Dennis, thanks for posting it up. Caught my attention because i am a fan of Steve Dashew's FPB series. That is a Cadillac and yours is a Chevy. Nothing wrong with that either. i am sure your build was a fraction of Steve's . It is a shame that Steve walked away from the project after the squabling began about design concepts. My deepest respects. Quite a machine.
Beautiful! I love the entire concept of a fast efficient power boat on, essentially, a sailboat hull. You give up some space but they are fast, efficient, and, assuming good quality, very sea worthy. I though FPB was the only game in town. Good to see another quality manufacturer entering this market. I think it's going to be popular.
Dennis, I'd love to see a full walk-through. If I do come to NZ this year, I will bring my video and sound gear, and I'll shoot it for you-that's a promise.
I have been designing a boat for a few years and I am surprised how similar my design is to the LRC65, except I am looking at 25metres. Nice video, great boat.
Hi James, The distance from Opua to Lautoka is about 1200 nautical miles, so at an average speed of 9 knots the trip would have taken 133 hours, or roughly five and a half days.
This is an interesting concept. Long boat with not much space, but good efficiency, Needs some sort of stabilisers for sure. What would be the cost difference between wane stabilisers and gyro? Wanes slow the boat down and eat some energy, gyro eats just energy. How about sailboat style keel, possibly retractable?
Excellent concept and design but it seemed to roll but in the calmest condition. Can it install a anti roll tank, or a refined version that comes with it?
Rolling is an unfortunate reality onboard powerboats. Two of the four existing hulls have been fitted with stabilisation, one with active fins and one with paravanes. Both systems work well and are to be recommended. A ballast tank (or fixed ballast in the form of lead for example) on the roof of un-stabilised hulls would slow down the roll, but not reduce the amplitude. The centre of gravity can safely be lifted a fair bit without compromising safety. I will experiment with fixed ballast and paravanes onboard KOTI in the near future.
@@eliharman Eats a lot of power, the lightest I've seen (MC2) eats a kw and can be used in moderate condition only. It would work for a sports yacht on short range, I don't see it is ideal for a passagemaker like this. Fin stabilizer is more ideal if it is a larger boat though it sacrifice some speed and hull efficiency as well as cost and maintenance/power requirement. I would like to hear how well the ballast system work by now if there is new development; I don't very much favour paravane as our waters is quite busy.
This boat needs stabilisers pure and simple. In long gentle swells there is unnecessary roll. A shame really as stabilizers would make this a significantly better vessel. I get the idea of trying to incorporate those features into the design of the boat so you can do without stabilisers but I don't see that paying off here. Fundamentally, if you're going to cruise to far flung locations through all sea states then comfort will be high on the list. This would not succeed in providing that adequate level of comfort long term. Having just read the poster's comments about one of the hulls having active fins, a wise choice.
What’s socialism got to do with climate change and tides? Read the science mate or you too can just be an idiot.www.globalchange.gov/browse/reports/global-climate-change-impacts-united-states
Hey bruce go tell the people of tuvalu, kiribati, tonga etc... that there islands aren’t swallowed by rising seas and that they are imagining it...i’m sure they’ll appreciate your sarcasm as they have to relocate to nz and the us.
