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Catamarans have something extra....
On Sat, 18 Aug 2007 19:01:10 -0400, "Wilbur Hubbard"
wrote: Actually, I'm doing just the opposite. I'm currently having a yacht built that is stout enough to survive the worst hurricane ever imagined and the worst seas it can produce. It consists of a 90 foot steel hull on the outside, then comes three feet of floatation foam, then comes an inside steel hull. Between the two steel hulls are ribs welded to each hull. Inside the inside hull there's a gimbaled and padded accommodation that sleeps six. It has four, watertight, transverse steel bulkheads and it's heavily ballasted with moderately deep fin/bulb keel. There's three, free-standing masts that telescope so in the retracted position they only protrude 20 feet above the deck. The hatches are all like submarine hatches, sealed and able to hold pressure. It has air tanks so it can be sealed up for up to 12 hours. It has an apparatus that can draw in outside air when it's sealed up. Of course it is self-righting to the max. The plan is for the ultimate survival sailing adventure. Purposely sail out and put the vessel in the path of a hurricane and then ride it out in safety. Clients would have bragging rights. "I sailed Hurricane Dennis when it was Cat 5." What do you think? I think you should name it Titanic Ironhorse, AH#130, HSB#96, SENS BS#187 2001 Ultraclassic with Sidecar 96 Custom bucket of bolts (gone but not forgotten) Republicans think every day is 4th of July Democrats think every day is April 15th Ronald Reagan |
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