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Vessels: All American Marine Launches Cat

All American Marine, Inc., launched a new 65-ft. Teknicraft catamaran for Maui-based Expeditions, which runs a passenger ferry service and tour group. The Expeditions-four catamaran will be used as an inter-island 149-passenger ferry across the Auau Channel between the islands of Maui and Lana'i. With the Teknicraft design, said Steve Knight, CEO of Expeditions, "we've got increased passenger capacity, fantastic fuel savings, and a better speed range." With their new Expeditions-four catamaran, they will be burning about half the amount of fuel per hour per engine. At the same time, said Knight, "We can actually put 50 percent more people on the boat than we could with our present vessel, and we can maintain a more consistent cruising speed.