Kelly, I have no idea of the state she's in (built 1962...), but as mp-willow points out, if I could afford it, I'd have her as a main vessel,...
For anyone willing to take on an interesting conversion project, the Research Vessel Atlantis II is on sealed bid auction. Moored in New Orleans,...
That 'd be great! Please send it to infoREMOVETHIS@innomare.com. Remove the removethis, that's anti-spam protection. Thanks, Bruno
Hi Jannick, I was actually counting from the white line. (seems about 1/2 tier) Right now it looks more like 3 m or so. It seems that it...
schottels Hi Leonidas, That was more of a wild guess, as I have no idea of your displacement, your target speed and the resistance. As a...
Kelly, on the shipyard website they claim it's a yacht: At the time a 130 m yacht is under construction in Wewelsfleth. The keel-laying...
Electrical waterjets You're right Brian, it's not novel. I also had a look and found two patents specifically for electrically driven waterjets:...
Actually, I just checked the weights of the Schottels, and I think you should forget about it alltogether. With a weight of about 40 tons per...
azipod for semi-displacement Hi Leonidas to answer your initial question: I am a big fan of the azipod system as I know it from ABB. I...
Correct, the more your propeller is working in "open water", the better it is. One exception is the jet drive though, where the propeller...
Hi Nilo, I have no experience with the servogear system in particular, but I am familiar with CPP systems in general. A CPP system is mainly...
The forefoot seems to be much thinner in the upper one. The lower one has more of a blunt bow. In other words, the entry angle on the design...
Safety is in the owners hand Personally, I don't think that the number of accidents is so much higher in the yachting world compared to...
"on spec" and semi-customs There seem to be two different meanings for building "on spec". Contrary to Lars, I believe it means "on...
more on round-bilge vs planing hulls To add to the above, the main reason why a round-bilge hull is better in a seaway, is that it's volume is...
impact resistance If impact resistance with floating objects were the only criterium, I would choose for steel. It will be thicker than aluminium...
And then there's the question of round-bilge or hard-chine hull forms. A displacement hull is usually a round-bilge type hull, while a planing...
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