If it took 10 minutes to go down I suspect the transom came off when it hit bottom.
It's kept me out of there for 3 large projects in the last 6 years.
The Wally Power is a planing hull boat, it can use that bow to advantage. I would hope that your 200M is a displacement hull. That bow form on a...
That brings back memories, I used to work Invader back when she still had trees for masts. RIP Larry Briggs LOL, there was an interesting character.
I'm sorry, I meant Neptune Group. You can try France or Mallorca, but your chances of success are lower than here. With US flag boats you...
I don't believe our boat (I'm not there right now to look) has an exterior way of locking the transom door though it can be secured from the...
Oh yeah, no external stabilizers on an ice boat, think Flume Tanks and pumped/blown liquid ballast systems. Rolls Royce has a nice one as well as...
In 15 kts of wind, it'll be slow in that boat otherwise he'd be beating the snot out of himself. While the boats will run 40, that's in flat...
Day workers live in crew houses, typically sharing a bedroom with 1 other person in a 4 person, 2 bedroom house with kitchen. Last time I went...
Which is why I asked if she was an icebreaker. Commonly there is also an ice blade below the water line to create the initial shatter cracks which...
What we have on this coast that you don't is boats behind houses. Think about So Florida as 100+ miles of Coronado Cays. The marinas you are used...
Nah, I've just been at this longer;) I've already run all those experiments.... The physics and rules of proportion are what they are.
Typically on a boat like that you'd cruis between 27 & 33 kts depending on conditions.
That of course is the primary issue, but I don't think that was MS's real problem, they were capable of and have produced quality work. What sank...
The real problem Merrill Stevens faced there was the neighborhood. It's not the greatest neighborhood anymore, no crew really wants to be there...
You know, thinking about it, there are a lot of mid sized US Flagged family boats that hang out in the summer between St Augustine FL and Norfolk...
Could you please using the post number in this thread let me know where you are seeing damage indicative of an anchor gab at speed?
Is she supposed to be an icebreaker? Why is the bow entry out of the water?
In a true multi deck build, about 50M will be as small as you can maintain that proportion. Smaller than that and you will be into split deck...
I've seen rotational dogs with central hydraulic actuation as well. Instead (actually in addition to the)of a wheel in the middle of the door,...
