A successor to Wind Horse

While I fully appreciate the concept and the fuel efficiency etc, that does seem to be one heck of a wet boat, being saily boat(ish) hull shape not much lift in the forward sections of the hull, sea doesn't seem that lumpy yet she is shipping a mighty amount of water which makes up top helming a bit of a pain. Still, we need more of this sort of thing, new tech and new ideas, good on em ! :-)
 
Nautical

Hi Nautical,

I'm going back to the original feature that I did on Wind Horse here but I asked Steve (Dashew, the creator) those questions myself.

He openly admitted that a chop is not where the hull is at its most comfortable and his design is more suited to long, rolling swells where she simply surfs and surfs. On Wind Horse the amount of up and down movement was suprising but not uncomfotable. There is no crashing she just slices in and out of the water but I will admit seeing the bow disappearing up to the bow searchlight (which is mounted on mast!) was a little startling!

As for the flybridge, in his mind, Steve desinged the boat to be helmed from inside 99.9% of the time. The flybridge is only really used for coming in to unknown harbours so you have a better view and for relaxing when stationary in an elevated position.

I'm not arguing against you here, or trying to big up the design but I had the same questions to put to Steve so I thought you might want some answers!

Cheers,

Jack
 
Jack, I've thought about it on and off all afternoon and can confirm that, yes, I'm happy to try one out for - say - a year, at MBY's expense. Just let me know where to pick up the keys and I'll be straight over. :D
 
JackBuoy said:
Hello all,

I wondered if this might be of interest, especailly if you have a spare £1.5 million lying around!

The new FPB64, a production boat and Wind Horse's successor.

Cheers,

Jack
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There was an original Wind Horse at Berthon a month or so back on the hard. Impressive solid looking alu welding, and certainly had a go anywhere feel about it.

Those photos are very off-putting. The viewpoint is high, so it will be flattening the size of the swell, but the waves can't be that big. The bow disappearing under water isn't something I'd be in a hurry to see. Thanks for the offer, but I'll keep £1.5m in my pocket for the moment.
 
The submerging bow is very much a yachtie thing, and no doubt the hull would be very efficient for long distant cruising etc.
His market may well be converted yachties, but the conventional moboer could still take a bit of convincing, especially with the commercial raw alloy look on an essentially wet boat.
 
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I think she looks the business really - and her bigger sister, the 83' Wind Horse who was ashore at Berthons, even more so.
But if the 'little' one is 1.5 million, I hate to think how much the bigger one will be!

I suppose they are using the same philosophy as frigates, being long and lean, and able to slice through the waves, rather than punching into them, or trying to go on the plane over them.
She only has a single John Deere 6068TFM 236 hp motor driving her along in the photos above, which is pretty good going really - here is a link to some photos of her engine room.
http://dashewoffshore.com/64_eng_rm.asp
Now that is one Very Impressive engine room for sure.
 
Bajansailor said:
Now that is one Very Impressive engine room for sure.
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You think so? I thought it was messy. He wrote "the engineering team at Circa have done a wonderful job with the aesthetics". No they didn't, at least not in my book. It was dark, dingy (should all be painted white) and not nicely finished. I'd be very disappointed if I ordered one and got that. Tell me where the wonderful aethetics are in the construction of this floor, for example
FPB-64-1-slide-show-179.jpg
 
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