Awesome build, and a boat like that being constructed must mean the "Great Recession" is over, time to have a party.

Anybody own a boat?;)

Still undecided, but likely NYC or Newport RI

No scrap, parts of the shops are heated w/ a wood fired boiler

Speechless Bill.

Interesting blend of old and new technology. Very cool -

I tell all my friends that owning a boat(s) makes the Porsche look cheap.

You ain't seen nothin yet. This one is going to be high tech and ultra light, it will weight 30% less than a traditional build and be much stronger, stiffer and fairer.

Some progress shots
hull
http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1269450416.jpg

http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1269450456.jpg

http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1269450482.jpg

http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1269450611.jpg

http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1269450654.jpg

Intermediate keel w/ all the tankage
http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1269450523.jpg

http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1269450578.jpg


A rendering of the final product, carbon masts, the shrouds are purely decorative
http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1269450730.jpg

that is a thing of beauty.

Speedy:)

for real, a wing keel on a staysail schooner?! wow..........

what type of fasteners are you using for the hull and decking? cathodic protection?

gorgeous vessel........................congradulations on the great job.

_/)

Bob

wowzers! Although that bow is going to push a lot of water ;)

Very very nice!

I'm in awe. For some reason I always have associated you with brakes. :) Good to see that you're not a one trick pony.

No, that is just the intermediate keel, all the tankage(oil/water/grey/black) and most of the batteries will be there. There is going to be a humongous lead fin keel hung off of that.

cathodic protection for the sail drives is the usual zinc, for topsides it's not a concern as there isn't any steel/aluminum contact, when a steel deck has aluminum topsides they are separated by f/g intermediate pieces

With that waterline, sail, keel and tumblehome, should be a reaching monster.
The rudder looks shallow to me especially as one imagines the thing heeled over but i have no doubt the architect knows better than I.

Hopefully it will be able to plane over the water in some conditions.

I drove this one the length of LI Sound in an 80knot Nor Easter, it was up on plane close to half the distance, the one on the left

http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1269454870.jpg


the new boat will be much faster and lighter, w/ a more powerfull sail plan

If it looks right, it will sail right.

It looks right to me.

I'm speechless, that is awesome !

.................drawings showed a winged keel. Interesting concept though.

Ah I see, that drawing was from earlier in the conceptualization phase of the project

cockpit bulwarks progress, all honey comb

http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1269462153.jpg

http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1269462173.jpg

http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1269462192.jpg

awesome project, I would love to see the numbers, LOA, LWL, beam, draft, ballast, displacement, sail area and hull speed.

You just got me fired up to go sailing, now we just have to get the weather to co-operate.

Besides, sailing is not like standing in the rain, I am always amazed at sailing at 7-8 knots heeled over maybe 25 degrees and scaring the crap out of landlubbers. I get the same sensation going 140 mph in my Porsche.