Bart Senior wrote:
3" Long Leaf Yellow Pine planking, custom milled for Dolphin by
New England Naval Timbers.


I bet that was not easy to bend to shape.

I've read that big slow moving props are more efficient that smaller
faster turning props.

Yes, that is definitely the case. It's why big ships all have large,
slow turning props. Naval ships, for example, usually hit WOT around 200
RPM... the reduction gears are the most expensive part of the power plant.


... Perhaps they are running into financial problems.
A boat this size must cost $5000 for winter dry storage. I figure
it costs about $780 a month just to sit there--not to mention
repair work and materials. They are trying to sell shares in the
boat at $100,000 for 1/10 share. I don't think there are many
takers.

Might be fun, depending on what you could do with your share. I bet they
wouldn't let a 1/10th share owner actually take the boat out
independently for 1/10th of her season though.

Fresh Breezes- Doug King