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Passenger Vessel Annual

Burger Boat Company announced the signing of the contract to build a 150-ft. (46 meter) Tri-Deck, motor yacht dubbed.

Time for Us. This is the largest, most comprehensive yacht design and con- struction project in the Company's 141- year history.

John Munford of the UK., is the interi- or designer. Patton Marine has developed the comprehensive specifications and will provide project management. Vripack of the Netherlands is co-engineering the yacht along with the Burger Design Team who has developed the interior layout as well as the exterior styling.

Time for Us will be ABS certified, fully

MCA compliant and will be available to charter in various unique cruising areas of the world. Time for Us will have handicap accessibility featuring a four-level eleva- tor. Tenders are positioned on the main deck level aft with opening side bulwarks and overhead gantry cranes for quick, easy deployment. The voluminous yacht will have over 6,500 sq. ft. (600 sq. meters) of interior space and almost 4,000 sq. ft. (375 sq. meters) of exterior space.

She will have a 4,500 mile range and a top speed of 15.6 knots. All four guest cabins are configured as VIP suites and the inte- rior design will be classical, elegant with use of raised-panel cherry and mahogany throughout. Delivery is scheduled for late 2006 and will further establish Burg- er's commitment to the new, larger class of highly customized, distinctive, ocean- going yachts.

Areti I & Areti II

Within a four-hour period, 404 ft. of new yacht construction projects were signed at Burger Boat Company. Starting with a contract for a 150 ft. (45.7m) Tri- deck, Time for Us and followed by the signing of two identical 127 ft. (38.7m)

Tri-deck yachts, Areti I and Areti II.

Without question, this is one of the most historic moments in Burger's history, the signing of the largest motor yacht com- bined with the contract to design and build twin 127 ft. (38.7m) Tri-deck motor yachts. The identical yachts will be owned a young Russian industrialist with a global business and leisure interests.

The signings coincide with the recent completion a new 48,000 sq. ft. (4,460 sq. m) world class manufacturing complex.

Areti I and Areti II will be built upon the very successful and well-proven 26.5 ft. (8m) beam hull platform (SIS-W, Lady

Grace Marie). These vessels will be

ABS+A1 AMS and MCA certified contin- uing an uninterrupted trend at the ship- yard. The five-stateroom yachts will have a traditionally styled interior motif of raised panel African cherry (makoré) with several interesting features including a large commercial galley, full sauna room and much more. The vessels will be pow- ered by Caterpillar engines, have zero- speed stabilization and full "glass bridge" navigation electronic systems among numerous other technical attributes.

Both yachts will be launched in the spring of 2007. Areti I will be based in the U.S. for cruising the Eastern

Seaboard, the Bahamas and the

Caribbean. Areti II will be based in

Europe for cruising the Mediterranean,

Adriatic and Aegean Seas and the Balka- ns.

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Fomer Suncruz Owner Pleads Guilty

Marcos Daniel Jiménez, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Flori- da; Jon Sall, Special Agent in Charge, United States Coast Guard Investigative Ser- vice; and Ricky D. Langlois, Special Agent in Charge, United States Environmen- tal Protection Agency, Criminal Investigation Division, announced that defendant,

JAB America, Inc., pleaded guilty before United States District Court Judge Ken- neth A. Marra, in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., to charges that one of its vessels, the Sun-

Cruz VI, dumped garbage off its deck into waters of the United States while depart- ing from Port Everglades on April 24, 2003, in violation of the Refuse Act, Title 33,

United States Code, Sections 407 and 411.

According to statements in court, JAB America, Inc., at the time of the offense, owned seven vessels, including the SunCruz VI, which made twice daily gambling "voyages to nowhere," beyond the territorial waters of Florida. On April 24, 2004,

United States Coast Guard surveillance equipment observed and recorded several filled plastic garbage bags being dumped overboard from the vessel into Govern- ment Cut near Fort Lauderdale.

At the time of the incident, JAB, America Inc., and the vessels' operator SunCruz,

LLC, were operating under Chapter 11 Bankruptcy protection. On April 9, 2004, the assets of both JAB America, Inc. and SunCruz LLC. were purchased by Oceans

Casino Cruises, Inc. and Vessel Casinos, Inc. (collectively "Oceans and Vessels").

Oceans and Vessels continue to own and operate the SunCruz business under the

SunCruz name and have maintained the same operations. Oceans and Vessels signed the plea agreement and expressly agreed to assume all of JAB America,

Inc.'s obligations under the agreement, including the development, implementation, and enforcement of a comprehensive Environmental Compliance Plan that requires an independent consultant to be hired to oversee environmental operations. The court, in accepting the plea, noted that the Environmental Compliance Plan required by the Plea Agreement constituted a benefit to the community.

Burger Books Brisk Business to End Year

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