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Oriole (Aluminum Boat); Independence (Halter); Sandy Hook (Gladding-Hearn); and the General Jackson (Jeffboat). exterior seating, also affords passen- gers a panoramic view.

The vessel can accommodate two separate charter groups simulta- neously, and provides a second deck embarkation point made possible by a Blount-designed bow landing sys- tem. For passenger entertainment, a stage and dance floor are installed on the second deck.

CATALINA EXPRESS

Westport Shipyard

The fiberglass passenger vessel

Catalina Express has been delivered by Westport Shipyard, Inc. of West- port, Wash., to Catalina Channel

Express Lines for service between

Los Angeles and Catalina Island.

The owner, already operating other

Westport-built craft, serves Avalon and Two Harbors on the resort island in southern California. The new boat can carry 149 passengers at speeds of up to 30 knots.

Main propulsion is provided by two Detroit Diesel 12V92TA en- gines, each rated 850 bhp at 2,100 rpm, driving Michigan Wheel pro- pellers via Twin Disc/Niigata reduc- tion gears. A 25-hp Wesmar bow thruster aids in dockside maneuver- ing. Electric power is provided by a 12-kw Northern Lights generator set. Spencer Fluid Power supplied the hydraulic system, which is ar- ranged so that an additional hy- draulically driven generator can be added to the system.

The deckhouse and interior ar- rangements include airline type seating in the main cabin. A VIP lounge is installed aft in the wheel- house, and the top deck has open seating.

The vessel's navigation electron- ics, suppled by Kettenburg Marine, include two Furuno radars, Wagner autopilot and rudder angle indica- tor, MicroLogic Loran C, Impulse depth sounder and speed log, and

Ritchie compass.

CATALINA EXPRESS

Major Suppliers

Main engines (2) . . . . .Detroit Diesel

Reduction gears (2] Twin Disc/Niigata

Propellers (2) . . . . . Michigan Wheel

Engine controls . . . Amot Controls

Steering system Wagner

Bow thruster . . Wesmar

Generator .... . . Northern Lights

Fuel filters .... Racor

Pumps . .Lovett & Cascade

Hydraulic system Spencer Fluid Power

Radars (2) ... . Furuno

Loran C MicroLogic

Autopilot & r-a indicator .... Wagner

Depth sounder & speed log . .Impulse

Compass .... Ritchie

VHF radio .... Standard

Halon system . . Automatic Sprinkler

Hatches Bomar

Freeland (Whidbey Island), Wash., last year completed the 85-foot cat- amaran named Catamarin for Har- bor Carriers of San Francisco, a sub- sidiary of Crowley Maritime. The owner is using the 30-knot, 400-pas- senger vessel in commuter and char- ter service between San Francisco and points in Marin County across the Bay. She was the third in a series of catamarans built by

Nichols based on designs originated by International Catamarans Pty.

Ltd. of Australia. The yard holds the exclusive license for production of these craft in North America.

Main propulsion for the Catamar- in is provided by twin KHD Deutz

B/AM 816 diesels, driving Coolidge propellers via Reintjes WVS 832 reduction gears supplied by Karl

Senner, Inc. of New Orleans. Elec- tric power is provided by two 50-kw generators supplied by Alaska Die- sel Electric of Seattle.

Other companies that supplied equipment included Harris Electric and PSI for electronics, Systems

Engineering for propulsion controls, (continued)

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