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Boats, sounding, radio, and navigational equipment; ^[[fuel]] ANTON DOHRN (70' x 16' x 6' draft; new engines needed; 9-10 knots ?) (Orig. cost, $30,000)......... $8,500 -$9,000 DARWIN (28'10" x 8'6" x 24" draft; 25-40 6 cyl. Kermath, 80 gal. tank, 3-1/4 miles per gal; self starter should be added)....................... 450 VELELLA (about 25' long, narrower than DARWIN, 35-50 4 cyl. Kermath, self starter should be added) ............450 Skiffs, prams, or dories ........................ Power skiff, 14 ft........................ 200 (12 ft. $160) ^[[ A must!]]Shallow water fathometer .................. 3,250 Storage battery extra. ^[[✓]]Radio phone capable of reaching Panama ............ 2,500 ^[[✓]]2 portable radio phones for communicating between field parties and base laboratoru and boats ............. Radio direction finder .......................^[[59 200]] Field glasses ................................ ^[[✓]]Telescope .................................... ^[[✓]]Range finder (Navy type) ..................... ^[[✓]]Chronometers ................................. ^[[✓]]Sextant ...................................... ^[[Stop watches]]Stop watches Boat compasses ............................... ^[[✓]]Hand compasses ............................... Patent logs .................................. Fuel: diesel, oil, gasoline, lubricating oil, includes running boats, light power, and evaporator ..^[[3,600]] ^[[(200-300 per month 24 - 36,000 per yr]] [[written vertically along right margin ^[[Should be nearer $5000 than $3000]]]] [[strikethrough]]Should be on another sheet]] ^[[Repairs new construction and upkeep boats, buildings etc. strikethrough[[major and minor[[/strikethrough]] 500-600 per mo. 6000]] ^[[Diesel oil weighs 7.3 for light engines to 7.7 for heavy per gal.]]
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