Clipper Navigation Inc. announces multi-million dollar fleet expansion and upgrade; adds new boat, turbo-jet engines and new dock.SEATTLE--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 25, 1996--Clipper Navigation Inc., prompted by growing customer demand, has invested in a multi-million dollar expansion. The company is adding a new vessel, the Victoria Clipper The Victoria Clipper is a fleet of high-speed catamarans that serve Seattle, Washington, Victoria, British Columbia, and Friday Harbor, Washington. External links
The addition of the 181-passenger Victoria Clipper II, the company's fifth vessel, will enable Clipper Navigation Inc. to increase service between Seattle and Victoria, B.C., from four to five daily round trips during peak season (May to September) and accommodate shoulder-season (October to April) demand. the new high-speed catamaran catamaran (kăt'əmərăn`), watercraft made up of two connected hulls or a single hull with two parallel keels. Originally used by the natives of Polynesia, the catamaran design was adopted by Western boat builders in the 19th cent. cruises at 33 mph (29 knots). The Victoria Clipper II began service on April 13, 1996. New AlliedSignal gas turbine engines in the Victoria Clipper IV will reduce travel time between Seattle and Victoria by 45 minutes (from 2-1/2 hours to 1-3/4 hours) and double the vessel's horsepower from 5,000 to 10,000. The new engines will make the Victoria Clipper IV the fastest passenger vessel in the western hemisphere Western Hemisphere Part of Earth comprising North and South America and the surrounding waters. Longitudes 20° W and 160° E are often considered its boundaries. at a top speed of 53 mph (45 knots) and the first conventional North American North American named after North America. North American blastomycosis see North American blastomycosis. North American cattle tick see boophilusannulatus. passenger ferry to travel over 47 mph (40 knots). The Victoria Clipper IV begins turbo-jet service between Seattle and Victoria on Saturday, April 27. Installation of a new docking and boarding area at Clipper Navigation Inc.'s Pier 69 terminal in Seattle will allow simultaneous boarding of four vessels. Beginning May 1, the new dock will be used to moor, board and disembark dis·em·bark v. dis·em·barked, dis·em·bark·ing, dis·em·barks v.intr. 1. To go ashore from a ship. 2. To leave a vehicle or aircraft. v.tr. the San Juan Explorer vessel. The steel-float mooring MOORING, mar. law. The act of arriving of a ship or vessel at a particular port, and there being anchored or otherwise fastened to the shore. 2. Policies of insurance frequently contain a provision that the ship is insured from one place to another, "and till and aluminum ramp, installed by Manson Construction, is 110 feet long and runs parallel to Alaskan Way. Clipper Navigation Inc. was founded in 1986 to provide passengers with year-round fast ferry service between Seattle and Victoria. Clipper Navigation Inc. also provides year-round service to the San Juan Islands San Juan Islands (săn wän), archipelago of 172 islands constituting San Juan co., NW Wash., E of Vancouver Island. The islands were visited and named c.1790 by Spanish explorers. . The company owns and operates five vessels: four Victoria Clipper twin-hulled, high-speed luxury catamarans and the mono-hulled San Juan Explorer. This year marks the Victoria Clipper's 10th anniversary of operation. For more information or reservations, call 206/448-5000 or 800/888-2535. -0- NOTE TO EDITORS: Photo available upon request. CONTACT: Media Contacts: Richmond Public Relations public relations, activities and policies used to create public interest in a person, idea, product, institution, or business establishment. By its nature, public relations is devoted to serving particular interests by presenting them to the public in the most Jennifer Lind/David Sayre, 206/682-6979 or Clipper contact: Darrell Bryan, 206/443-2560 |
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