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On Sat, 27 Aug 2016 16:49:43 -0400, Wayne.B
wrote: On Fri, 26 Aug 2016 10:53:33 -0400, wrote: I saw a guy with a 24' Bennington pontoon swinging on davits behind his "big boat" in the New River. === Increasingly popular with the megayacht crowd is to tow a good sized center console about 100 yards back. They use hi-tech tow line that floats and is stronger than steel, and the center console will be outfitted with a large stainless steel towing strap on the bow just above the waterline. Why not just swing it? |
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#3
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On Sat, 27 Aug 2016 16:56:20 -0400, wrote:
On Sat, 27 Aug 2016 16:49:43 -0400, Wayne.B wrote: On Fri, 26 Aug 2016 10:53:33 -0400, wrote: I saw a guy with a 24' Bennington pontoon swinging on davits behind his "big boat" in the New River. === Increasingly popular with the megayacht crowd is to tow a good sized center console about 100 yards back. They use hi-tech tow line that floats and is stronger than steel, and the center console will be outfitted with a large stainless steel towing strap on the bow just above the waterline. Why not just swing it? === I assume you mean from davits? Only the very biggest could do that. A center console in the 30 ft range with a T-top and 2 or 3 large obies takes up quite a bit of space. Towing doesn't seem to be a problem for them since they have professional crew available to take care of the details. They put a crew member aboard for entering and leaving harbors. |
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#4
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Wayne.B wrote:
On Sat, 27 Aug 2016 16:56:20 -0400, wrote: On Sat, 27 Aug 2016 16:49:43 -0400, Wayne.B wrote: On Fri, 26 Aug 2016 10:53:33 -0400, wrote: I saw a guy with a 24' Bennington pontoon swinging on davits behind his "big boat" in the New River. === Increasingly popular with the megayacht crowd is to tow a good sized center console about 100 yards back. They use hi-tech tow line that floats and is stronger than steel, and the center console will be outfitted with a large stainless steel towing strap on the bow just above the waterline. Why not just swing it? === I assume you mean from davits? Only the very biggest could do that. A center console in the 30 ft range with a T-top and 2 or 3 large obies takes up quite a bit of space. Towing doesn't seem to be a problem for them since they have professional crew available to take care of the details. They put a crew member aboard for entering and leaving harbors. And there is this "boat": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6MHBLOS-Q34 |
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#5
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On Saturday, August 27, 2016 at 11:01:55 PM UTC-5, Alex wrote:
Wayne.B wrote: On Sat, 27 Aug 2016 16:56:20 -0400, wrote: On Sat, 27 Aug 2016 16:49:43 -0400, Wayne.B wrote: On Fri, 26 Aug 2016 10:53:33 -0400, wrote: I saw a guy with a 24' Bennington pontoon swinging on davits behind his "big boat" in the New River. === Increasingly popular with the megayacht crowd is to tow a good sized center console about 100 yards back. They use hi-tech tow line that floats and is stronger than steel, and the center console will be outfitted with a large stainless steel towing strap on the bow just above the waterline. Why not just swing it? === I assume you mean from davits? Only the very biggest could do that. A center console in the 30 ft range with a T-top and 2 or 3 large obies takes up quite a bit of space. Towing doesn't seem to be a problem for them since they have professional crew available to take care of the details. They put a crew member aboard for entering and leaving harbors. And there is this "boat": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6MHBLOS-Q34 I wonder if that beautiful craft is powered via twin Volvo diesels? |
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#6
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On Sun, 28 Aug 2016 00:12:08 -0700 (PDT), Tom Nofinger wrote:
On Saturday, August 27, 2016 at 11:01:55 PM UTC-5, Alex wrote: Wayne.B wrote: On Sat, 27 Aug 2016 16:56:20 -0400, wrote: On Sat, 27 Aug 2016 16:49:43 -0400, Wayne.B wrote: On Fri, 26 Aug 2016 10:53:33 -0400, wrote: I saw a guy with a 24' Bennington pontoon swinging on davits behind his "big boat" in the New River. === Increasingly popular with the megayacht crowd is to tow a good sized center console about 100 yards back. They use hi-tech tow line that floats and is stronger than steel, and the center console will be outfitted with a large stainless steel towing strap on the bow just above the waterline. Why not just swing it? === I assume you mean from davits? Only the very biggest could do that. A center console in the 30 ft range with a T-top and 2 or 3 large obies takes up quite a bit of space. Towing doesn't seem to be a problem for them since they have professional crew available to take care of the details. They put a crew member aboard for entering and leaving harbors. And there is this "boat": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6MHBLOS-Q34 I wonder if that beautiful craft is powered via twin Volvo diesels? LOL! |
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#7
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Tom Nofinger wrote:
On Saturday, August 27, 2016 at 11:01:55 PM UTC-5, Alex wrote: Wayne.B wrote: On Sat, 27 Aug 2016 16:56:20 -0400, wrote: On Sat, 27 Aug 2016 16:49:43 -0400, Wayne.B wrote: On Fri, 26 Aug 2016 10:53:33 -0400, wrote: I saw a guy with a 24' Bennington pontoon swinging on davits behind his "big boat" in the New River. === Increasingly popular with the megayacht crowd is to tow a good sized center console about 100 yards back. They use hi-tech tow line that floats and is stronger than steel, and the center console will be outfitted with a large stainless steel towing strap on the bow just above the waterline. Why not just swing it? === I assume you mean from davits? Only the very biggest could do that. A center console in the 30 ft range with a T-top and 2 or 3 large obies takes up quite a bit of space. Towing doesn't seem to be a problem for them since they have professional crew available to take care of the details. They put a crew member aboard for entering and leaving harbors. And there is this "boat": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6MHBLOS-Q34 I wonder if that beautiful craft is powered via twin Volvo diesels? The dinghy might have twin Volvos! |
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#8
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On Sun, 28 Aug 2016 00:01:24 -0400, Alex wrote:
Wayne.B wrote: On Sat, 27 Aug 2016 16:56:20 -0400, wrote: On Sat, 27 Aug 2016 16:49:43 -0400, Wayne.B wrote: On Fri, 26 Aug 2016 10:53:33 -0400, wrote: I saw a guy with a 24' Bennington pontoon swinging on davits behind his "big boat" in the New River. === Increasingly popular with the megayacht crowd is to tow a good sized center console about 100 yards back. They use hi-tech tow line that floats and is stronger than steel, and the center console will be outfitted with a large stainless steel towing strap on the bow just above the waterline. Why not just swing it? === I assume you mean from davits? Only the very biggest could do that. A center console in the 30 ft range with a T-top and 2 or 3 large obies takes up quite a bit of space. Towing doesn't seem to be a problem for them since they have professional crew available to take care of the details. They put a crew member aboard for entering and leaving harbors. And there is this "boat": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6MHBLOS-Q34 I think about that every time I boot one of my XP machines and think about going to 7, 8 or 10. |
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