Interesting boats

[Rustybarge]

Nice looking boat, love the ally construction.

But 20kts with 20tons and twin 190 hp.......wow!
My guess would be twin 500hp at least.

 

[GeorgS]

Nice looking boat, love the ally construction.

But 20kts with 20tons and twin 190 hp.......wow!
My guess would be twin 500hp at least.

Yes Peter, 20 knots seem to be a bit optimistic Elsewhere I've read about a max-speed of 16 kts.

Another line of boats by the mind behind the "Korvet": Bruijs Coasters
Willem Nieland is well known in Europe, the "Pilot"-series and the "Kuster"-cruisers are probably his most popular designs.

 

[Rustybarge]

Yes Peter, 20 knots seem to be a bit optimistic Elsewhere I've read about a max-speed of 16 kts.

Another line of boats by the mind behind the "Korvet": Bruijs Coasters
Willem Nieland is well known in Europe, the "Pilot"-series and the "Kuster"-cruisers are probably his most popular designs.

Lovely boats: never seen these before.

 

[Marin]

I see they are two different boats. One has my favorite kind of FB and I wonder if that was a standard part of the design. Of course they all may have been close to a one off boat.

So far as I know the Chantyman was a production boat. I don't know how many were made. There is a short video on YouTube of one being launched with a ship's crane in Seattle on delivery complete with a precipitous drop that did some minor damage. The flying bridge really isn't one but is simply a pair of side panels on top of the aft cabin tying into the back of the pilothouse. Nice idea and design, though.

Here's the link to the video.

 

[Tad Roberts]

So far as I know the Chantyman was a production boat. I don't know how many were made.

Roughly 36 boats were built between 1961 and 63.

 

[LRC58Fan]

Wow, Sea Slice would be a bargain at $180,000 except it's beam is 55' which means no way to get it docked for any length of time... Imagine the cost to dry-dock it, since there is no other way to get it out of the water for service.

Also, draft is 11-14' so I guess that cuts out going to the Bahamas.
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It would be a pretty cool conversion yacht too - really nice and stable in significant seas (though not in really heavy seas I suspect) - and lots of space if you built out a cabin on that rear deck area. Sort of like a slightly smaller SilverCloud superyacht.

But those huge engines really kill that prospect. Plus - poor shallow water performance with all the draft, and if you ever need to work on the engine it seems like you may need to put the boat up in dry dock (though perhaps you can climb down into the SWATH hull tunnel-like enclosures... not a pleasant working environment though...

What do others think?

 

[denloe1]

The sea slice was designed to be a test hull for a stable small high endurance warship platform at sea. I bet the WWII British on Corvettes and DEs would have loved these for ASW. Probably beat out by these:

http://www.defense.gov/dodcmsshare/newsphoto/2004-07/040710-N-6551H-136.jpg

 

[Pura Vida]

I saw these in the VI’s this week; it was hard to get a good picture as they were always running fast.

 

[Art]

I saw these in the VI’s this week; it was hard to get a good picture as they were always running fast.

How fast you figure?

 

[Nomad Willy]

Look at the wake in pic #2 Art. VERY FAST.

Don't think he'd survive long in bigger waves.

 

[hollywood8118]

How fast you figure?

One of those is the employee boat for the Bitter End in the BVI, it appears to move about 25 or so in some fairly windy conditions. The wave piercing bows really stick out but they appear to ride very well
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[denloe1]

I rode a civilian one one out of Cairns AU in 1991. Fast and smooth in 4-7 foot swell and chop en route great barrier reef for diving. Wave piercers are a cool design. Not cheap.

 

[LRC58Fan]

Some of the big boat crowd might like this:

From here:

http://www.boatpoint.com.au/boats-for-sale/dealer/used/OAG-AD-540239/1997-EXPEDITION-MOTOR-YACHT?

 

[Nomad Willy]

I'm in the small boat group (not a crowd here) and I like it. I'd like it even better w/o the raised foredeck.

 

[healhustler]

Found this handsome devil while over-nighting in a marina in Cape Coral, FL just before turning off the Okeechobee Waterway and heading north on the Gulf Coast ICW. The rear door was a roll-up galvanized type like a garage. Someone spent some money to make it like this, but what a result.

 

[markpierce]

Megayacht Invader in Puerto Vallarta Feb. 3, 2015:

 

[Pack Mule]

Larry those windows are really bad . I had to look away . Did you photo shop this ?

 

[Nomad Willy]

Pack I agree.
That's awful.
Interesting though.

Mark,
What an extreme bow rake. They weren't looking for a long WLL.

 

[loafs and fishes]

Megayacht Invader in Puerto Vallarta Feb. 3, 2015:

Well, it certainly qualifies as, uh, interesting.

 

[loafs and fishes]

Oops. I meant Larry's pic (hopefully, obviously)

 

[healhustler]

Larry those windows are really bad . I had to look away . Did you photo shop this ?

Nope...no photoshop on that one. I have to admit that they carried the theme through to the pilothouse quite well. Hmmm. I wonder what a wannabe window version would look like?

 

[Diesel Duck]

Big Boats...

Here's another one for the big boat crowd:

More pics/info here:

MV BIG BUD

 

[Art]

Here's another one for the big boat crowd:

More pics/info here:

MV BIG BUD

I like Big Bud. However not in love with big bow wave and stern churn displayed on video. Must cut down on cruise efficiency somewhat. Maybe makes for better handling in rough frontal seas?? Be interesting to see if Eric or Tad comments in the wave/churn action. - Art

 

[THD]

Art-it looks like she reaches close to her max beam pretty quickly from the bow. Looks like it creates a kind of "shoulder" just aft of the bow that pushes up that big bow wave. Certainly not what one would call a :fine entry"!

 

[BaltimoreLurker]

Yet another beauty pops up on YachtWorld. Forward slanted windows, flybridge and a single engine. Plenty to argue about!

<Big Sigh> So many toys, so few funds!

 

[markpierce]

I like Big Bud. However not in love with big bow wave and stern churn displayed on video. Must cut down on cruise efficiency somewhat. Maybe makes for better handling in rough frontal seas?? Be interesting to see if Eric or Tad comments in the wave/churn action. - Art

The 14-ton, full-displacement Coot has a big bow wave too, yet gets 1.5 gph at cruising speed even without sail assist.

 

[Moonstruck]

Found this handsome devil while over-nighting in a marina in Cape Coral, FL just before turning off the Okeechobee Waterway and heading north on the Gulf Coast ICW. The rear door was a roll-up galvanized type like a garage. Someone spent some money to make it like this, but what a result.

The helicopter garage?

 

[Pura Vida]

For those into Emergency Services!

 

[Art]

The 14-ton, full-displacement Coot has a big bow wave too, yet gets 1.5 gph at cruising speed even without sail assist.

What is Coot's cruising speed... 6 knts? That means 1.5 gph = 0.25 gpnm. If cruise is faster with same gph then gpnm would even be a bit less. Great boat mileage!

For the following calcs I levelized costs of diesel and gasoline.

"Your Coot": At 0.25 pgnm = 4 nmpg = 100 mile trip on 25 gal fuel X $4.00 per gal = $100. At 6 knts = 2 - 8.3 hr days of cruising.

"Our Tolly": Can get up to 2.75 nmpg on one engine at 6 knts; which would = 57 gals (a little more than twice your fuel use and twice the cost) on 100 mile trip in the same 2 - 8.3 hr days of cruising.

However, I go for the gusto on 100 mile trips. Doing 17 knts and getting 1 nmpg for 100 miles = 100 gals X $4.00 = $400. And at 17 knots = 5.88 hrs cruising. Which means that for $300 extra fuel dollars I get 10.78 extra hours at anchor or at dock for party time and my trip is completed in one long morning. So...the extra $300 can be divided by the extra 10.78 hours of party time which means my party time is worth $27.83 per hour!

Everything is relative... now isn't it!! The good ol' trade off factor comes into play!

 

[markpierce]

What is Coot's cruising speed... 6 knts?

Yes, 6.3 knots at 1800 rpm out of a near-maximum of 2200 producing 7.3 knots. (I'm not in a hurry.)