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5,500 rpm at full throttle and cruise at 4,400 rpm. Horsepower of each engine is 105. Optional power plants for the Challenger 27 include OMC

Seadrives, Mercruiser V-8 inboards, and Volvo Penta diesels.

Cruising speeds range from 22 to 27 knots, and the boat has a top speed of 38 knots. Standard fuel capacity is 173 gallons in one center- line tank, providing an operating radius of 200 miles. Additional fuel can be carried in two 70-gallon wing tanks.

COLONEL

Moss Point Marine

Designed to provide historical ex- cursions and dinner cruises on Gal- veston Bay, the 152-foot stern- wheeler Colonel was delivered by

Moss Point Marine, Inc. of Escataw- pa, Miss., to the Colonel Museum,

Inc. of Galveston, Texas.

The Colonel has a beam of 40 feet and depth of 8 feet 6 inches. She is powered by two Caterpillar 3408 diesel engines, each with an output of 365 bhp at 1,800 rpm. They drive stainless steel propellers via Cater- pillar 7221 reverse/reduction gears.

The EMI electrohydraulic steering system has control stations at three locations. Maneuvering is enhanced by a Propulsion Systems bow thruster.

To provide for passenger comfort year-round, 56 tons of Carrier air conditioning and heating equip- ment is installed. Electric power for the air conditioning and other ship's services is provided by Caterpillar 3306 diesels driving two Delco 135- kw generators.

The Colonel can accommodate up to 500 passengers for dinner, and is outfitted with catering facilities, bars, dance floors, and bandstands.

Her two main salons, the Galveston

Room and the Texas Room, each seat 250 diners and can host two separate parties. Large windows af- ford unobstructed views, while al- lowing more passengers to use them.

The vessel also has a large, open promenade deck at the upper level.

The new sternwheeler is operated by New Orleans Paddlewheels (Tex- as) Inc., whose parent company op- erates the Creole Queen in New

Orleans.

COLONEL

Major Suppliers

Main engines (2) Caterpillar

Reduction gears Caterpilla

Steering system EMI

Bow thruster PS

Generators (2) Cat/Delco

Air conditioning/heating . . . Carrier

FARALLON

Bollinger Shipyard

Bollinger Machine Shop & Ship- yard, Inc. of Lockport, La., recently delivered the patrol boat Farallon (WPB-1301), first of 16 vessels of the Island Class the yard is building under an $80-million contract

January 1, 1986 awarded by the U.S. Coast Guard.

These boats will be used for offshore patrol work involving law enforce- ment, surveillance and boardings, and when necessary, search and res- cue.

Bollinger offered the Coast Guard a design that had been developed bv

Vosper-Thornycroft (UK) Ltd. Dif- ferences between the original Vos- per design and the USCG vessels include the deckhouse and internal configuration, which were altered to meet CG requirements.

Built with a steel hull and alumi- num deck and superstructure, the

Farallon has an overall length of 110 feet, beam of 21 feet, and depth of 7.3 feet. She is powered by twin

Paxman Valenta 16-cylinder diesel engines, each rated 3,000 bhp con- tinuous and 4,000 bhp sprint. How- ever, they will be rack-limited to 2,900 bhp. The 32 engines for the

Island Class vessels, plus 16 spare engines, are being supplied through

Paxman's U.S. distributor, Alco

Power Inc.

These boats have a continuous operating speed of 26 knots. The main propulsion engines drive through ZF reverse/reduction gears.

Electric power is provided by two 99-kw generators driven by Cater- pillar 3304T diesel engines. ( continued)

Nichols Brothers' Commuter Cats

Open the Golden and Glacial Gates

High speed marine commuter travel inspires the imaginations and profit calculators of trans- portation and excursion planners. It's colorful.

It's profitable. It beats the tensions, lost time, and the cost of auto commuting where water highways exist... Now there is a vessel uniquely fitted for such routes—Nichols Brothers' cata- marans. . .Crowley Maritime's Red and White

Fleet introduced the 86-foot CataMarin to commuter service on San Francisco Bay and ridership on the firm's SF/Marin run increased dramatically. Commuters found the 17-minute voyage to the City a pleasant adventure with which to start the morning, and a relaxing respite to end the working day.. .The neighbor- ing Blue and Gold Fleet put a sister catamaran, the Gold Rush, in service beyond the Golden

Gate this fall.. .Meanwhile, the Glacier Express braved another climate, carrying commuters between Juneau and Glacier Bay communities, and sporting capacity loads of tour passengers to six-hour dinner cruises to Tracy's Arm and the

Circle 178 on

Twin Sawyer Glaciers.. .The vessels use Deutz engines coupled to Reintjes gears to reach speeds in excess of 30 knots.

But the proof is in the riding, and the profit figures. If you are considering a new passenger vessel, or building a rapid transit fleet, consider a Nichols Brothers' catamaran. Call Matt

Nichols for more information or to arrange to experience the economical, fast, revenue and passenger building catamarans!

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Nichols Brothers Boat Builders, Inc.

P.O. Box 580 5400 S. Cameron Road

Freeland, Washington 98249

Telephone: (206) 321-5500

Telex: 821372

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