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Outstanding Shallow-Draft (continued) ence, particularly in passenger ship construction. While in France in the late 1960s, he studied the operation of the Bateaux Mouches, a small dinner boat enterprise in Paris. The

Bateaux Moches served as a model for Blount's first dinner boats, the

Le Bateaux fleet, which operated out of Washington, D.C., and Fort

Lauderdale, Fla. Nearly 20 years later, the Spirit of Chicago takes her place as the largest and most elegant of 25 dinner/excursion vessels, con- ceived, designed and constructed by

Blount Marine.

SPIRIT OF CHICAGO

Equipment List

Main engines (2) Detroit Diesel

Auxiliary engines Detroit Diesel

Generators (2) Detroit Diesel

Reduction gears Twin Disc

Propellers Columbian Bronze

Bowthruster engine . . . Detroit Diesel

Engine controls Mathers

Keel coolers Blount Marine

Stuffing boxes Blount Marine

Steering system Wagner

Main shaft bearings Rexnord

Stern bearings BFGoodrich

Freshwater pressure system Peabody-Barnes

Sanitary system . . . Peabody-Barnes

Bilge pump JABSCO

Fire pump Gorman-Rupp

Wash-down pump . . . Gorman-Rupp

Radar Furuno

Reduce Emissions & Fuel Costs

Extend Component Life

Reduce Maintenance Costs -By-

Ceramic Coating Diesel Engine Combustion Components

TURBINE COMPONENTS CORP., A PIONEER IN HIGH TEMPERATURE

COATINGS FOR OVER 20 YEARS, IS APPROVED BY THE

AMERICAN BUREAU OF SHIPPING (ABS)

Turbine Components Corporation 2 Commercial Street

Branford, Connecticut 06405-0801 (203)481-3451 • TWX: 710-452-3094

Represented by FAX: 203-488-1 834

FCS Inc. 22 Main Street • Centerbrook, CT 06409

Telephone: (203) 767-3095

Telex: 517931 • FAX: (203) 767-1263

Thermal Stresses Reduced

Ignition Delay Reduced

Detonation Pressure Reduced

Fuel Consumption Reduced

Emissions Reduced

GUARANTEED

PERFORMANCE

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Payback-In As Little As

Four (4) Months

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VESSELS FOR SALE

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INTERESTED PARTIES CONTACT:

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PHONE (504) 831-1301

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VHF radiotelephones .... Raytheon

Depth sounder Data-Marine

Compass Dirigo

Horn Kahlenberg

Searchlight ITT JABSCO

A/C & heating Dunham-Bush

VINEYARD SPRAY

Gladding-Hearn

Gladding-Hearn Shipbuilding,

Somerset, Mass., has delivered the 300-passenger, high-speed ferry

Vineyard Spray to Bay State

Cruises.

The triple-deck aluminum vessel has an overall length of 82-1/2 feet, beam of 28-1/2 feet and draft of almost 7 feet. She is powered by

Deutz MWM TBD604B V-12 diesel engines rated at 1,690 bhp at 1,800 rpm each, which are fitted to two

Lips five-bladed propellers via two 5-inch diameter stainless steel pro- peller shafts and Reintjes WVS 842P marine gear boxes.

The Vineyard Spray, which can reach speeds in excess of 30 knots, is

International Catamaran (Austra- lia)-designed and has two enclosed lounges with upholstered seats, pay phones, and a bicycle rack on the upper deck. She is used on daily round trips from Boston to

Vineyard Haven in Martha's

Vineyard. The entire trip takes about three hours.

VINEYARD SPRAY

Equipment List

Main engines (2) Deutz MWM

Reduction gears Reintjes

Generators Lister

Propellers Lips

Steering Hough Marine

Controls Mors

Compass Ritchie

Radar Furuno

Loran Digital Marine

Autopilot Robertson

VHF radio ICOM

Depth sounder Datamarine

Horn Buell

Bilge pump Jabsco

Cellular phone Motorola

Cellular pay phone Railfone

Navigation lights Aqua-Signal

Battery charger . Professional Mariner

Searchlight Phoenix

Extinguishers Walter Kidde

Halon system Walter Kidde

Wipers American Bosch

Seating Marine Interiors

Muffler Cowl

Paint Awlgrip

Paint Sterlin

Paint International Paint

YUKON QUEEN

Munson Manufacturing

Munson Manufacturing, Inc., Ed- monds, Wash., recently delivered the custom-built, welded aluminum

Alaskan excursion boat Yukon

YUKON QUEEN

Equipment List

Main engines (3) Triple Lugger

Marine jets Hamilton

Generators (2) ... . Northern Lights

Engine controls Morse

Steering controls Wagner

VHF radio ICOM

Radar Furuno

Compass Coastal Navigator

Loran Morrow

Fuel filters Racor

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