Page 17: of Maritime Reporter Magazine (January 1992)

CHICAGO'S FIRST LADY

Equipment List

Main engines Caterpillar

Propellers Rice

Reduction gears Twin Disc

Engine controls MMC

Steering controls Coast Air

Shafting Aquamet

Radar Furuno

Coatings Devoe

Compass Ritchi

A/C Cruise Air

Bilge & fire pumps Crown Pumps

CRYSTAL DOLPHIN

Equipment List

Main engines Caterpillar

Reduction gears Twin Disc

Propellers Federal

Generators Isuzu

Engine controls MMC

VHF radio Standard

Radar Furuno

Fathometer Datamarine

Bearings BFGoodrich

Bilge pump Jabsco

Fire pump Crown

Horn Kahlenberg

Blowers Hartzell

Compass Ritchie

Life jackets Stearns

Ancho Danforth

Searchlight Perko

Navigation lights Aqua Signal

Engine room lighting Pauluhn

SSENGER VESSELS

OF 1991

Batre, Ala., delivered the elegant 96-foot charter vessel Chicago's First

Lady for operatation on Lake Michi- gan and the Chicago River. Owners

Bob and Holly Agra of Mercury

Skyline Cruise Lines offer luxury dining and sightseeing on the ves- sel. "Because of the quality of our boats, Bayou La Batre quickly be- came known as the fishing boat capi- tal of the world," noted Russell

Steiner, president of Steiner Ship- yard. "We intend to broaden our reputation for quality by building outstanding passenger vessels of all types."

Chicago's First Lady is a recre- ation of a 1920s steam-powered yacht and bears a striking resem- blance to the Presidential yacht Se- quoia.

Designed by Florida naval archi- tect Bill Preston, the $1.2 million vessel has a pair of Caterpillar 3306s, each producing 220 hp, for main propulsion, and twin Caterpillar 3304s driving 165-kw Cat SR-4 gen- erators for auxiliary power.

Chicago's First Lady features brass-framed windows on the for- ward section of the first deck super- structure and a cosmetic stack just behind the pilothouse on the second deck. This stack is of two-piece con- struction so it can be raised and lowered to fit under low bridges on the Chicago River. The top section of the stack is plastic to accommo- date a radar dome inside.

Her enclosed, air-conditioned main deck salon features a skylight and a bandstand with a piano in the stern and a U-shaped bar forward.

There is seating for 104 passengers, but in a reception/cocktail party setup, as many as 250 passengers can be entertained.

The second deck is open aft of the pilothouse.

CRYSTAL DOLPHIN

Trinity Marine Group

Circle 39 on Reader Service Card

Aluminum Boats, Inc., Crown

Point, La., a member of the Trinity

Marine Group, has delivered the

Crystal Dolphin, an 85-foot execu- tive dinner cruise/excursion vessel to Tidewater Barge Lines, Inc.,

Vancouver, Wash.

The all-aluminum craft boasts a luxurious "modular" interior which permits the boat to be quickly con- figured for executive meetings, cock- tail parties, dinners, or sightseeing

The gambling boat Alton Casino Belle, from Bender Shipbuilding.

Excursion boat Monte Carlo, built by Nichols Brothers.

Casino boat Par-A-Dice, built by Atlantic Marine.

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