Safety features include six watertight compartments, massive grounding shoes, four separate bilge/fire pump systems, and a reinforced steel band around the waterline. Optionally, Cape Scott will add a second skin to the hull—with painted interstitial voids. 

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Specifications

• Builder: Cape Scott
• Model: Cape Scott 81
• Base Price: Upon request
• Test Engines: 2/330-hp Cummins QSL9 HD diesels
• LOA: 81'0"
• Draft: 6'7" (light ship)
• Displacement: 238,100 lb.
• Fuel Capacity: 4,200 gal.
• Water Capacity: 700 gal.
• Props: 4-blade Nibral
• Transmission: ZF W325/3.95:1 ratio
• LWL: 75'1"
• Air Draft: 28'1"
• Black Water: 150 gal.
• Gray Water: 130 gal.
• Freeboard Fwd: 11'11"
• Freeboard Aft: 6'3"
• Construction: steel hull/aluminum superstructure
• Warranty: 1 year materials and workmanship; 3 year structural

This article originally appeared in the February 2015 issue of Power & Motoryacht magazine.