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Blount Boats has been building high quality, innovative shallow draft designs for 75 years. Blount's designs have created new industries such as dinner boats and mini-cruise vessels, and also improved efficiency in the fishing and oil and gas industry. On March 1st, Blount Boats delivered the GRIPPER, the first of two 30-meter, Hybrid Ready Crew Transfer Vessels (CTV’s) being built for American Offshore Services. The GRIPPER is the first hybrid ready CTV operating in the United States. This 99 ft. (30m) state of the art vessel based on N-O-S design will revolutionize the industry with its completely new high efficiency design and maximized performance. The second CTV vessel currently under construction is scheduled for delivery in fall 2024. Blount Boats can build all designs of crew transfer vessels (CTV's) needed for the growing offshore wind industry. Blount Boats, located on Narragansett Bay, Rhode Island is also ideally suited to maintain wind service vessels. Blount Boats has built three Jones Act transfer vessels operating in Rhode Island, Massachusetts and Virginia. Blount Boats has also signed a contract with The New York Power Authority to build a 65-foot maintenance tugboat for New York canal duty. The new tug will be operated by New York State Canal Corp, (NYSCC) personnel and positioned alsong the 524-mile canal system to support the operation and maintenance of the statewide navigable waterway. The tug is scheduled to b