You can never learn to much, but one of the typical problems with the shipyards is that few of the employees has any hands on yachting experience....
As she has been sitting there the whole day in front of thousands of cameras, her position is pretty well known. I don´t know if this is where she...
I think this is a good idea, but more for saving fuel and extend the range on ocean crossings than in canals, where I would not feel comfortable...
Is this the Mistral? I wish I was there, here we had gale force winds, 10° C and rain today. But sitting inside at 45 knots we had a pretty good...
I think the only saving you can do, is to build a clone of a yacht you know and like. Or a semi-custom yacht. Other than that, the saving will...
I found this 62´Spiro trawler for sale. Instead of building a shadow vessel, they have made an extension with a garage for a small car. Pretty...
I think that I would like that pocket size radar! From above the superstructure reminds of Atlantis II and I like the bow better than any axbow....
OK, so it is basically what I have seen then. They used it for long legs, not where it is narrow since you can not steer by reversing one shaft....
I think I have seen something like that on a Feadship, where a belt could be engaged to the second shaft. But I think it was just for going ahead,...
Hi Steve, I don´t follow exactly what you are thinking of, but there are systems of all kinds out there. You can run two props on one engine or...
Hi Ricardo, If you live in Funchal, you should already be the expert! ;) Tell us why you are asking, do you like to buy the smallest boat...
As mentioned in the beginning of this thread, Bystander is built to escort the sailing yacht on the picture, the famous J-class Velsheda.
Hi Thorwald and welcome to YachtForums! Not a small project you have there, but it looks like you know what you are into! I will look further...
Let him be arrogant, I wouldn´t even like to be seen onboard that yacht... ;) But the yacht behind her, Salem, used to have a very nice Captain....
I don´t know this system, but a general advice is to buy a system where you have good local support. Especially if it is a tracking system.
This is the rendering from an Italian design studio on future developments of the Swedish Stormfågeln project. Which is in a very early stage and...
I hope not!!
Must be the strongest man in the world lifting it anyway...! ;)
I guess you can have the first boat at a discount anyway... http://www.shipspotting.com/modules/myalbum/photo.php?lid=351507
Did you read this? (Rivets are mainly to keep the deck in place while the glue is hardening...)
