Cabin boat Quicksilver Weekend 640

Technical characteristics: length - 6,48m; width - 2,54m; board height - 2,63m; load-carrying ability 700kg; passenger capacity - 6 person; draft - 0,53m; wave height -till 1,7m.  

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Area of use. It is purposed for coastal floating in seas and oceans. It has good sea-craft allowing safe and with comfort to make practically all kinds of hydrographical works during the whole shipping season in internal water objects of Kazakhstan. It is made from glass-reinforced plastic and absolutely chemical neutral to water environment and that allows making hydrochemical and hydrobiological works. Mounted motor Mercury (power 115 l/s) with hydraulic system of engine rise allows working in shallow water and approaching directly to the coast.

 

 Field works

kater02From 2011 to 2014 department of hydrology of water bodies made 6 expeditions: 4 to Balkhash Lake, 2 to Kapshagai water storage basin and one to Itishpes Alakol Lake in southern part of Balkhash. There were made hydrographic as well as hydrochemical researches.

 

 

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There were made refinement of morphometric parameters of Balkhash Lake with creating of maps of scales 1: 500 000 и 1: 200 000. There were made bathymetric map of Kapshagai water storage basin and Itishpes Alakol Lake (scale 1 : 100 000).