
General Specifications
| Name | Watts Bar Belle |
| Style | Sternwheeler |
| Builder | SkipperLiner |
| Hull | Displacement |
| USCG Certified | Yes |
| USCG Dry Dock | 2015 |
| USCG Official Number | 1099456 |
| Passenger Capacity | 149 |
| Gross Tonnage | 52 |
| Net Tonnage | 37 |
| Speed (approx.) | Cruising: 4 mph @ 1,100 RPM Maximum: 6.5 mph @ 1,800 RPM |
| Built | 2000 |
| LOA | |
| LWL | 61’ |
| Beam | 19.8’ |
| Hull Depth | 4.4’ |
| Freeboard | |
| Draft | |
| Route Certification | Rivers |
| Hull Material | Steel |
| Deckhouse Material | Steel |
| Tank Capacities | Fuel: 600 gallonsWaste: 500 gallonsPotable Water: 388 gallons |
Accommodations and Layout
The vessel is arranged with dual entry off the fore deck, dining seating with the beverage bar and heads fully aft. The 01 deck offers open air seating and the wheelhouse.
Wheelhouse
- Control station with engine instrumentation (i.e., tachometer, engine oil pressure, ammeters, hour meters)
- Hydraulic steering system
- Hydraulic clutch and throttle controls
- Helm seat
- Fog bell
- Kahlenberg dual trumpet horn
- Carlisle Finch model C8160 remote controlled searchlight
- Wagner model 150 rudder indicator
- Windshield wiper
- Phone Com intercom/loud hailer
- President model LTD260 digital depth sounder
- Uniden model Solara DSC VHF/FM marine radio with antenna
- Furuno Model 1715 (12 mile) radar system
- Garmin model 172C GPS map
- Ritchie magnetic compass with lighted binnacle
- TOA 500 amplifier, Yamaha model CDC 575 compact disc player,
- KVH Tracvision model G4 dish with Dish Network receiver
- Two Avant RPM synchronizers (NON OPERATIONAL)
Salon
- 12 tables (80” x 24”)
- 8 tables (24” diameter
- 96 padded stacking chairs
- 32 plastic stacking chairs
- Dell 42” HD flat screen television
Galley
- Two Wittco warming ovens
- Amana microwave oven
- True model TWT-48 refrigerator
- True model TUC-27F under counter freezer
- CMA model L-IX16 dishwasher
- Stainless steel three partition sink
- Stainless steel hand washing sink
Beverage Bar (Main Deck)
- Laminate top
- Stainless steel sink
- Stainless steel three partition sink
- Beverage Aire model DW 58 can cooler
- Beverage Aire keg cooler
- Stainless steel cocktail station
Electrical
- 45.0 kW Onan generator model 45MCGCA (s/n A970628617) powered by a Cummins model 4BT 78-1800 marine diesel engine with fuel filter, seawater strainer and seacock
- 873 hours – August 2011
- Ship to shore power switch
- 100 AMP/ 240 VAC shore power service
- 50’ 100 AMP/ 240 VAC power cord
- 115 VAC exterior and interior perimeter lighting
- 120 VAC/12 VDC lighting
- 120 VAC duplex outlets
- Five 12 VDC 8D enclosed heavy duty batteries
- Perko battery isolation switch
- Two automatic battery chargers
- Cruisair 96,000 BTU water cooled reverse cycle heat pump system
- 13,500 BTU air conditioner in the wheelhouse
- 12 VDC manifold bilge system
- Internationally approved navigation lights (i.e., port light, starboard light, stern light, masthead light, anchor light)
Hull, Superstructure and Decks
- Seven gauge steel plate hull
- Insulated deckhouses
- Six watertight compartments formed by five transverse bulkheads
- Boarding gates: three
- Gangway
- Canvas 01 deck canopy
- Two smoke stacks
- Six 8” kevels
- Deck fittings:
- Electrical: forward port
- Waste: forward port/star
- Water: forward
- Fuel: amidships p/s
Mechanical Equipment and Engine Details
- Two 4 cylinder turbo charged 4 B3.9-M 52 HP Cummins marine diesel engines, fuel filters, seawater strainers with seacocks (engine hours: 8607 port, and 5,616 starboard in August 2011)
- Split hydraulic stern wheel
- Engine room insulation
- Oil changing system
- 80 gallon water heater
- Champion 60 gallon air compressor
Heads
The vessel is equipped with two heads each contains the following:
- One toilet
- One urinal in the Men’s head
- One sink with an automatic shutoff faucet
- Toilet paper dispenser
- Paper towel dispenser
Safety Equipment
- 155 type I adult size personal flotation devices
- 16 type I child size personal flotation devices
- Three 30” life rings one with line
- Five self actuated rescue lights
- Five B-II and One B-I 10 lb. dry chemical fire extinguisher
- Pyrotechnic distress signals
- Two fire stations including: two 2” UL approved rubber lined hoses with brass or bronze fittings, two brass or bronze nozzles, two brass or bronze hose bibs. The bilge pump system operates the fire system also
- Fire axe
- Two anchors
- Man overboard recovery ladder
Finish
- Exterior coating: Coating
- Exterior decks: Non skid
- Interior decks:
- Salon and Wheelhouse: Carpeting
- Carpeting
- Heads: Vinyl
- Galley: Non skid
- Bar: Non skid
- Headliner: Armstrong’
- Interior Bulkheads:
- Salon: Wood panel
- Heads: Wall covering
- Galley: Panel
Remarks
The WATTS BAR BELLE is in very good condition. She offers a first class and spacious experience for her passengers.
Exclusions
Micros system Dell notebook computer, Sysco heat and store (2), dishware, flatware, glassware.











