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07-17-2006, 05:32 AM
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#16 | | Senior Member
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öhm..
Kelly, i guess he asked where "vango" is right now, the yacht, not the tread *g*
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07-18-2006, 11:28 PM
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#17 | | Senior Member
Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Tampa, FL
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Has anyone checked out the new Westport website? They have some good pictures of Vango along with some good ones of their other yachts.
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07-19-2006, 11:29 PM
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#18 | | YF Wisdom Dept.
Join Date: May 2005 Location: Western Canada
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Interesting vessel.
'16 cylinder V-type MTU/DDC 16v4000 M-90s, four stroke diesels producing 3,650 hp each. They turn 5-1/2” propellers on HS stainless steel shafts with a remote down angle gearbox."
Just how many 5 and a half inch props are hooked up to this power plant?
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07-19-2006, 11:59 PM
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#19 | | YF Moderator
Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Montreal, Qc, Canada
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| Quote: | Originally Posted by Codger Quote:
They turn 5-1/2” propellers on HS stainless steel shafts with a remote down angle gearbox."
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Just how many 5 and a half inch props are hooked up to this power plant? |
LOL Oh snap!
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07-20-2006, 09:19 AM
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#20 | | Publisher/Administrator
Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: South Florida
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Whoops! 
Sometimes I wonder... if my brains were dynamite, would I have enough to blow the dust off an ant?
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07-20-2006, 01:57 PM
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#21 | | Registered User
Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Port Angeles Wa
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|  Vango, Port Angeles, WA
Looks like something new!!
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07-20-2006, 06:41 PM
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#22 | | YF News Associate
Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Caribbean
Posts: 2,874
| Welcome to Yacht Forums Capt Charlie and nice pics...and if anyone didn't know that the after part of Vango's Hardtop could fold back, no we all know! That is amazing. Is this her heli though or a visiting heli? | |
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07-25-2006, 09:46 AM
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#23 | | Registered User
Join Date: May 2005 Location: Born in the Great Lakes area (Green Bay) and now reside in the desert (Phoenix)
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Yikes...not much clearance. The pilot must have nerves of steel. Is it really worth the risk????
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07-25-2006, 10:19 AM
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#24 | | YF News Associate
Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Caribbean
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| Quote: | Originally Posted by jwenzel Yikes...not much clearance. The pilot must have nerves of steel. Is it really worth the risk???? |
Well, how i see it, having a heli aboard is an added luxury toy and Vango in herself is a luxury toy so its just an addition if i might say. Her aft deck seem to be built with the heli in mind though. With the hinged hardtop...So for your question Jwenzel...i think its probably worth the risk  | |
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07-28-2006, 11:57 AM
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#25 | | Registered User
Join Date: May 2005 Location: Born in the Great Lakes area (Green Bay) and now reside in the desert (Phoenix)
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I hear ya Yachtluver, still, looking at the detailed layout and accounting for the hinged hardtop http://www.westportyachts.com/yachts...RRANGEMENT.pdf, it looks like we're talking about 20'-23' of sundeck to land on at most. Those blade tips are mighty close to that top. Not sure that would be too reliable a method of getting on/off the boat as it would have to be pretty calm to even attempt a landing or take-off. Any heli-pilots out there wish to comment?
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07-28-2006, 02:50 PM
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#26 | | Senior Member
Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: (Coal Harbour) Vancouver. BC. Canada
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I'm not a pilot, but that type of clearance seems to be standard and adequate for a skilled pilot. Just watch your markers http://community.webshots.com/photo/...40348811CLNtaR | |
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07-28-2006, 06:25 PM
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#27 | | Senior Member
Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Monterey, CA, USA
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Westport's layout of Vango shows approximately 30 ft. clearance on her Sun Deck.
That looks like a Eurocopter EC120 on the sundeck. 
The pilot must be very skilled to land on that tight spot.
(Source: Eurocopter website)
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07-28-2006, 07:26 PM
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#28 | | YF News Associate
Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Caribbean
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Hey Arniev, thanks for the Technical Specs of that Eurocopter. It is indeed a tight fit aboard the Vango. Sorry for those pilots who don't have the nerve. No Job aboard Vango!..
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