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CRUISE SHIP FOCUS

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The onboard style and atmosphere is remi- liscent variously of a London gentleman's club and an English country house, with the excep- tion of the Sports Bar and Grill on Decks 10 and 11, respectively, which are unambiguously

American.

The degree of choice conferred by the variety )f public spaces and restaurants is one of the sey features of the class, which are claimed to

De the first luxury ships designed to provide multiple, casual dining options. R.One incorpo- rates a full service spa and fitness center staffed with personal trainers and including the mly outdoor thalassotherapy whirlpool afloat and reportedly also the first fog shower, a form jf steam shower, on any ship.

The staterooms are located over five decks.

Each is equipped with a state-of-the-art, inter- active TV system, which not only offers sports and movie channels, plus live CNN coverage, but also the facility to order room service 24 fiours-a-day, make dinner reservations, pay- per-view events, sign up for shore excursions, purchase items from the vessel's shops, and settle onboard accounts.

In a technical con- text, R.One provides a new reference for the diesel-electric mode, encapsulating

French electrical engineering systems and Finnish-devel- oped, well-proven diesel machinery.

Although Wartsila

NSD has since intro- duced a new 320 mm- bore medium-speed series, the longer- stroke Wartsila 32, the prime movers ordered for the R. One are of the well- proven Vasa 32 design in its environ- ment ally-at tuned

Low NOx version.

The selection of diesel machinery included both head- room and length con- siderations, the lat- ter reflecting trans- verse bulkhead posi- tioning.

Each of the resiliently-mounted

Wartsila diesels has a rating of 4,860-kW at 720-rpm, and operates on 380 cSt heavy fuel oil. The bank of four engines drives a correspond- ing number of 4.6-

MW GEC Alstom alternators located immedi- ately beyond the bulkhead separating the diesel engine compartment from the generator propulsion room. Energy is fed to the pair of

Cegelec 6.75-MW propulsion motors positioned forward of the main generators, and acting on the long shaftlines turning the twin propellers.

The converter rooms and main switchboard are accommodated at an intermediate

Shipboard equipment specialist MacGregor was contracted as the turnkey supplier for the provision stores and associated reefer plant for the R.One, in a project which drew on its part- nership agreement with refrigeration engineer- ing firm York International. Designed to U.S.

Public Health standards, the vessel's nine pro- vision rooms are a mix of positive and negative level in the generator propulsion room.

The maximum speed of 18 knots required to fulfill the vessel's regular cruising schedule necessitates only three main generators to be run. The added dimension to the system conferred by the fourth primary genset offers the scope, if required, to make transits at 21 knots, while also providing all requisite power for air-conditioning and ship's services.

Having just two of the units engaged, feeding energy to both propulsion motors and thereby turning both shafts, gives an 11-knot capability in good weather.

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