Forgot... the "island pleasure barge" could have some of the telescoping anchors like Jongert has planned on the 5000 LE concept... doing away...
K1W1, You have exactly hit the nail on the head weight and cost... and complication are upside down on diesel electric for reasonably sized...
Why not... leach! Beside designer interiors are expensive and every penny counts. The idea of a shaft / flywheel / gearbox mounted generator /...
I am sure you can get around those pesky SOLAS regulations if you also register it under the French Flag... Actually, noting wrong with the...
I really think the "explorer yacht" or "expedition yacht" is the at the same time the rebel and the going back to the roots of yachting. The...
Seriously, I have come to the conclusion the best place for diesel electric on a reasonably sized yacht 30-50m is as a small electric motor...
I just wonder if Mr. P. Takis Veliotis was involved in the bribery there in Greece. FYI: He used to run General Electric Boat Works in Groton,...
However, if I were to want to spend the kind of money on a yacht Azzam costs... heaven only knows. I would build a submarine yacht... use a 214...
Almost forgot my other interest in diesel electric is the corrosion benefits... What I save in corrosion protection will pay for any extra fuel...
I only own British cars... The funny one is in France its left hand drive country like the US and the rest of the world, not counting those...
Actually, you are right on that... all the old DLGN/CGNs have been stricken and scrapped. The California and South Carolina were the first of...
Tell the reluctant wife its really bolted to the pier... and after she discovers there is a crew and its "your yacht" and the entertaining mess...
I am quite sure you'll die if you plug a 380v into a 400v shore power supply!
I calculated/estimated 5612 gallons US per hour... but then I guess I should have gone and looked up the manufacturers fuel specific curves rather...
What rather amazes me now days they use rapid prototyping to create turbine blades. Awhile ago attended a seminar where the VP of manufacturing...
Your need to own a few oil fields and a refinery or two... to have those!
Probably in double letter revision level... ! Anyway lots of little improvements along the way and better engine controls... now electronic which...
Hybrids True the losses particularly in long range transport add up in all hybrids to cost more in fuel consumption than direct drives... always...
Wow look at those exhausts... This really needed to be nuclear powered and have a few gun turrets, missile launchers; a couple Phalanx anti...
Brain, Sorry for the spelling and grammar errors... engineers often are totally clueless in such matters... and or creative in such uninteresting...
