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Outstanding Passenger

Vessels & Ferries (continued) system; sweeping views; and an in- terior design that, in the words of

Mr. McRae, gives patrons an open feeling unlike other compartmen- talized vessels.

The overall vessel was designed by Nichols Brothers engineers un- der direction of Archie Nichols,

VP of engineering, working with Will

Nickum, Seattle naval architect, and Gordon Plancich, Phase II design, Federal Way, Wash.

The interior design of the Monte

Carlo was supervised by Directions

In Design of St. Louis.

The 205- by 45-foot vessel is pro- pelled by a pair of 680-hp 3412 Cat- erpillar diesel engines coupled to ZF

BW-191 4.05:1 reduction gears.

Engines drive 50- by 52-inch propel- lers on 5-inch shafts. The Schottel bow thruster is hydraulically driven by pumps driven off one generator.

Generators consist of two 240-kw

Caterpillar 3406 sets.

Monte Carlo Cruises marketing director Ben Erickson said the com- pany plans to sail the vessel on San

Francisco Bay, offering scheduled dining and excursion service.

Hornblower Yachts, Inc., which operates the Nichols-built City of

San Francisco, is one of the largest managers of luxury dinner boats in the U.S., with bases in Berkeley,

Los Angeles, Newport Beach, and

San Diego.

ODYSSEY

Service Marine

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The 800-passenger Odyssey, was delivered by Service Marine Indus- tries, Morgan City, La.

Tom Hensley, president of Ser- vice Marine, said that the Odyssey is by far the most glamorous of the megayacht-style dinner boats de- signed by the company. The 175- foot long by 37-foot wide boat will carry her 800 passengers on three "whisper" quiet decks.

Odyssey Cruises operates the MJ

V Odyssey year-round from the Navy

Pier in Chicago, which is undergo- ing a $250 million renovation. The managing partners, Mike Higgins and Roy Sanders, offer a true yacht- ing experience with specially pre- pared food served at the guests' tables, so that the Odyssey is more like a "fine restaurant on the wa- ter."

For the passengers' comfort, the engine room has been made as quiet and vibration free as possible by use of special engine mounts and sound isolation panels. Lo-Rez supplied flexible couplings, which connect the gears to the shaft, and flexible en- gine mounts. According to Mr.

Hensley, the Lo-Rez system has been very effective in reducing sound and vibration.

The boat is powered by two Cat- erpillar 3408 DITA engines, rated at 470 bhp each at 1,800 rpm. The two generators are Caterpillar

January, 1992 3406T marine gensets with 250 kw generators.

PAR-A-DICE

Atlantic Marine

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Atlantic Marine, Inc., Jackson- ville, Fla., recently delivered its third stern wheel-driven, twin-screw gam- bling riverboat, the 1,000-passen- ger Par-A-Dice, to owners Greater

Peoria Riverboat Corp.

Homeported in East Peoria, 111., the Par-A-Dice was designed by John

W. Gilbert Associates, Inc., Boston naval architects and marine engi- neers, and built by Atlantic Marine in Jacksonville, Fla., which also de- signed and built the two Iowa riverboats, the Diamond Lady and

Emerald Lady. The Par-A-Dice re- sembles its Iowa cousins in that it is a sternwheeler with a working paddlewheel and is patterned after the leading sternwheelers of the 1890s, but the Par-A-Dice is a larger boat, measuring 228 feet in length and 46 feet in width, 27 feet longer than the Iowa boats. The total cost of constructing the vessel, as well as outfitting her with gaming equip- ment was $15 million.

Interior Design International,

Inc., Seattle, Wash., provided inte- rior design services for the project.

The first casino riverboat built

Out here, business depends on knowing the lay of the land.

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And to reach a ship at sea to tell them the lay of the land, simply dial 1 800 SEA CALL'. * Use this number to book a call.

The call itself is not free of charge.

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