If I recall right, the twin 900 were heavier, took more space and were less efficient, we found no real advantage over the triple 600...
Thank you, yes this boat is designed for Pods and you can have two or three IPS/600. Almost all are delivered with triple engines and thanks to...
There are some Superyacht Design Competitions and the minimum length to participate use to be 30 m (100feet), so this definition is probably right...
I can answer to that, the first post was just a link to another boat forum and therefore deleted.
When the first book in the classic Superyacht series was published in 1988, Roger Lean-Vercoe wrote the following in his introduction; [ATTACH]...
Wow, o,2° C hotter than 1997... Yes, it will be a little warmer this winter, and more rain in California. Pretty good I think..?
Hi Judy, I think MegaYacht is another word for SuperYacht, possibly more used in the US. And SuperYacht is the expression for big and exclusive...
Your surveyor should know..?
This thread has become like an echo chamber, so let's try to close it down over the FLIBS. If some real news comes our way, we can have it reopened.
Absolutely, but consider also where we would have been without the oil..?
And as usual, the buzz words "climate change" are used to get attention and perhaps more funding, while the article concludes; "Granted, the...
Hi Brian, That Studebaker is almost the same as one my Grandfather had at the time, my dad is at the back door.... :-) [ATTACH]
I forgot the masts... [ATTACH]
They say many designs are from scribbles on a napkin. This is just the napkin... :) [ATTACH]
Yes, 1/2 a mile is half a mile after all and saving two minutes is two minutes. Sand bars never moves anyway....
It is amazing that a designer of useless kitchenware and awkward furniture are hired to design multimillion dollar yachts...?
She Became Royal Pacific, got a six foot extension and is Ice Bear today.
It was RP and then he was building the new YachtFish where the propulsion was on his wishlist...
There was a Gallant Lady (Feadship) that became Detroit Eagle, but she was just 116'. She later became Allegra and Ozark Lady.
Yes, and that was a shame, one of the nicest boats ever built...
