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My buddy is on a trip from Milford Haven to Norway in his 12m yacht (check Acheron on Marine Traffic - just left Lerwick this morning) and on their way up the west coast they got buzzed at speed by a proper hooligan boat that has been developed for fast and stable servicing of oil platforms and wind farms. There's a good video here:
Impressive bit of kit!
Can you slalom waterski behind it?
I can't take a video that contains the phrase "a solution designed to work" seriously even if they mean "to [do] work"
from the text I thought it was going to be this:-
but I wasnt far off, they look similar designs
Definitely needs some Monster Energy stickers on it. Mebbe Monster Energy could sponsor the wind farms you know like the banks like to get their mucky paws all over the airport sponsorship.
hmm I'm a bit more camper & Nicholson, money no object kind of sailor. (wonder if they'd take my 30 year old Wayfarer as a deposit?)
Luckily there were no martians with heat rays to melt the Thunder Child's valiant heart..
Thunderchild II is unergoing testing now , for a bigger record attempt
https://www.safehavenmarine.com/2019-trans-atlantic-challenge
Did they say 380 litres per hour?!?!?
JulianS - I've* built the tender for one of the successor craft to the Thunder Child.
An XSV20 currently being put together at SH in Ireland.
* I do the simple grunt. I work with a couple of v v smart chaps who do the impressive stuff.
Unfortunately I dont have a photo of the craft to hand. But its the latest version of this:
but stronger, lighter.
That guy steering the boat looks like the fella from Sick!. Is it being built in peru?
just a coincidence, but I wouldn't trust him either....
But not Peru. We make them in Herefordshire. Well known naval shipyard location that it is...
Was just here to post stuff about Seahaven, apparently beaten to it!
Do like a good Very Slender Vessel though
We make them in Herefordshire. Well known naval shipyard location that it is…
I know what colour it is.
That’s cool 👍👍👍👍👍
I know what colour it is.
Bit crowded on that balcony...
I once went into a small shed in Norfolk and saw Simon Sanderson’s round Britain wave piercing hull. It was just about wide enough to get the Lynx helicopter gas turbine in and seemed to have most of its length tapering to a point. Amazing machine.
I used to be chief engineer on a boat that did 40knts ...it was 126m long and 40m wide!
I saw something Thunder Child on telly a while back, and I though, hmmm, I’d like one of those; even more so with the new version!
Of course, I’d need a Euromillions win...
Stunning boat.
Who makes that wee RIB? I'm just getting over the discovery that Avon is now part of Zodiac since forever and all the wee cute clever boats are no more.
Mighty impressive machine op.
Who makes that wee RIB?
https://c-fury.com/
Apologies for the shonky website. But our webmaster is also our CEO, CFO, Head of Marketing and Electrical Systems designer and installer.
I just make the tea. And the GRP parts.
We specialise in wee, cute and clever. And light and fast.
Catamaran hull w Hydrofoil.
We finished this the other day, it's gone on back of 50' sunreef.
.5 mpg
proper hooligan boat that has been developed for fast and stable servicing of oil platforms and wind farms. There’s a good video here:
Wave piercing designs have been around for a long long time now..... and stabilisers but not seem them on a boat that small.
That video has been filmed in pretty much flat calm conditions - I suspect its weather window is pretty small in the UK.
Yeah, would like to have seen it in some bigger seas.
The first ten seconds of this poorly shot video show an amazing example of boat control...
The first ten seconds of this poorly shot video show an amazing example of boat control…
amazing - wont be trying that myself
hmm I’m a bit more camper & Nicholson, money no object kind of sailor.
Money no object ?
Then something like this maybe ? just sold for 40 million(sold by Camper & Nicholson)
Length 254'/width(beam) 49'. Mast is 290'
Looks like a boak boat - would like to have seen it even in medium conditions, running 3/4 in a 5m swell, wind against tide and see how that guy manages to drink his cuppa without chucking it all over himself.
Luckily there were no martians with heat rays to melt the Thunder Child’s valiant heart.
My eleven year old can pretty much recite that book from memory
Looks like a boak boat – would like to have seen it even in medium conditions, running 3/4 in a 5m swell, wind against tide and see how that guy manages to drink his cuppa without chucking it all over himself.
He didn’t look overly confident in the conditions shown
would like to have seen it even in medium conditions, running 3/4 in a 5m swell, wind against tide and see how that guy manages to drink his cuppa without chucking it all over himself.
These are effectively cruise liners, sailing the warmer waters in luxury.
But compared against what ?. A 30' sloop, or 2x1000hp+ working powerboat designed for heavy weather, as featured at the start.