Mystic Seaport Museum selected JMS Naval Architects to provide the complete engineering design package for the repowering of the 61.5-foot wooden schooner S/V BRILLIANT, supporting the most extensive restoration and modernization efforts in this historic 1932 sailing vessel’s history. In addition to extensive structural restoration, the project included replacement of the 42 year old Detroit…
JMS Naval Architects was selected by the Mystic Seaport Museum to conduct a comprehensive stability analysis and regulatory review of the 117 year old wooden passenger vessel, M/V SABINO. This effort followed the vessel’s modernization and restoration, which involved converting its traditional steam boiler propulsion system to a modern diesel-electric system. The stability analysis adhered…
JMS Naval Architects provided naval architecture and marine engineering support to Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution [WHOI] for a significant mid-life refit and modernization project of the R/V TIOGA, a 60-foot aluminum coastal research vessel. JMS provided the engineering, design and technical specifications to enhance the platform’s scientific capabilities and operational efficiency. The modifications included: Enhanced…
JMS Naval Architects has completed the concept design of a 125-foot Gulf Coast Research Vessel for Louisiana Universities Marine Consortium (LUMCON). JMS was competitively awarded a contract from LUMCON to provide concept through contract-level design, shipyard bid support, and owner’s representative services for LUMCON’s next research vessel and replace their 35 year old R/V…
JMS Naval Architects has completed the concept through contract-level design of a floating dry dock for an undisclosed client. The dry dock is a single section dry dock with the pontoon and wing walls permanently joined. The dry dock is 288 feet long overall, 120 feet wide with a pontoon depth of 9 feet, and…
