Expedition yachts In the course of this thread we have talked about size, range, seaworthyness, provision space and the space and usefull load...
Hull speed Sorry gentleman my mistake, the formula for the theoretical hull speed in Kts is 2.43 times the square root of the LWL and the LWL...
Italo design In Germany motorbikers call their female backseater Sissy after the austrian empress Elisabeth of Austria. And those Yachts are...
hull speed As I thought, K1W1 was just provocating. As we all know, the hull speed of a full displacement hull is dependend on its waterline...
Definition I found Your comprehensive defintion of an expedition Yacht perfectly correct. I just wanted to release some steam from the boiler...
Definition of boat type Who cares about the definition of the type of boat one owns. Everybody for example can submerge a ship. But I would only...
Anti-Rolling Devices I am following this thread with interest and I must tell You, I am glad to be a Blow Boater. We do not need all this...
Review EP 69 My post did not include any critisism on the review or the boat itself. Horizon Yachts was caught by surprice by the bankrupty of...
Horizon EP 69 Some points for the EP 69 out of my personal experience: The Horizon EP 69 was not really planned as an expedition yacht. The EP...
As far as yachts are concerned You are probably correct. For mercant ships its still on the heavy side but acceptable. This is the weight of the...
The Yanmar Diesel Outboard was very reliable and very low on fuel consumption. But heavy and not easy to operate. The engine had to be bolted...
Diesel outboard There used to be a Yanmar D 27 and a Yanmar D 36 diesel outboard engine on the market. It was mostly used by public services...
Diesel Outboard This model may be less powerfull but much closer to production. A working example was shown at the Boot 2013 at Düsseldorf and...