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Holland America Buys Three

Furuno Sonar Units

Three new Furuno DS30 Dual

Axis Doppler Sonar units are now in place aboard Holland America's

Westerdam, Noordam and Nieuw

Amsterdam. Each of these sonar devices is equipped with a high fre- quency transducer that generates three narrow beams. The unique system was designed to reduce the effects of both cavitation and the ship's pitch and roll. Even in shal- low waters, the highest level of system accuracy is reportedly maintained by the unit's computer circuitry. The DS30s have 10.4-in. diagonal monitors which display vital information such as speed, depth, and rate of turn. It is also a laser gyro which requires little or no maintenance. The Doppler

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Sonar can also determine the over- all prediction of motion of a vessel in any given period of time. The

DS30s can display the information in three different modes: speed, berthing and NAV data. The infor- mation can be translated into a relationship of time, distance and speed as to when the ship will berth, and at what distance and what exactly will happen. The units function by interfacing with other marine electronics on board.

The system comes with a display unit, transducer with tank, sepa- rate control head, processor unit and transceiver unit.

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Trimline Earns

Refurbishment Contracts

U.K. marine outfitter Trimline has landed two major refitting con- tracts for work on P&O Cruises'

Victoria and Airtours' Carousel.

The two ships will drydock in

October and November 1998.

Most of the refurbishments aboard

Victoria revolve around re- upholstering of furniture, installing new curtains and re- carpetting public areas along with more than 250 cabins. Trimline also plans to take about five weeks and do mostly the same work aboard the Carousel, before it heads for Barbados for the winter.

A total of 11,000 sq. m. of carpet are expected to be re-laid.

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Thordon Offers Three

Bearing Systems

Thordon Bearings Inc. offers open water lubricated propeller shaft bearing systems which have been installed on the new Disney

Magic (see page 56). Thordon pro- vides three systems: the COMPAC propeller shaft bearing system which offers low friction and long life in blue water operation;

Thordon Composite, a propeller shaft bearing designed for abra- sive conditions, specifically dredges, tugs and towboats operat- ing in silt-laden rivers; and

Thordon XL, a general purpose bearing. In addition, Thordon also offers Thor-Lube, an environmen- tally friendly, sealed stern tube bearing system which reportedly eliminates pollution concerns relating to stern tube oil.

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