b'MEMBERNEWSFire Island Ferries Adds New Vessel to its FleetPVA members Fire Island Ferries,built by Blount Boats in 1977 and will Bay Shore, NY and Blount Boats,service the Great South Bay route. Warren, RI, have teamed up onceThe operation has a fleet of 26 vessels, again. This time the result is the newwhich includes one barge.Isle of Fire, a 400-passenger ferry. ThisOther PVA members involved in the is the tenth vessel that Blount and Fireproject are John Deere Power Systems Island Ferries have built together.whose three John Deere 6135SFM keel-Isle of Fire will replace a vesselcooled engines propel the vessel with the assistance of ZF 34x31x4 three-inch bore propellers and 550 2:1 gears. The vessel has cruising speed of 20 knots. A Furuno radar is installed on the ferry.nPVA CALENDARSeptember 24-25, 2019Southeast Region MeetingHilton St. Augustine Historic BayfrontSt. Augustine, FLOctober 23-25, 2019PVA Great Lakes Region MeetingHotel ChicagoChicago, ILOctober 28-30, 2019PVA Western Region MeetingHyatt Regency Lake TahoeIncline Village, NVFebruary 3-6, 2020PVA Annual Conventionat MariTrends 2020Hilton Tampa DowntownTampa Convention CenterTampa, FLNovember 4-6, 2019 PVA Original Colonies Meeting Meeting Aboard Potomac Riverboat Companys Cherry Blossom The Alexandrian Alexandria, VA November 14-15, 2019PVA Rivers Region MeetingRivers Edge at Newport Landing: Hosted by BB RiverboatsHampton Inn & Suites Newport/CincinnatiFor more information, go towww.passengervessel.com and click Calendar40AUGUST 2019FOGHORN'