Good point Brian - I think Ethereal still has a conventional shaft mounted propellor set up but of course a sailing hull shape allows for...
My view is that with a full displacement boat that has a fuller shape underwater as opposed to a planing design can see engine placement better...
I have to wonder if this pic is of the same Snow Goose, a Garlington Landeweer 80' that was built in 2000 by McMullen and Wing in Auckland NZ as...
I did notice that Boat International and its sister publications carried a review on T6 in April 2007 with photographs of the helicopter hanger...
Regarding T6, the Burgess site is limited in its detail but obviously an enquiry would provide more. There was a bit of a rave about the hanger in...
Yes, John Spencer had it built for him in his own yard (Flyteship) by a hand-picked team. Pretty handy sailor in his day as was his brother Peter...
You might want to have a look at the Burgess Yachts site and check out m/y T6 that was built for John Spencer in NZ. Won a significant superyacht...
Overall, I think it is a bit ironic that the modern technologies that, in most cases, had there origins in the US are poorly used by some builders...
Yes, it was a sweeping statement but I guess that the S/F market expecting 40+ knots in the US, the builders have to be looking at every weight...
I think that the 54 Hatteras convertible is cored with foam from the chines up and has cored stringers which is perhaps a normal concept worldwide...
Note your point about leaks into the core. I guess that's partly what concerns me. Basic build specs requires any apperture in a cored hull -...
Maybe I am naive but I reckon modern layups involving cores done according to spec are as reliable as anything else really. No one builds a race...
I actually fully agree with you - just like the a...holes who set an autopilot in busy waterways whilst doing 20+ knots and then pour themselves...
The Salthouse Marine Group website has some informative stuff and links to articles on their first quad IPS driven 65 footer - and another one is...
The specialist in long range cruising is perhaps Steve Dashew (US) who has designed both sailing and motor boats that are intended to be handled...
Current exchange rate issues make custom builds increasingly attractive from quality sources outside of Europe notwithstanding 'brand' high...
Yes, the original conversion of HMAS Flinders was ultimately completed in Whangarei, New Zealand and the (then) yacht maintained the name...
If so, the stupid scale has seemingly infinite heights..... more charitable to put it down as a failed suicide attempt.
I'm not Solomon but I just think he was (totally) stupid, not totally wrong.
Rather like the yacht that sought to sail through the gap between the tug and its barge off the North Island coast of New Zealand a few years ago?...
