Thanks for the nice review, and Kelly, thanks for the compliments. We did indeed work hard on that sheer line to get it just right.
The MS 72, which was ultimately built as a 75, is for sale, and you can contact American Global Yacht Group, the mother company for Moloka'i Strait Marine, in Ft. Lauderdale, for complete details.
I have just finished an upgrade to the MS 72, making it a 79'er, so it is called the MS 79. The new changes to the design are:
- 3' of length is added in the engine room and main saloon for more room in both. This makes it possible to change the twin Cummins 350s from a reveresed V-drive installation to a more conventional face-forward installation.
- We beefed up the structure below the waterline to add extra weight down low so that we would not have to add as much ballast. This has the added benefit of making the bottom structure super strong.
- Changed the shape of the bulb for better performance.
- Made the hull a triple-chine hullform. The reason for doing this is because making a round-bottom hull is becoming a lost art, and all the shipyards tell me it really is much more expensive to make a round bottom hull than a chined hull, never mind the fact that the frames and plate are all NC cut. So, not wanting to lose the benefits of a round bottom, nor wanting to lose any fuel and stores capacity due to shape, a triple-chine hullform is just the ticket. All the plating is developable surfaces, and it really does closely approximate the original round bottom hullform. Therefore we expect to retain the superior rolling and pitching performance of the original concept.
For more information, contact American Global Yacht Group for details on specs and prices.
Thanks again for your comments.
Eric