On 2/1/2016 7:01 PM, Justan Olphart wrote:
On 2/1/2016 6:46 PM, Mr. Luddite wrote:

I just found out that Navigator Yachts is no more. The Marshall family
that owned and ran the company that built both Navigator and Californian
Yachts apparently sold out to an international investment firm back in
2012. Latest word is the doors have been closed.

Sorry to hear that. The Navigator I had was a great boat. It was well
built, handled rough seas well, ran relatively quietly (underwater
exhaust) and had a very fuel efficient hull. Not the prettiest boat in
the world but one of the best made and very comfortable.

Jules Marshall was a naval architect who emphasized strength and sea
worthiness over glitz. Fellow boaters who inspected the engine spaces
were amazed at the size of the stringers. They were 14 or more inches
high and about 3 inches wide. The hull was solid fiberglass. I still
have a piece of the hull that was drilled out when the bow thruster was
installed. It's over an inch thick.

Great boat and great memories.




I think I know how you feel. I was saddened to know that my navy ship
was being towed to Japan for scrap metal.


What is also amazing to me is the improvements made in Navy ships since
our days in Uncle Sam's Canoe Club.

Gone are the high pressure boilers burning bunker oil and the nasty
stack gases that they emitted.

A modern Arleigh Burke class DLG is powered with four gas turbines
coupled to two (2) variable pitch props. Total of 106,000 shp and have
top ends in excess of 30 kts (35 mph). What is really amazing though is
their range at speed: 4,400 nmi at 20kts. The ships I was on couldn't
think of doing that.