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Outstanding Passenger Vessels & Ferries (continued) MISS ELLIS ISLAND Blount Marine Circle 44 on Reader Service Card Blount Marine Corporation, War- ren, R.I., has delivered the passen- ger vessel Miss Ellis Island to Circle Line Statue of Liberty Ferry, Inc. Designed by naval architect Rob- ert A. Simons and certified to carry 775 passengers on excursion trips to Ellis Island, the Miss Ellis Island, like her sister, the Miss New Jersey, is powered by Cummins main diesel engines. Other propulsion equip- ment includes Bird-Johnson propel- lers and Twin Disc reduction gears. Auxiliary power will be supplied by Cummins gensets. The Miss Ellis Island is also fitted with a Schottel bow thruster to provide her with an extra measure of maneuverability. The Immigration Center on the island has recently been refurbished. Ellis Island itself has been made part of the National Park System. The vessel contains several un- usual features due to its dockage and route. One of these features is the watertight bumper pipe with a solidly welded insert plate. The bumper is built for protection from the heavy surge at the Battery pier in lower Manhattan. Also unusual Llief ^ « The Viking inflatable life raft is U.S.C.G. approved according to SOLAS '83 Amendment III Regulations. Delivery from stock in Miami through our 38 distributors in the U.S.A. The most cost effective life rafts used on ocean vessels. The mostly used life rafts on passenger and cruise vessels. Write or Call For FREE Literature VIKING LIfE-SAVING EQUIPMENT (AMERICA), INC. 1625 N. Miami Ave., Miami, FL 33136 > Tel: (305) 374-5115 « Telex: Easylink 62054868 * Fax; (305) 374-1535 Circle 254 on Reader Service Card CAPSTAN WINCHES • DIRECT DRIVE • HIGH STARTING LINE PULLS • ROPE CAN COME OFF AT ANY ANGLE • SEVEty SIZES AVAILABLE CAN BE ELECTRICALLY-HYDRAULICALLY OR AIR POWERED JEAMAR WINCHES INC. 1051 Clinton St., Buffalo, N.Y. 14206 TEL (716) 854-3211 FAX (416) 889-3795 24 Circle 229 on Reader Service Card The world's most accurate and reliable level gauging system. Why settle for anything less? Using state-of-the-art technolo- gy, we have created a level gauging system with unsur- passed accuracy and relia- bility. The initial cost is hig- her than for other systems, but life cycle costs are much lower. This is why Saab TankRadar™ is operated on more than 500 ships around the world. Saab TankRadar Saab Marine Electronics, P.O. Box 13045, S-402 51 Gothenburg, Sweden. Tel +46 31 37 00 00. Fax +46 31 25 30 22. Telex 21652 saabra s. Circle 247 on Reader Service Card MISS ELLIS ISLAND Equipment List Main engines Cummins Generators Cummin Propellers Bird-Johnson Gears Twin Disc Engine Controls Mathers Bow thruster Schottel Electronics Furuno-lcom Wire L.F. Gaubert Signal system Hose-McCann Decking Products Research Shaft oilsealed bearing Golten Group Deck/manholes L.S. Baird Ventilation Aerovent Paint Devoe Cutlass bearings BFGoodrich Doors Jamestown Metal Rescue boat Schat Marine Main shaft stuffing boxes Duramax Alarms FW Murphy Packings AW Chesterton is the oil-lubricated shaft bearing, made by the Golten Group of Nor- way, which lubricates and protects the shafts. The design also features a profile with rounded stern and capped pilothouse in keeping with the look of the famous Circle Line fleet. The Miss Ellis Island brings the total of Blount-built vessels in the Circle Line Statue of Liberty Ferry fleet to five. MONTE CARLO Nichols Brothers Circle 45 on Reader Service Card Nichols Brothers Boat Builders' latest dinner/excursion boat, the 205-foot, 1,600-passenger Monte Carlo, was recently delivered, fol- lowing the completion of her outfit- ting work at Nichols Marine Ways, Inc., in Portland. The boat will be operated by Monte Carlo Cruises, according to Terry McRae, vice president of Hornblower Yachts, Inc. Monte Carlo Cruises is a new division of Hornblower Yachts, Inc., which is headquartered in San Francisco. According to Mr. McRae, the Monte Carlo is the largest harbor cruiser of its kind on the West Coast of the U.S. The Monte Carlo offers four decks in addition to the utility hold level; two marble dance floors; a multi-level aft solarium; a main salon with full balcony; multiple bars; several lounges; a "casino" deck; computerized entertainment MONTE CARLO Equipment List Main engines Caterpillar Reduction gear ZF Bow thruster Schottel-Werft Propulsion controls MMC Propeller Sound Propeller Generating plants Caterpilla Electrical wires, breakers, lights Hardware Specialties Interior design Directions In Design Painting system Hempel Radar Furuno Flux gate compass Furun Loudhailer Raytheon Loran Furuno VHF transceivers Standard Maritime Reporter/Engineering News
