[AMG]

Originally Posted by Codger

Neat! Anything that can be done to keep the fueling process clean is a plus.
Does the overfill protection device from Vetus work on foam or just liquid. I've dealt with some fuels that just seemed to foam like crazy.

The bollard is interesting in another way. Running the line through the gap and then up and around to make it fast might keep it from squinching. Looks like a good plating job as well.

Foaming fuel will come up in the tray instead, but I don´t see it much with the green diesel we have.

One of the ideas with this bollard is when people use ropes with loops in one end, they can take it through the gap and hang it around both ends of the bollard, which is not always possible with small loops on standard bollards.

It also takes more "crossed" line on top and the V:s are keeping the rope from slipping just enough without fastening.

These are still hand made from stainless steel and will get a more perfect shape when we start to make them more industrial. (The design is already protected of course).

[Codger]

The X Bollard is such a simple practical device. Probably looks beautiful just because it becomes immediately obvious that it works. It's nice when someone can change something that has just been taken for granted as "works good enough" for a long long time and make it better.

[AMG]

Here are a few more details;

The double rails and stairways to the raised bridge makes access easy for all three seats. The radar mast is hinged for easy folding during land transport or to get under a bridge. Blue courtesy lights both around the decks and inside, a little bling but nice. The loudspeaker grids cut out in teak is optional, but I like them...

The swim platform has the anchor integrated and the winch is inside the boat. The Duoprop drives have a connecting rod for precise angle, in our case parallel. Trimtabs are two feet long, but so far we have not had the need for them. As you can see on the screen, we have a camera that on this picture is showing how little wake the boat produces, here in 42 knots at 3.100 rpm.

[YachtForum]

Lars,

Neat Cleat! Question... have you run into any problems with lines being pinched between the cross sections of the X-Bollard? It's seems this, or possibly some chaffing could occur with line tension?

[AMG]

So far so good, but we are using "modern" ropes, similar to sheets on sailing boats. Maybe traditional and not so soft ropes could cause trouble. But the whole bollard is about one feet wide so ropes for this size of boat should work out I think...

[MaxResolution]

The bollard is the best I've seen.

Call me a dreamer, I thought all you Euros had really cool colors of shrink-wrap and connectors, but you were just holding out on us.

I just did a drawing of my wiring harness idea, now off to the patents search...


Bamboo flooring, another great solution. Lighter=larger.

How about that wood-grained speaker grille? Got a manufacturer?

Does the red on the floorplan indicate outdoor-grade carpet? Do you know of, (and/or believe in) the German's claimed 'mildew-free' velour-cut carpets?

[yotphix]

Lars, although I make my living on power boats I have never wanted to own one before now! (I have always tolerated power as a way to afford sailing) This is a truly beautiful vessel. Hopefully you will sell thousands of them so that I might be able to afford a used one someday

What do you suppose the cost will be?

[AMG]

Originally Posted by MaxResolution

Bamboo flooring, another great solution. Lighter=larger.

How about that wood-grained speaker grille? Got a manufacturer?

Does the red on the floorplan indicate outdoor-grade carpet? Do you know of, (and/or believe in) the German's claimed 'mildew-free' velour-cut carpets?

Hi, the Bamboo is used mainly because it is hard. It is just a thin layer vacuum laminated to a light core, as all the wooden panels in the boat.

The speaker grille is cut out from one piece of teak by our skilled carpenters.

The red/brown should be the teak in the interior? Carpets we don´t use at all, but if so, I prefer wool carpets in boats.

Yotphix, today you will be USD 470´down for a fully fitted boat, plus VAT.

Thanks all for your positive comments!

/Lars

[tartanski]

Hi


This deign is great. I had been thinking of sketchina few ideas for a replacement to the Nimbus Commanders I like so much. Your concept here hits the mark for me, if you dont mind me saying she looks like the best of a Targa and a commander, but the way you have brought them together is just great design.

How many will be produced? (Sorry if you posted these details earlier)

[AMG]

Thanks David,

You are right in that we like this kind of boats up here, no canvas to fight with and for long seasons use. We will produce five before midsummer and hopefully a few more the next six months. Number two is now delivered to Norway and can be seen at the Boat Show in Bergen next week.

The latest building at the shipyard is just finished and includes a test basin so we can check for leaks and engines can be started up also now when the sea is frosen over.

[brunick]

wow! impressive work lars, i think this is one of the best interiors i've see so far on such a little yacht. also the raised seats are giving a very nice outboard look.
i think you should promote it also as tender to bigger yachts

when i get some money (lottery) i'll buy one...
hope you got the production line online *G*

[MaxResolution]

Enjoy the coming show. I'm currently searching for an avitar to express my disappointment that I won't be making it to the Miami show. Rather than see this as a career-breaker, I just have to use the time here online, searching for the best and most informative images I can find.

The major builders often use wonderful imagery, flash intros (freezes this old Mac,) and say nothing about the actual details beneath the hull. I am mostly unimpressed at the state of the interior design. This stuff looks fine in homes, and utterly out of place at sea. I find 100 great woodworkers who would be more than adequate at doing things like your laser-cut looking grille,three tier-inlays, Louis XIV, etc. The issue I keep revisiting, as an expert interiors photographer, is how many of these Mega-s use 'super glue' to keep this trash from rolling around in a heavy sea?

No, I didn't suspect it was carpet on your build, (as it looked like the ideal place for Teak,) but assumed you may show floor-sections in different colors on the generic plan to indicate clients can choose their own finishes in these locations, particularly a raised berth.

One person asks, (poor soul) how to get those super-glossy urethane finishes. Well, I found the #1 (probably Titanium-oxides) Mfg. for super-glossy marine grade polys. The key is the -ULTRA UV- reflective chemical. (lost link temporarily, in fact lost all my prefs on last boot.)

...Then, I turn the page, and SailorJoe says, emphatically: "NEVER USE A FINISH ON TEAK!"

...I look at the bulbuous bow on these majestic sailers,thinking, Wow, that must add some resistance! Is this the proverbial 'sacrifical bow'? Or, a really inefficient way to reduce the draft? Perhaps she also lays well in a swell, but it is ALL side-line info, since I need to digest all there is to know about integrating modern electronics. There, I see just three real distinctions; small cost-effective sport boats, mid-size personal blue-water dreamboats, and of course, those with top-end requirements.

Lars, the price looks fairly enticing for any one-of -built to this degree of integrity! For some, the main 'detail' one might consider is the constant reminder (see: Bob Chapman) to get out of the dollar now!

[AMG]

Originally Posted by MaxResolution

Enjoy the coming show.

Thanks, I am not there myself but I got a report tonight after they launched the boat, the show is in the water since they have the North Atlantic Gulf Stream just outside Bergen. (In Stockholm we have ice now).

They were out in pretty rough seas and tested out how she would perform in high speed. The guys were very impressed when she was flying in 47 knots and landing straight, smooth, silent and dry after each jump! Not bad for a rookie like me to have achieved such a hull design...

I hope to get some pictures the coming days...

[AMG]

Originally Posted by brunick

wow!
i think you should promote it also as tender to bigger yachts

Thanks Jannick, she might be too big for all but the largest yachts, but our 25-footer should be a very good tender! If we could only produce enough of them...

[brunick]

Originally Posted by AMG

Thanks Jannick, she might be too big for all but the largest yachts, but our 25-footer should be a very good tender! If we could only produce enough of them...

i think shes a nice tender to Double-Bling

you're talking all the time of "us", is there a big company behind you, producing the boats you're drawing?

maybe you should come to the "Hanseboot" next year, that'll be nice, so i could see the boats and take a walk on them - they're all very nice with so much details...

i like the picture of the boat in the port with the swedish houses behind *grin*
i've been a serveral times to karlstad - there lives my aunt - and she knows somebody living on these little islands on the Vänern. there you see these type of pictures too.

i hope you'll represent your boats on one of the german boat shows!

Edit:
i was searching for further boats in the range of 25-40, but in your treaths aren't some...could you post 'em here?