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River Taxi Equipment

Main engines Daytona-Merlin

Generators Deere Power

Gears ZF

Propeller Michigan

Edge Equipment

Main engines Lugger

Waterjets Hamilton

A top player in the casino vessel market,

Atlantic Marine delivered the Empress II (pic- tured) in late 1993 and completed work on the larger Empress III in late November of 1994.

Both boats are for Empress River Casino Corp.

The 238-ft. (72.5-m) by 66-ft. (20-m) Empress

E has 26,000-sq.-ft. of gaming area in three casino levels, plus an observation deck. De- signed by Rodney E. Lay & Assoc., the boat can carry 1,500 passengers and features 1,200 gam- ing positions. The Empress III is an oceangoing vessel, measuring 288 ft. (87 m) x 76 ft. (23 m).

The Rodney E. Lay & Assoc.-designed vessel is scheduled to operate on Lake Michigan out of

Hammond, Ind., and is certified with a Great

Lakes load line and partially protected certifi- cate up to 20 miles offshore. Additional design work was performed by Flume Systems of Or- ange, N.J. for the incorporation of a roll stabili- zation system. Outfitting of the vessel includes: main propulsion from twin Caterpillar 3512TA marine engines producing 1,210 hp at 1,300 rpm; shipboard electrical service via a pair of Caterpil- lar 3512TA 845kW @ 1,200 rpm gensets; and interior design by Interior Design International,

Inc. of Seattle. The vessel is also outfitted with bow and sternthrusters, each 600 hp, and an

Anschiitz one man bridge system.

Empress II Equipment

Designer Rodney E. Lay

Main engines Caterpillar

Interior IDI

Gears Twin Disc

Circle 243 on Reader Service Card 26D Maritime Reporter/Engineering News "Is That All??11

GMDSS

DATA, DISTRESS, ENCRYPTION & TRACKING

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ROSS DSC500

For more information see your dealer or contact:

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Yard.... Bellcraft

Type.... River taxi

Bellcraft Industries Corp. designed a pair of river taxies for Gaylord Entertainment to be used in Opryland U.S.A. The high-speed ferries are convertible from ferries to dinner cruisers. The vessels are powered by twin

Daytona-Merlin ME-9 V8 diesels at 860 hp each. The generators are twin Deere Power diesels, rated at 35 kW each. The ZF gears are connected to Michigan, four-blade propellers.

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Yard .... Kvichak Yard .... Gold Coast Yachts

Type .... Passenger Type.... Wave-piercing catamaran

Name .. Sylvan Spirit Name .. Edge oin the fleets that are "ENVIRONMENTALLY CORRECT"!

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The Sylvan Spirit is a 58-ft. (17.5-m) passen- ger vessel designed and built by Kvichak Maine

Industries for Decatur Northwest. The Sylvan

Spirit is of all aluminum construction and de- signed for regular service between Decatur Is- land (in the San Juan Islands of northern Puget

Sound) and Anacortes, Wash. The boat is owned and operated by a community association of island residents, providing a year-round link to the mainland. The vessel is U.S. Coast Guard- certified for 49 passengers in protected waters.

The boat — which has an 18-ft. (5-m) beam and a 4-ft. (1.1-m) draft is powered by twin 300- hp Lugger marine diesels, which provide a ser- vice speed of approximately 13 knots. The boat also features ZF marine gears, MMC engine controls and Hynautic steering.

Gold Coast Yachts of St. Croix built the 59-ft. (18-m)£c?^e, a catamaran powered by twin Lug- ger 425-hp diesels and Hamilton 362 waterjets, which tops out at 30 knots.

The vessel is used on Pelican Watersport's daily ferry runs to Saba and St. Barth's. Edge is the largest wave piercer built by Gold Coast

Yachts, and is based on the success of an earlier 39-ft. (11.9-m) prototype.

Yard.... Atlantic Marine

Type.... Casino

Name .. Empress II