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draws 6-1/2 feet of water and sleeps 99 passengers in 47 cab- ins. She will operate to Canada via New York, sailing the Hudson River, Erie Canal, Lake Ontario, and St. Lawrence Seaway with stops at Montreal, Quebec City, Tadoussac and Baie Eternite, as well as several small villages. It is the 8th small cruise ship designed and built at the Blount Shipyard in Warren. Main propulsion for the Mayan Prince will be supplied by two Cummins model KTA-19M diesel engines, rated at 500 hp each at 1,800 rpm, connected to Twin Disc MG-518,3:1 ratio, reduction gear- ing to 44-inch bronze Michigan propellers. A total of three pairs of 95-kw Cummins/Onan genera- tor sets provide ships power, night time use power and emer- gency power for the craft. Included in the features of the Mayan Prince are a convertible superstructure allowing passage under low bridges; a bow ramp for landing directly on beaches; a stern swimming and loading dock; very quiet engines and machin- ery; and individual push button and control of each cabins air conditioning. For free literature detailing the shipbuilding services of Blount Marine, Circle 58 on Reader Service Card Boats and Barges The U.S.-flag cruise vessel Mayan Prince will offer a diverse itinerary, with stops in Canada, Florida, the Eastern Caribbean and South America. Blount Marine Delivers 175-Foot Cruise Vessel To American Canadian Line Blount Industries Inc., Warren, R.I., recently announced the comple- tion of the 99-passenger cruise ship Mayan Prince for U. S. -flag operator American Canadian Line. Following delivery, the ship left its home terminal in Warren, R.I., on its maiden voyage to the Saguenay River, Canada, via the Erie Canal and the St. Lawrence Seaway. Later in the year, the Mayan Prince will cruise south to Florida and then to the East- ern Caribbean and South America. The vessel is 175 feet by 39 feet, MAYAN PRINCE Equipment List Main engines Cummmins Reduction gears Twin Disc Propellers Michigan Steering Wagner Hydraulic Geneators ...Cummins/Onan Bow thruster Arcturus Bow thruster engine. Cummins vc Lunaire Chiller plants Dunham-Bush Sewage treatment system Omnipure Engine cooling Fernstrum Fixed C02 system Chemetron Fire/smoke detection Pyrotechnics Switchboards Power Panels Fire pumps Gorman-Rupp 0/W separator ..Nelson Bilge Boy Radar Furuno GPS Si-Tex Loran, Weatherfax... Furuno VHF radio, SSB ICOM Depthsounders Datamarine Epirb Satfind Coatings International/ Sherwin-Williams Non-skid deck coating PRC VIKING FENDER CO. Complete Marine Fendering with Dockside Installation Facilities SIDE FENDERS GOOD/YEAR ship-side" marine fenders When push comes to shove have a Viking on your side. foam ship & pier fender * 50 Church Str««t • Sea Bright, NJ 07760 USA 908-530-6600 • FAX 908-530-6866 "Built on a commitment to auality, reliability and customer satisfaction." STERN Circle 274 on Reader Service Card RUBBER MARINE FENDERING All styles and sizes available a o • •Meets demanding service conditions CYLINDRICAL RECTANGULAR TRAPEZOIDAL A QO • Lowest cost maintenance • Highest energy impact V-SERIES D-SHAPED AND WING-TYPE TO ORDER CALL TOLL-FREE 1-800-777-0600 ROWE BUMPERS, DIV. CONVEYER & CASTER CORP. FREE 20 PAGE MACATALOG^ 3501 Detroit Avenue• Cleveland, OH 44113 Phone: 216-631-0202 • FAX: 216-631-4448 Comex Develops Innovative Tour Sub Comex Marine Parks, S.A., of Marseille, France, an international leader in the devel- opment of undersea technologies, has intro- duced one of the world's first self-contained tour submarines having an almost completely transparent hull. The new sub gives its passengers a 360- degree view of the sea bottom through large transparent panels, as 70 percent of its hull is made with methacrylate (plexiglass). Several Seabus models are available of the same de- sign with carrying capacities of between 20 and 60 passengers. The sub's crew consists of a pilot and co- pilot. A 45-passenger model has an interior diameter of 7.2 feet, an overall width of 19 feet at the conning tour and a length of 63.6 feet. It can descend to a maximum depth of200 feet and carry out as many as 12 plunges of 45 minutes each per day. The Seabus has a top forward speed of two knots using its two front, two vertical and two side propellers. The pilot's navigational system includes an automatic pilot, an automatic system for main- taining depth, a gyrocompass and two echo sounders. The Seabus is also equipped with standard navigational lights plus several spot- lights. Classified as an A-l manned submarine by French Control Bureau Veritas and the Ameri- can Bureau of Shipping, Seabus is designed to operate in complete safety. All critical sys- tems are duplicated and in the event of a power failure the sub is designed to resurface on its own. To receive free literature about the Seabus tour submarine from Comex, Circle 3 on Reader Service Card 58 Circle 236 on Reader Service Card Maritime Reporter/Engineering News
