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Leevac's The President Casino Mississippi Yard Vessel Name/Type Main Propulsion Atlantic Marine Empress/Casino Boat Caterpillar Blount Industries Inc. Mayan Prince/Mini Cruise Boat Cummins Gladding Hearn Jet Express ll/Ferry Deutz MWM Kvaerner Masa Barfleur/Car-Passenger Ferry Wartsila Diesel Leevac The President Casino/Casino Boat Caterpillar Munson Yookene Spirit/River Excursion Boat Mercruiser Nichols Brothers Star of Honolulu/Dinner Boat Caterpillar Skipper Liner Water's Edge/Passenger Boat Cummins Trinity Industries Greatland/Whale Watch Boat Detroit Diesel Washburn & Doughty Captain Henry Lee/Ferry Caterpillar Westport Shipyard Pacific Spirit/Harbor Excursion Lugger Nichols Brother's Star of Honolulu STAR OF HONOLULU Nichols Brothers Boat Builders Circle 43 on Reader Service Card The 1,600-passenger, 1,166-ton Star of Honolulu measures 232 feet long and is the heaviest vessel ever built by Nichols Brothers Boat Build- ers. Delivered to Paradise Cruise Ltd., of Honolulu, the vessel circumvents Oahu during daylight hours and also offers sunset dinner cruises. Equipped with a watts-type sta- bilizer and deep-vee hull for a smooth ride, the Nichols Brothers-designed dinner/excursion boat features a power plant consisting of two Cater- pillar 399, 1,125-hp engines, driv- ingCat 7261,3.18:1 reduction gears. Power is transferred to the 48- inch by 60-inch Sound Propeller wheels via five-inch Aquamet shafts. The vessel, at full load speed, is capable of 11 knots. Mathers supplied MMW elec- tronic propulsion controls. Nichols engineered the steering system and alarm monitors. An S-103L Schottel Werft steerable bowthruster aids docking, and can also be used to bring the vessel home, if needed. Auxiliary power for the vessel is supplied by two Cat 3406 165-kW diesel generators. The interior of the vessel was designed by Interior Design Inter- national of Seattle. For dinner service, the vessel can accommodate 550 passengers on the main deck for a "Star Sunset Dinner Cruise." Approximately the same number of passengers can be accommodated on the second deck, which is open for private charter. The third deck is designated for the 350-passenger "Three-Star Sun- set Dinner Cruise," while the en- closed top deck allows 80 passenger to enjoy the "Five-Star Sunset Din- ner Cruise." Skipper Liner's Water's Edge Blount Industries' Mayan Prince pacific >ipini iMmietct . Westport Shipyard's Pacific Spirit January, 1993 41
