Owning and operating a quiet boat offers many benefits, from crew comfort and retention to efficient, safe operations. While the benefits are clear, it’s generally not the first line of design and
Owning and operating a quiet boat offers many benefits, from crew comfort and retention to efficient, safe operations. While the benefits are clear, it’s generally not the first line of design and concern for most vessel owners.
Noise is a funny thing in the marine world: it’s invisible, it sneaks up on you, and it’s usually not the headline item on a newbuild spec sheet, until you’re standing in the pilothouse, trying to talk over the machinery, thinking, “oh my gosh, I can’t stand this thing.”
That’s the moment Jesse Spence, President, Noise Control Engineering, has been called in to fix the problem. Spence joined Bob Lennon, Industry Manager and Expert, Regal Rexnord and Matthew Coombs, VP, North American Operations, Christie & Grey Inc. for a wide-ranging conversation on what it really takes to deliver a commercial vessel that meets an owner’s noise and vibration expectations without turning the post-delivery period into a costly blame game.
The theme from all three was consistent: quiet isn’t a “finish detail.” Quiet is a design requirement that is best addressed from the very beginning. Like speed, bollard pull, cargo capacity, or endurance, you only get it if you spec it, model it,
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