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Outstanding Passenger

Vessels & Ferries (continued) especially for high stakes riverboat gambling in Illinois, the 1,000-pas- senger Par-A-Dice features four decks. The hull holds the galley, engine rooms, crew locker rooms, ballast tank, and bowthruster room tanks. The vessel's two casinos are located on the Main and Boiler

Decks. Service bars and restrooms are also located on these decks. The

Texas Deck includes a forward lounge, service bar, an open deck with passenger seating, and the

Speakeasy, a 175-seat dining room featuring a la carte service.

Propulsion power is provided by three 670-hp Caterpillar diesel en- gines, with a total output of 2,010 hp. Auxiliary power is provided by two 800-kw generators, powering the Par-A-Dice to a service speed of about 11 knots.

TAIPINC

Singapore Shipbuilding

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The 113-1/2-foot fast catamaran ferry Tai Ping was the first vessel delivered by Singapore Shipbuild- ing & Engineering Ltd. (SSE) in 1991. Designed by SSE and com- pleted four months ahead of sched- ule, the Tai Ping is operated by the

Dong Guan County Humen Hong

Kong/Macau Passenger Ferry Com- pany. She carries 282 passengers, 272 of which are seated in the en- closed cabin on her main deck and the remaining 10 on the upper deck in the VIP lounge.

Classified by both Det norske

Veritas and the China Classifica- tion Society (ZC), the Tai Ping has a molded breadth of 34 feet, molded draft of 5-1/2 feet and maximum draft of almost 7 feet.

She is powered by twin MTU 12V 396 TE74L diesel engines coupled to

TAI PING

Equipment List

Main engines MTU

Gears ZF

Radar Furuno

Echo sounder JRC

VHF radio Sailor

Speed log Yokogawa

HF radio Raytheon

Generator engines MTU

Coatings International Paint

Generator LeroySomer

Engine controls MTU

Shafting Aquamet

SSB radio Raytheon

ZF model BW165 gears drivingfixed- pitch propellers. Her engines have a maximum continuous rating of 1,893 hp at 2,000 rpm, propelling the alu- minum catamaran to speeds of over 28 knots at full load.

Each hull is divided into seven water-tight compartments. The main cabin above the main deck and the passengers are accommodated in aircraft-type seating with fold- down tables in the air conditioned cabin. Head facilities are arranged aft, with a bar and kiosk arranged in the center of the enclosed cabin.

The VIP cabin and crew accom- modation are situated aft of the wheelhouse on the deck above.

Navigation electronics onboard includes two Furuno radars, JRC echo sounder, and Yokogawa speed log. As for communications, the Tai

Ping is supplied with a Sailor VHF/

FM radio and Raytheon HF radio with Vingtor supplying the inter- com and the public address and en- tertainment system. A closed cir- cuit TV supplied by VICON is also on board.

VOYAGER II

Gulf Craft

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Gulf Craft, Inc., of Patterson,

La., has delivered a 95-foot all-alu- minum whale watch vessel, the M/V

Voyager II, to the New England

Aquarium in Boston, Mass. She is used to carry passengers on whale watching trips from the aquarium.

The 95-foot Voyager II, which has a 25-foot beam and 4-foot draft, is powered by four Detroit Diesel 12V7TI diesel engines developing 610 shp at 2,100 rpm. The engines turn 34-inch Federal propellers via

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