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Leevac's The President Casino Mississippi

Yard Vessel Name/Type Main Propulsion

Atlantic Marine Empress/Casino Boat Caterpillar

Blount Industries Inc. Mayan Prince/Mini Cruise Boat Cummins

Gladding Hearn Jet Express ll/Ferry Deutz MWM

Kvaerner Masa Barfleur/Car-Passenger Ferry Wartsila Diesel

Leevac The President Casino/Casino Boat Caterpillar

Munson Yookene Spirit/River Excursion Boat Mercruiser

Nichols Brothers Star of Honolulu/Dinner Boat Caterpillar

Skipper Liner Water's Edge/Passenger Boat Cummins

Trinity Industries Greatland/Whale Watch Boat Detroit Diesel

Washburn & Doughty Captain Henry Lee/Ferry Caterpillar

Westport Shipyard Pacific Spirit/Harbor Excursion Lugger

Nichols Brother's Star of Honolulu

STAR OF

HONOLULU

Nichols Brothers Boat

Builders

Circle 43 on Reader Service Card

The 1,600-passenger, 1,166-ton

Star of Honolulu measures 232 feet long and is the heaviest vessel ever built by Nichols Brothers Boat Build- ers.

Delivered to Paradise Cruise Ltd., of Honolulu, the vessel circumvents

Oahu during daylight hours and also offers sunset dinner cruises.

Equipped with a watts-type sta- bilizer and deep-vee hull for a smooth ride, the Nichols Brothers-designed dinner/excursion boat features a power plant consisting of two Cater- pillar 399, 1,125-hp engines, driv- ingCat 7261,3.18:1 reduction gears.

Power is transferred to the 48- inch by 60-inch Sound Propeller wheels via five-inch Aquamet shafts.

The vessel, at full load speed, is capable of 11 knots.

Mathers supplied MMW elec- tronic propulsion controls. Nichols engineered the steering system and alarm monitors. An S-103L Schottel

Werft steerable bowthruster aids docking, and can also be used to bring the vessel home, if needed.

Auxiliary power for the vessel is supplied by two Cat 3406 165-kW diesel generators.

The interior of the vessel was designed by Interior Design Inter- national of Seattle.

For dinner service, the vessel can accommodate 550 passengers on the main deck for a "Star Sunset Dinner

Cruise."

Approximately the same number of passengers can be accommodated on the second deck, which is open for private charter.

The third deck is designated for the 350-passenger "Three-Star Sun- set Dinner Cruise," while the en- closed top deck allows 80 passenger to enjoy the "Five-Star Sunset Din- ner Cruise."

Skipper Liner's Water's Edge

Blount Industries' Mayan Prince pacific >ipini iMmietct .

Westport Shipyard's Pacific Spirit

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