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Emerald Star Added To

Waterways Fleet

Waterways Cruises, Inc., a char- ter and public cruise company located in Washington state, is adding a new $1.5-million dining and entertainment vessel to its fleet. The addition of Emerald

Star is expected to increase the company's charter business by 90 percent. Emerald Star is a 111-ft (33.5-m), 250-passenger dining/ charter vessel that is being trans- ported 2,000 miles overland from

Wisconsin to Washington. After a mid-April delivery, the vessel was scheduled to be ready for charters and public cruises throughout

Puget Sound and Lake Washington in May. In addition to providing more than 100 charter cruises,

Waterways expects to add at least

Emerald Star Equipment

Moin engines Twin Detroit Diesel 6-71 Tl (310 bhp@ 2,100 rpm)

Main generator 75 kW Cummins

Bowthruster Westmar (hydraulic)

Strews Michigan Wheel/ 4-blade bronze/28x22 pitch DynaQuads

Gears ZFIRM225 (2.454:1)

Engine mounts Detroit Diesel

Propeller shaft coupler Vetus

Steering system Hynoutic

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Depth sounder Impulse

Radar system Furuno

Displacement 94 tons

Naval architect Elliott Bay Design Group

SkipperLiner Industries, Inc

Builder SkipperLiner

Interior design Interior Design International 100 dining and entertainment cruises in 1996.

Emerald Star's interior was designed by Interior Design

International, Inc. of Seattle, and combines mahogany and cherry- wood paneling with brass accents.

The main deck features a solari- um-style enclosure at the bow of the ship, and seats up to 126 guests for dining.

The vessel is powered by twin turbocharged Detroit Diesel 6V92 engines which deliver 810-hp, and is reportedly capable of cruising at up to 12 knots per hour and servic- ing destinations as far as Olympia and the San Juan Islands.

Emerald Star was designed by

Seattle-based Elliott Bay Design

Group, and constructed by

SkipperLiner Industries, Inc., in

La Crosse, Wis.

Emerald Star is one of three ves- sels owned by Waterways, located in Chandler's Cove at the south end of Lake Union.

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Emerald Star Particulars

Length 111 ft. (33.5 m)

Beam 20 ft. (6.1 m)

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