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  1. brunick, Feb 23, 2007
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    Hi,
    i'm currently searching the full height (with props and maybe also antennas) of some "small" yachts.
    why don't the manufacturers paste them into the datasheets of the yachts? i think, on the range of 40-60 feet it's important to know it, when you want to carry them on the street (jep - somebody travels with thoose boats not just in water ;)).

    oh , does somebody know the full height of a sunseeker yacht 105 or a predator 108? :)
  2. K1W1, Feb 23, 2007
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    Hi,

    If you can find a drawing of one in profile and know the overall length you can measure this with a std metric ruler to determine the apparent scale od what you are looking at,measure the overall height using the scale you have calculated to determine the overall height.

    What I mean by this is if a 100 ft boat measured 200mm on your ruler then you could say closely enough that you had a drawing that for all intents and purposes is at a scale of 2 to 1 (2mm equals 1 foot). If you were to measure top to bottom 40 mm then the height would be more or less 20 ft.

    You could also contact Sunseeker say you area punter for these boats and ask the airdraft as you need to pass under a bridge of such and such a size add this to the draft and you will have the over all height.
  3. brunick, Feb 23, 2007
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    jep - i tried that, but for example: sunseekers predator 108 has 2m draft with props - in the datasheet - when i put the hole ship in perspektive so it got its 108 feet it has only 1.5m draft. i'm going to try this again with other pictures, thanks for your comment

    :rolleyes: *oups....* never thought about this option....

    ;)
  4. K1W1, Feb 23, 2007
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    Hi,

    If you are trying to manipulate a drawing electronically then you have very little hope of keeping the scale it was first shown at.

    My measuring suggestion only works with a drawing in your hand.

    If you can find a datasheet online just print it measure the overall length and work out your scale from that.

    Tey might not pubish an overal height because this can vary depending upon the antennas etc you have ontop.

    If you are going to try and fit these into your mega yacht drawing you have in another thread look at folding masts and or leaving off all the big stuff that these yachts normaly have on top of them.

    Just bear in mind that trying to float a boat in and out of a tight space isn't going to work unless the sea is totally calm. How are they going to be stowed when the mother ship is sailing along on it's own?
  5. brunick, Feb 23, 2007
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    the boats are store in the back of the mothership, in a floating dock.
    when the "tenders" should deployed, the dock is filled with water and the boats start floating. then they can moved out by some people holding lines and with engines in reverse mode ;).

    i was first looking to get them in a side door, but innomare told me that it wouldn't work, because of the hagging sagging thing (i think thats the words he used...). i designed it on papers first, then i saw that "princess marina" has a floatable garage. so it's a bit of a copy.
    if i had a 3d programm i would create a movie of deploying the yachts, but i haven't got one (too slow computer)

    so, when there's no water in the dock, the yachts 're laying on a serveral holding - i'm thinking about something like on the dockwise ships.
    it's also good for the yachts, they can get cleaned and you could even fix something.

    the next thing is a seaplane also stored in the garage :)

    oh -and the thing with totaly calm, hm - lets say - they would be jackasses, when they would try to float them out in middle of atlantic ;)
  6. lurker, Feb 25, 2007
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    How big is your main yacht? How big is the large tender/game boat?

    If you want to carry a rather tall tender, you have a few options. I am not sure if the floating dock is the best. Octopussy certainly has one. How long will it take to pump out all the water in your design, how long will it take to fill water in and float the tenders?

    Personally I like the look of aft house expedition yacchts, and the foredeck can be used to store tall sportfishers. But it's more complicated to launch the tenders. LGB and Giant launch their large tender from the side, another option.

    Probably one of the best system is a stern launch solution using ramp and rail/skids. French Look II uses this solution, though her 41' gameboat is not in the picture below. I am not sure if the floating dock design has much advantage compared to the French Look II system.

    http://www.cmnyacht.com/cmn-yacht-french-look.html
    http://www.**************/core/list...rrency=EUR&access=Public&listing_id=1535&url=