Catamaran-hulled harbour cruise vessel “boh boh Kobe” at Kobe, Japan, on 15th July 2020
Owner: Hayakoma Unyu, Kobe
Operator: Kobe Sea Bus
Builder: Setouchi Craft Co.
Gross tons: 425
Length overall: 38 m
Max. Draft: 2.0 m
Engines: 2 x Mitsubishi type S12A2-MTK diesels, total 2,000 b.h.p.
Service speed: 15.25 knots
Completed May 2004 as passenger ferry “Glover” (ぐらばあ), used for transportation of Mitsubishi Heavy Industries' workers between their two shipyards in Nagasaki (Tategami & Koyagi) and other pick-up/drop-off points in the city. Named after Thomas Blake Glover, a Scots expatriate who (among other things) helped set up the shipyard which eventually became Mitsubishi's Tategami yard.
Bought end-2019 by Hayakoma & refurbished for cruising, replacing the aging “Fantasy”