My ship finally came in!

[jfm]

Thanks for movie. Lovely job. Very still horizon so I guess the stabs worked very well.

Tell me, having done 44hours at D speed, did you honestly find it boring? Did you honestly yearn for a pair of C32s and 25knots, just for some of the time? I'm interested in the psychology of this. I have done D running but only for a few hours at a time

It looks a nice nav set up and 6 foot scanner. (I have met the owner and he played with my last Raymarine touchscreen E140W set up).

As EME will tell you, there is a slight bit of corner/cost cutting going on there with the u/w lights. They look like Aqualumas (who keep their beam angle smallish becuase there are relatively few lumens to go round)

There was a very nice (dual) anchor set up early in the vid. Was the brown leather helm seat a well known bought in type (like a stidd?) or was it in-house manufactured by the boat builder?

 

[wakeup]

It looks wallowy in most shots even though the sea conditions do look lumpy. Does it have stabs and were they active?

Yep those underwater lights look piss poor, not really mean't for a boat of that size I'm sure.

 

[Solitaire]

Thanks for movie. Lovely job. Very still horizon so I guess the stabs worked very well.

The stabs were very good - makes life very bearable

Tell me, having done 44hours at D speed, did you honestly find it boring? Did you honestly yearn for a pair of C32s and 25knots, just for some of the time? I'm interested in the psychology of this. I have done D running but only for a few hours at a time

It does get boring and yes, it would be nice to be able to put the hammer down. It was actually pretty rough - 2+ meter waves - coming down the East coast but the boat handled it all very well.

It looks a nice nav set up and 6 foot scanner. (I have met the owner and he played with my last Raymarine touchscreen E140W set up).

Plenty of kit in this regard but was actually not all of it was commissioned for the trip.

There was a very nice (dual) anchor set up early in the vid. Was the brown leather helm seat a well known bought in type (like a stidd?) or was it in-house manufactured by the boat builder?

Nice anchor set up and the helm seat was made to match the pilot house leather so was all made by the builder.

The fuel usage was around 9 US galls/hour each engine.

 

[lisilou]

44hours at D speed,

Wracking my brain cell here..'D'' speed? Please point out the bound to be obvious for me . David...lovely boat, just lovely.
Lisa

 

[sarabande]

displacement i.e. running in-speed

 

[Solitaire]

Wracking my brain cell here..'D'' speed? Please point out the bound to be obvious for me . David...lovely boat, just lovely.
Lisa

Stands for "Displacement". The boat is a semi displacement boat which means that it will get on the plane but is not a full planning boat such as yours. Boats such as this are designed for long distance cruising and would very heavy on fuel to run in semi-displacement mode for any length of time!!

 

[lisilou]

Thankyou both...should have worked it out really shouldn't I. hey ho .

 

[Solitaire]

Off Beachy Head, making 12.3knts using 28 us galls/hour. At this speed should arrive in Hamble at 16.00!

 

[aquapower]

Off Beachy Head, making 12.3knts using 28 us galls/hour. At this speed should arrive in Hamble at 16.00!

Can you reach out and repaint those stripes on your way past

 

[MapisM]

Off Beachy Head, making 12.3knts using 28 us galls/hour. At this speed should arrive in Hamble at 16.00!

Well, you deserved some fair conditions, for a change...!

 

[lisilou]

Off Beachy Head, making 12.3knts using 28 us galls/hour. At this speed should arrive in Hamble at 16.00!

And you did pretty much...saw ya! Took a bit of video but a lot was blurry so not worth posting I'm afraid .

 

[MapisM]

Just thought that someone might be interested to see the small ship in an environment which is maybe a bit unusual for a pleasure boat, but where on the other hand she fits very nicely, imho.

 

[wakeup]

Is it me or does that OY look very very lurchy fore and aft?

 

[OGITD]

Not sure I like this!

The picture showing the stern….. lots of topsides with almost nothing below the waterline…. so how is she for stability and manoeuvring at speed?

 

[MapisM]

Is it me or does that OY look very very lurchy fore and aft?

I'm not sure if this is what you mean, but I noticed that the Youtube image stabilization introduced some distortion in the video. If you look frinstance at the bow of the boat while leaving Ramsgate harbour, it looks like it is flexing, which obviously wasn't, in reality.
And neither it is in the original clips actually, but the non-stabilised version was a tad shaky, due to both the strong wind and the poor camcorder quality (actually just a cellphone). So, I found that the youtube stabilization was a good compromise overall.

 

[MapisM]

how is she for stability and manoeuvring at speed?

Surely those who were onboard will be able to answer this one!

 

[Kawasaki]

Is it me or does that OY look very very lurchy fore and aft?

Nah, it's just the old fart helming
Nice thread Soli
By the way

 

[Solitaire]

Surely those who were onboard will be able to answer this one!

Outstanding! Speed however is not really an issue. Top speed is 14 knots so any suggestions of instability at speed are well, not valid! The boat weighs in 67 tons and the owner has nearly 2 tons of batteries on-board - don't ask!

The whole trip was 519.99 nms - I planned it at 520! Made me smile when I turned by trusty Garmin 76, which I always take as my personal log and in case the $000's of nav kit goes down, off!

The last leg of the trip is below - no music, just natural sound. It was an interesting trip on a very sea worthy craft.

Oh and for those that asked, there are some interior shots. But not really representative as the floors are covered in cardboard and the seats in plastic.

 

[jfm]

Just to add my $0.02, I happened to be in Universal Marina on the Hamble as this OR70 pulled in and moored up, an hour or so after the last frame of that video. I had a quick tour and have to say what a beautiful ship she is. There's a serious "ship" feel everywhere. Huuuge flybridge - perhaps double++ the surface area of mine. Very nice teak interior done in silk varnish. Just all round beautiful. Thanks to Nautical, Mrs Nautical + Solitaire for the tour, and the can of Taiwanese beer, and nice to re-meet Powerskipper who also dropped by

It made an interesting episode for me because i met the owner of this fine ORY in May 2010 - he came out on my Sq58 in France for the day, with MapisM and Nautical, to discuss the idea of buying this ORY and discuss spec etc. It's nice to fast-forward and see his dream boat here in Europe just awaiting its final trip to Italy. I believe it might be at Cannes Boatshow 2012 and if anyone is there it would be well worth your while seeing this boat

 

[jfm]

the owner has nearly 2 tons of batteries on-board - don't ask!

Interesting example of how different owners choose different specs. This owner has more batteries than I've ever seen (yes 1.8 tonnes or something) and massive inverters. He can anchor for maybe 24hrs ++ and even run the cooker hob without running genset. He dislikes gensets very much, even though he has 2 very fine Northern Lights 20-25kva

I specced no extra batteries, but instead ensured I have massive battery charging power. My batteries only last ~5hours ie all evening (with halogen lighting, music, refrigeration, u/w lights etc). For night time when the load is mainly refrigeration they'll last say 10 hours. I have fancy Mastervolt panels to tell me exact battery state. But I have two battery charges for the house batteries, paralleled together = 250amps@24v of charge, ie 6hp, so I can charge them big time in under an hour, and put quite a lot of charge in them in say 20mins

Mine and Mr ORY are totally dfferent approaches even though we both avoid running gensets all night and all evening. I have to run genset in afternoon (but i do anyway, for cooking and airco) and I might have to run it 30mins before going to sleep, but I save 1.3 tonnes of battery relative to Mr ORY, which saves a huge amount of fuel over say 10,000nm ownership of the boat. I probably fry my batteries much more but I think it's no big deal to get all-new batteries every 2nd season, esp when i have so few

Not criticising Mr ORY, each to their own, but it's interesting to compare notes on speccing boats.