[rymert19]

I am very intrigued by this company. I was wondering if anybody knows anything about them personally and not what is just on their website. I love their Expedition 75' with extended sky lounge and Portuguese Bridge. I would definitely go trans-atlantic with that.

http://www.realships.com

[OutMyWindow]

Looks like they have taken their design ques from Nordhavn.
http://www.yachtforums.com/forums/no...5-trawler.html

http://www.nordhavn.com/72/overview.php4
Maybe this should be in the "Design or Copy?" tread.

[CaptTom]

Didn't Billy Joel have a Real Ships vessel a number of years ago, before he got into the downeaster style yachts?
Capt Tom

[YachtForum]

Loren... where are you?

[Loren Schweizer]

Sorry, gang, been on serious vacation and preparing for a Smokies expedition as well.
Responding to Carl's well-aimed kick to the backside, here's the dope:

outmywindow, the Nordhavn design and the Real Ships design are markedly different--- steel v. FRP, interior accommodations, hull shape, machinery arrangements...well, check out the listing for the 77 that I made up which explains more in detail--

https://www.boatwizard.com/core/list...lships&lang=en

The greatest similarity is that both the Nordy and the RS are LSD (Long Slow Distance) boats... and we think the world of Jim Leishman's designs.

So, a "design copy"?
Please. The look of Real Ships hasn't changed markedly for the 12 years since inception.

CaptTom, Billy Joel's "Red Head" was/is a Florida Bay Coaster 65-footer. We were the sales agents for them until Achilles bought & moved the operation down to Guatemala and we found that folks did not warm up to building a boat in a Banana Republic.

rymert19, thanks for the kind words. The 75 morphed into the 77 due to client requirements. Two are currently under construction at the yard in Bayou Labatre. They run in the neighborhood of $3.5M.

Hope this wasn't too commercial a plug requiring editing, but that's it in a nutshell.

Now, where's that Coleman lantern anyway?

[rymert19]

I think real ships makes a pretty vessel

[JWY]

Originally Posted by Loren Schweizer

...preparing for a Smokies expedition as well.
... here's the dope:

... are LSD (Long Slow Distance) boats...

Loren -- I'm starting to worry about you

Loren has proven his knowledge and wisdom on YachtForums. As to his commercial plug, I'll vouch for anything that Loren has good to say about himself.

Judy Waldman

[Loren Schweizer]

[still searching for the 'aw shucks' emoticon]

Kind words, indeed.

[rymert19]

found this today:

http://rides.webshots.com/photo/2228...40003840FrcbqS

[Loren Schweizer]

That is a shot of "Kokomo", the second of the 68 series Expedition boats and was most likely taken about three years ago, just prior to delivery to her owners.
That large center console on the foredeck was ditched for a much smaller RIB early on resulting in a marked reduction of mashed fingers/shearguards/hullsides during launching & retrieval.

[CYSB]

The photograph of the Real Ships 68 above reminded me of my grand mother fleeing the beauty parlor to return home lickety split to put dinner on the table... Attached is a more deserving picture of the trawler. Bye the way; Patrick Bray of Vancouver, BC designed the hull...

Jim

[Brian]

Originally Posted by CYSB

The photograph of the Real Ships 68 above reminded me of my grand mother fleeing the beauty parlor to return home lickety split to put dinner on the table... Attached is a more deserving picture of the trawler. Bye the way; Patrick Bray of Vancouver, BC designed the hull...

Jim

If Pat Bray designed the hull, you've gotta know it'll be efficient.

[ayachtguy]

Yipes...this is a tough audience! Design or Copy? That's a cheap shot based, I'd guess, simply on having the house set well aft.

Vast differences between the Real Ships and the Nordhavn, and not just in materials. Loren's absolutely right...these are two different critters. If you want to look for similarities, go all the way back to the '50s and take a look at the Romsdal trawlers out of Norway. I've been aboard a couple of Real Ships, and these are just that: real ships, not toy yachts. Really well thought out, built to high standards, seamanlike. Were built in Louisiana, but soon to be built at a commercial yard in Brazil to keep price in line without sacrificing strength and quality. If you haven't been aboard one, check one out at Lauderdale. It's a lesson in how to do it right.