Yes, winter can be very good around the UK. You can get flat seas and low wind. Plus, no crowds. In a 25 foot home finished Tremlett we...
The Baia has a hull length of about 44 feet, so it's not a huge boat for two 480hp diesels. But the Arneson drives seem to boost speed by about...
As any wise boat builder will say, anything he builds, however strongly, can always be demolished by people who think they know better, and to...
Having just come home from a trip up from the Thames to Oslo and back I wonder what good conditions you may have in mind. In a 10m boat, the North...
This isn't so much a problem on the Baia 48 Flash where the bathing platform covers the drives entirely. The converse difficulty is reaching to...
No Gentleman ever intends to be out in anything above Beaufort Three, and certainly would never mention doing so if caught out inadvertently.
Yes Yes, they would have been on my look-see list. Very interesting. I was trying out your 2D approach yesterday with one of the painting...
Favourite Plus the sublime Josephine, my favourite Parisian, to whom I lost my heart many years ago: http://www.yacht-josephine.com/
Favourite You wouldn't like it !!! This is my favourite design of the moment:...
Window Cleaners Convention Classic!!?! Dangerous old tub, more like. Tarnished weakened brass; creaking, leaky pitch-pine and the...
Relax Calm down, chaps !!! Apache is very skilled, but as he said, its a hobby. It would have taken a great deal of time, probably more than a...
Form follows Function These lines are in fashion now, but they came from a functional requirement. The vertical bow is there to extend the...
Come On... ...this is beginning to sound like an old-fogies pub outing. New designers have to break the mould someway, and they can't come out...
Taking the Kitchen with You...
Conservatism Having lived and worked in Sweden I know that many Scandinavian boats have forward leaning windows, so its a theme that works there....
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