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9-foot 4 V2 -inch depth. She is pow- ered by four Detroit Diesel 12V71TI diesel engines driving through Twin

Disc 514 reverse/reduction gears with a ratio of 2:1.

The Majestic's main deck can car- ry 175 passengers on padded seats and her upper deck can accommo- date 150 people. The middle row of seats on the 01 level can be removed for dancing, the wet bar, buffet tables, etc., for the boat's other role as a charter vessel.

MAJESTIC

List of Suppliers

Main engines Detroit Diesel

Reduction gears Twin Disc

Engine controls Morse

Generator control panel .... Contec

Propeller shafts Aquamet

Bearings BF Goodrich

Propellers Columbian Bronze

Radar Furuno

VHF Standard International

Loran Sitex

Depth sounder Datamarine

Compass Ritchi

MAJESTIC

Patti Shipyard

The Gateway Clipper Fleet, Pitts- burgh, Pa., took delivery of the 1,000-passenger, 270-foot riverboat

Majestic last year. The riverboat was converted from a 160-foot barge, which was originally built by

Mathis Shipyard, Camden, N.J., in 1950, with final outfitting per- formed by the Patti Shipyard, Pen- sacola, Fla.

The 270-foot Majestic, which is really a combination of two vessels generally referred to as an ATB or articulated tug-barge, is a deluxe false sidewheeler developed by

Norman N. DeJong, president of the naval architecture and marine engineering firm of DeJong & Lebet

Inc. of Jacksonville, Fla.; John E.

Connelly, owner of the Gateway

Clipper Fleet; Zack D'Alesandro, general manager, Gateway Clipper

Fleet; and Terry Wirginis, assis- tant manager at Gateway.

The Majestic's power plant con- sists of Catepillar 3508 main and 3408 auxiliary engines. The main engines drive Columbian Bronze stainless steel propellers via Twin

Disc MG530 reverse reduction gears, while the auxiliary engines drive 300-kw generators, which pro-

MAJESTIC

Equipment List

Main engines . . . .... Caterpillar

Auxiliary engines . . .... Caterpillar

Reduction gears . . Twin Disc

Shaft and rudder bearings . . .BTR Silverton

Propellers Columbian Bronze

Engine controls . . WABCO

Engine controls, air compressors. and stack winch . Circuit Engineering

Switchboard, transformer panels . Industrial Power

Battery chargers .... La Marche

Pumps .... ITT-Marlow

Electrical wiring and navigational lights . . . . LF Gaubert

Air conditioning equipment . . Carrier

Heating boilers . . . . . .Weil-McLain

Horn .... Kahlenberg

Windows Wynne

Doors .... Dean Steel

Sewage treatment plant . . . Envirovac

Barge connecting winches . . NABRICO

Fenders Morse Rubber

MAJESTIC LADY

Conrad

The 76 V2 -foot, 300-passenger catamaran Majestic Lady was deliv- ered by Conrad Industries, Inc. of

Morgan City, La.

Commissioned by Citesjam Tours of Nassau, Bahamas, the three-deck catamaran is used for sightseeing, private parties, diving and inter- iiiiiiaiHiiiniiiMiiiiiiiHiiMniMiiiiiiiii^

Majestic Lady

The pleasure craft is designed with full kitchen facilities, bar, dance floor, and bandstand to ac- commodate calypso musicians.

MARGARET CHASE SMITH

Atlantic Marine vide power to both the power unit and vessel.

The barge's superstructure un- derwent conversion at Baton Rouge,

La., where the steelwork on the sponson decks, main deck, paddle boxes, Boiler Deck, and Hurricane and Texas Decks took place, and final outfitting at Patti Shipyard in

Pensacola, Fla. Patti Shipyard pro- vided shipfitting, sandblasting, painting, crane and other services.

Atlantic Marine, Inc., Fort

George Island, Fla., delivered the 166Vi-foot ferryboat Margaret

Chase Smith to the State of Maine

Department of Transportation, last year.

With a passenger capacity of 226 and a car capacity of 30, the Mar- garet Chase Smith is powered by two Caterpillar D-3508TA diesel en- gines rated at 565 hp each at 1,200 rpm. The main engines are fitted to

Caterpillar model 7241 reduction gears with a 3.54:1 ratio.

The vessel's electric power is supplied by two main generators and one emergency generator from

Caterpillar, model D-3304, produc- ing 55 kw each at 1,800 rpm. The main propulsion and generators will be keel cooled.

A hydraulically powered bow- thruster from Schottel is also pro- vided for maneuvering and docking operations.

The Margaret Chase Smith fer- ries between Isleboro and Lincoln- ville, Maine.

MARGARET CHASE SMITH

Equipment List

Main engines (2) Caterpillar

Auxiliary engines Caterpillar

Reduction gears Caterpilla

Engine controls Kobelt

Generator control panels . . Industrial Power Systems

Clutch Marco

Bowthruster Schottel

Keelcoolers Fernstrum

Steering system Sperry

Stern bearings Johnson

Shafts Aquanet

Propellers Columbian Bronze

Freshwater pressure & sanitary systems Meyers

Bilge & fire pumps . . . Gorman Rupp

Fuel transfer pump Blackmer

Radars Sperry/Furuno

VHF radiotelephones Raytheon

Autopilot Sperry

Depth sounder . International Offshore

Monitors & alarms .... Murphy/SSI

Horn Kahlenberg

Searchlights Perko

Running & navigation lights . . Perko

Lifesaving gear Viking

Winches New England Trawler

Firefighting system Ansel island transportation among the 700

West Indian Islands.

The catamaran is equipped with twin 165-hp, turbocharged Perkins diesels and two 12.5-kw Perkins generators. With a design speed of 10 knots, the Majestic Lady, when fully loaded, will require a maxi- mum draft of 3.5 feet. The shallow draft accommodates near shore an- choring enabling passengers to dis- embark via a gangplank directly onto the beach.

MOZART

Deggendorfer Werft

The 2,680-ton M/S Mozart, re- portedly the world's largest river/ coastal cruise ship, was delivered during 1987 by Deggendorfer Werft und Eisenbau (DWE) GmbH to own- ers DDSG (Erste Donau-Dampf- schiffarts-Gesellschaft) for opera- tion on the Danube River.

Built at a cost of $24 million, the 398-foot Mozart is twin-engined with six-cylinder Deutz-MWM 628

Series diesel engines. Each engine is rated for a maximum continuous power of 1,185 kw at 1,000 rpm.

Electricity is supplied by three aux- iliary sets equipped with Deutz-

MWM 816 Series engines.

The double-bow, single-hull M/S

Mozart, named for one of Austria's most illustrious conposers, appro- priately uses titles of his operas and names of operatic characters for its decks, lounges, restaurants, etc. The fully air-conditioned, luxury vessel offers the "Figaro" deck with hot

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