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Transportation: TSS Earnslaw
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  • Written by grets on Sep 20, 2004
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    • 'Mode': AROUND
    Category: Ship/Boat
    Getting TO/AROUND: TSS Earnslaw (The TSS stands for Twin Screw Steamer) is a staely old steam vessels which plies Lake Wakatipu for tourist cruises. You can choose to do an afternoon cruise or an eveing trip including dinner at Walter Peak.

    The steel-hulled Earnslaw is 51 metres long and 7.3 metres wide, weighs 330 tons and at full speed can travel at a speed of 13 knots, burning a ton of coal an hour!

    The Earnslaw was at one time the major transport across the lake and is licensed to carry 810 passengers. Since 1969, it has been purely used for leisure cruises.

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