 kn
- Propulsion
- 4 × Jet
- LOA
- 90 ft
What the build delivers
01
Performance & Capacity
Power & Performance
- Engines
- Four (4) MAN D2862 LE 454 · 1,800 rpm rated
- Gears
- Four (4) ZF ZF2050
- Jets
- Four (4) Hamilton HM 461 Waterjet Drives
- Generators
- Two (2) Northern Lights 38 kW single phase · heat-exchanger cooled · wet-lift mufflers and sound enclosures
Capacities
- Fuel Capacity
- Forward Tank: 1,500 gal · Aft Tank: 2,500 gal
- Fresh Water Capacity
- 360 gal
02
Systems & Outfitting
Electronics & Navigation
- Two (2) Furuno Radar DRS12A-NXT w/ 4 ft scanners
- Four (4) Furuno TZT19F 19" Monitors
- Furuno SCX 20 Sat Compass
- Furuno DFF3D Sonar
- FLIR Thermal and Visible Imaging Cameras
- Three (3) ICOM M605 VHF Radios
- 19" Seatronx Sunlite Readable touch screen monitor
- 10" Monitor w/ 6 cameras w/ DVR for boarding areas, aft deck, machinery space, and jet room
- KVH Tracvision 3 in-motion satellite system
- Three (3) 32" Televisions
- Two (2) Kingdel Windows 10 Micro Computers
Custom Features
- Four (4) Humphree HA-1100 Interceptors w/ Active Ride Plus stability and vessel motion control system
- Fixed CO2 suppression system in machinery room by Hebert S. Hiller
- One (1) 3-ton water-cooled air conditioning system
- One (1) 2-ton water-cooled air conditioning system for lower accommodation
- Delta-T Blowers w/ temperature and speed control
- Delta-T Moisture Eliminators w/ automatic vent dampers
- Custom built rescue platform by Sealift located on transom
Gallery
On the water, and in the yard.





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