Monoswath Here are a few more details of this Monoswath. I think, Opcn is correct. It is more a trimaran with a center buoyancy body of SWATH...
Monoswath Here gentleman is the Abeking & Rasmussen Monoswath. The prototype of 20 by 12 m is under construction at A&R. It is a commercial...
This little drawing explains the concept of her stability in the waves. The easiest way to understand her principle, is to compare it with a...
Her optimum draft for stability during cruise is 13 feet 5.4 inches Her minimum draft for mooring (torpedos reaching the surface) is 11 feet...
Female boat owner or skipper There are a lot of boats in the Med, that are owned by females. In my harbour in Mallorca, there is a 60 ft+ sailing...
Silver Cloud As far as I know, Silver Clud was the first SWATH (at least from A&R) that has her air breathing engines and gensets in her...
Silver Cloud The pictures above show Silver Cloud before its return to A&R and the modification of her aft deck. The hangar for the tender was...
Chain gear A chain gear is nothing extraordinary. The bicycle is the most simple example. But chain gear can transmit large torque and offset...
Swath I can confirme that. My beloved wife had a conversation with the wife of this owner. Thats why the SWATH concept is her favorite type of...
Big torque on 90 degree gears is not the biggest problem for modern engineers any more. They are quite good in handling the construction of what...
Pilotage requirements First thing you find out as a foreigner, when studying the Great Circle Loop, how big your country in fact is. One can...
Volkswagen Marine is a great example. They convert those VW / Audi 4, 5, V6 and V8 diesel car engines into perfect boat engines. The engines run...
Forgive the commercially thinking boater, but it is all about costs and amortisation and profits. Some years ago, we asked ZF for a special...
No, it is a European build one off with 4 x IPS, with flexible airdraft to do rivers in Europe. By switching two IPS off, you can go nicely for...
Carbon is strong Yes it is, but.....! Carbon reinforced fibre are strong, do not corrode, .........! Long list of positives. But CRP is not...
Pod Drives (DE or mechanical) All those companies like Volvo Penta, ZF, Schottel or Reintje have excellent engineers and are industrial leaders...
Sounds great. Air draft is 17 feet, radar mast lowered 13 feet. Draft is 5.5 feet. Beam 20 feet. Exact LOA is 79,5 feet. It has 4 Volvo IPS,...
Understood. We will not have any trouble at 80 ft non commercial up to Chicago. Some poor human being will then have to hit the books and get all...
Yes I am. It combines the Pod drive with the advantage of the counterrotating prop. The counterrotating prop converts a large part of the...
My knowledge of cruising inland water ways in the US or Canada is rather limited (NIL:eek:). I have commanded a container vessel up the Mississipi...
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