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Vessels & Ferries (continued) cruises. The boat is available for charter in the Portland-Seattle-

Vancouver area.

A unique feature of the main sa- lon is a custom-made sectional which is placed in the center allowing full viewing at all times. The sectional can also be separated and it pieces placed against the bulkheads to form individual seats, creating more space in the center of the salon.

The below deck includes a spa- cious galley for meal preparation.

Overall the Crystal Dolphin is 85 feet in length, with a 24-foot beam, and a 3.5-foot draft. The boat also includes a five-foot swim platform at the stern.

Propulsion is provided by two

Caterpillar 3408TA diesel engines driving through Twin Disc reverse/ reduction gears.

DESERT PRINCESS

Skipperliner Shipyards

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Skipperliner Shipyards, Inc., La

Crosse, Wis., has delivered a 117- foot dinner/dancing/sightseeing stern wheeler for Lake Mead Cruises,

Boulder City, Nev., a wholly owned subsidiary of Travel Systems, Inc.,

Lake Tahoe, Nev.

Called the Desert Princess, the boat operates on Lake Mead and has two propulsion systems which can either be used separately or in tan- dem. For twin-screw propulsion, the 150-ton-displacement Desert

Princess is propelled by twin Cater- pillar 3306 diesel engines and 36- by 30-inch pitch, four-blade Michigan

Wheel Workhorse propellers, while for hydraulic sternwheel propulsion, she is powered by a single Caterpil- lar 3306 engine. Her service speed is 10 knots.

Electrical power is supplied by a 165-kw generator driven by a Cater- pillar 3306 diesel. She is also fitted with a hydraulically operated 16- inch, 55-hp thruster supplied by

American.

Owner Bob Kimble's Desert

Princess has an exclusive contract with the Parks Service to operate in the Black Canyon, which provides her passengers with the unique ex- perience of being at the top of Hoover

Dam on Lake Mead.

According to Robert E.

McMahon Jr., vice president, sales and marketing, Skipperliner Ship- yards, the three-deck Desert Prin- cess accommodates about 300 pas- sengers. About 220 passengers can be accommodated for dinner seating on her enclosed main and boiler decks. The interior of the sternwheeler has a "Southwestern flair," with Indian type colors throughout.

For the passengers' comfort and enjoyment, the Desert Princess is equipped with 40 tons of Cruisair air conditioning, the latest noise and vibration dampening systems from

Lo-Rez, and full galley facilities in- cluding a char-broiler.

The naval architect for the vessel was Timothy Graul, Marine Design,

Sturgeon Bay, Wis.

DUBUQUE CASINO BELLE

Patti Shipyards

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Delivered by Patti Shipyards,

Pensacola, Fla., the Victorian-style riverboat Dubuque Casino Belle is reportedly the largest passenger vessel and gambling boat operating on the Mississippi. Owned by Rob- erts River Rides and operating out of Dubuque, Iowa, the 387-foot four- deck floating casino, fully outfitted with its gaming equipment, was built at a cost of about $12 million. U.S.

Coast Guard-certified to carry 2,000 passengers, the Dubuque Casino

Belle was reportedly the first Ameri- can-flagged vessel to receive a li-

DUBUQUE CASINO BELLE

Equipment List

Main engines Cummins

Propellers Michigan

Thrusters Thrustmaster

Generator engine Cummins

Reduction gears ZF

Engine controls Schrader-Bellows

Steering controls Custom Hydraulics

Shafting Aquamet

Radar Furuno

Fire pump MCM

Bilge pumps M.P. Pump

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