Maritime Reporter, January 1991

<BODY> <div> Outstanding Passenger Vessels (continued) The main deck will house the largest of the two casino rooms, con- taining 250 slot machines, eight blackjack tables, two roulette tables, and two craps tables. The next deck will have a 250-seat dining area and a lounge overlooking the paddle- wheel turning at the stern of the boat. Moving up to the next deck, the forward area will be a lounge, with a second, smaller casino area in the center of the deck. At the rear will be a lounge with dance floor, video center and sophisticated sound system. The pilothouse will be on the top deck. Behind the pi- lothouse will be a large open-air deck from which passengers can get a panoramic view of the river. Powering each vessel will be three Caterpillar 671-horsepower diesel engines, two of which will drive screw propellers and a third, the functional rear paddlewheel. The riverboat can operate by using the paddlewheel alone, the paddlewheel and screw propellers together, or the screw propellers alone. The top speed is about 9-1/2 knots. The diesel engines sit on special vibration-absorbing mounts to iso- late engine vibration, so that pas- sengers are provided with the feel of an onshore casino. The Diamond Lady along with her sister ships, The Emerald Lady and The Golden Lady, will be berthed in Iowa and cruise the Mis- sissippi River with a maximum of 1,200 passengers. Cruise ship Crown Princess, built by Fincantieri. DELFIN CARAVELLE Cruise Ship Rauma Yards This past year Finnish shipbuild- er Rauma Yards Oy delivered the second of two smaller luxury cruise liners to Delfin Cruise Ltd., a ship- ping company based in Nauvo, Fin- land. Christened the Delfin Caravelle by Mrs. Leena Matomaki, wife of the president of the Rauma-Repola Group, Tauno Matomaki, the lin- er has an overall length of 382 feet, breadth of 56 feet and draft of 14 feet. Her pair of Wartsila Vasa 6R32Ds produce a total of 3,017 hp at 750 rpm. She can accommodate up to 330 passengers in her 178 cab- ins, including her eight luxury suites fitted with jacuzzis and balconies. Delivered by the yard in about one year, the Delfin Caravelle has conference facilities for 200 partici- pants, saunas with a swimming pool and jacuzzi, duty-free shop, saloon, casino, club/restaurant with danc- ing, nightclub/disco, beauty salon, and hospital quarters. The ship's main restaurant can accommodate all 330 passengers at a single seat- ing. DELFIN CARAVELLE Equipment List Main engines(2) .... . .Wartsila Vasa Auxiliary engines . . . . .Wartsila Vasa Alternators . . Leroy Somer Propellers & shafts . . .... JW Berg Reduction gears .... . . Renk-Tacke Shaft bearings & seals . . Waukesha-Lips Steering equipment . . . . Wartsila-EES Bowthruster . Ulstein-Liaaen Fin stabilizers . Blohm & Voss Diesel generators . . . . . Leroy Somer Shaft generators . . . . . . Leroy Somer Heat exchangers GEA Ahlborn/Alfa-Laval Emer. generator .... Stamford Emer. generator engine . . . .Cummins Vacuum toilet Evac Air cooling compressors Sabroe Davits . . .Schat-Davit Evaporators .Alfa-Laval Nirex Oil purifiers . . . .Alfa-Laval Radars, log & echo sounder Krupp Atlas Elektronik The Delfin Caravelle will cruise during the summer and autumn from Turku to Visby three times per week, Gotland-Borgholm cruises and trips to Tallinn and the isle of Saaremaa in Estonia. The line will also arrange 24-hour cruises as well as conference and charter cruises, (continued) Munson-built passenger ferry Lady Express. Maritime Reporter/Engineering News </div> <span id="lblContents"></span> <br /> <br /> <a href="http://www.digitalwavepublishing.com/" title="Digital Magazine">Digital Wave Publishing</a> </BODY>