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CHICAGO'S FIRST LADY Equipment List Main engines Caterpillar Propellers Rice Reduction gears Twin Disc Engine controls MMC Steering controls Coast Air Shafting Aquamet Radar Furuno Coatings Devoe Compass Ritchi A/C Cruise Air Bilge & fire pumps Crown Pumps CRYSTAL DOLPHIN Equipment List Main engines Caterpillar Reduction gears Twin Disc Propellers Federal Generators Isuzu Engine controls MMC VHF radio Standard Radar Furuno Fathometer Datamarine Bearings BFGoodrich Bilge pump Jabsco Fire pump Crown Horn Kahlenberg Blowers Hartzell Compass Ritchie Life jackets Stearns Ancho Danforth Searchlight Perko Navigation lights Aqua Signal Engine room lighting Pauluhn SSENGER VESSELS OF 1991 Batre, Ala., delivered the elegant 96-foot charter vessel Chicago's First Lady for operatation on Lake Michi- gan and the Chicago River. Owners Bob and Holly Agra of Mercury Skyline Cruise Lines offer luxury dining and sightseeing on the ves- sel. "Because of the quality of our boats, Bayou La Batre quickly be- came known as the fishing boat capi- tal of the world," noted Russell Steiner, president of Steiner Ship- yard. "We intend to broaden our reputation for quality by building outstanding passenger vessels of all types." Chicago's First Lady is a recre- ation of a 1920s steam-powered yacht and bears a striking resem- blance to the Presidential yacht Se- quoia. Designed by Florida naval archi- tect Bill Preston, the $1.2 million vessel has a pair of Caterpillar 3306s, each producing 220 hp, for main propulsion, and twin Caterpillar 3304s driving 165-kw Cat SR-4 gen- erators for auxiliary power. Chicago's First Lady features brass-framed windows on the for- ward section of the first deck super- structure and a cosmetic stack just behind the pilothouse on the second deck. This stack is of two-piece con- struction so it can be raised and lowered to fit under low bridges on the Chicago River. The top section of the stack is plastic to accommo- date a radar dome inside. Her enclosed, air-conditioned main deck salon features a skylight and a bandstand with a piano in the stern and a U-shaped bar forward. There is seating for 104 passengers, but in a reception/cocktail party setup, as many as 250 passengers can be entertained. The second deck is open aft of the pilothouse. CRYSTAL DOLPHIN Trinity Marine Group Circle 39 on Reader Service Card Aluminum Boats, Inc., Crown Point, La., a member of the Trinity Marine Group, has delivered the Crystal Dolphin, an 85-foot execu- tive dinner cruise/excursion vessel to Tidewater Barge Lines, Inc., Vancouver, Wash. The all-aluminum craft boasts a luxurious "modular" interior which permits the boat to be quickly con- figured for executive meetings, cock- tail parties, dinners, or sightseeing The gambling boat Alton Casino Belle, from Bender Shipbuilding. Excursion boat Monte Carlo, built by Nichols Brothers. Casino boat Par-A-Dice, built by Atlantic Marine. Siii"!!!
