Nice mobo spotted entering the Hamble / spot the boat

benjenbav said:
Sedate arrival. Swift exit.
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Good point.
Firefly (since I guess you took that pic and saw the thing in flesh), any guess about the sort of speed she was making while leaving?
She still appears to be making a nice and smooth wave, even if clearly faster than upon arrival...
 
MapisM said:
Good point.
Firefly (since I guess you took that pic and saw the thing in flesh), any guess about the sort of speed she was making while leaving?
She still appears to be making a nice and smooth wave, even if clearly faster than upon arrival...
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indeed I was there M, compared to everything else that had come in and out the Hamble yesterday at "winter speed", she was actually being quite respectful of the speed limit, my guestimate 7 knots..
 
Firefly625 said:
indeed I was there M, compared to everything else that had come in and out the Hamble yesterday at "winter speed", she was actually being quite respectful of the speed limit, my guestimate 7 knots..
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And she's good for 40 kts. :encouragement:
 
MapisM said:
The founder, who among other things had been chief engineer in Keith Nelson and chief of Picchiotti (an historical IT top builder), shooted himself following some serious economic troubles. :(
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One of these boats used to be moored in Yarmouth, Isle of Wight for many years

http://www.boats.com/listing/gallery.jsp?entityid=118196901&galleryBack=%2Fboat-details%2FPicchiotti-Nelson-45-Tigress-Mark-Ii%2F118196901%3Fr%3D118196901%26entityid%3D118196901

We used to cruise to Yarmouth a lot and I always admired this boat. Do you know how the tie between Picchiotti and Nelson came about? Was this a Mazzari design?
 
Spotty dog had one. Before he got his Hatt. Indeed that might be his boat. It was called tuxedo before he bought it and called it Spotty dog
 
Deleted User said:
Do you know how the tie between Picchiotti and Nelson came about? Was this a Mazzari design?
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Sorry, 'fraid the answer is I don't know.
As I recall from what I read/heard about that guy, I think he was more an engineer/organiser/entrapreneur, than a naval architect.
In fact, he began (in the late 60s) his career in Vosper Thornycoft, who later appointed him to manage Keith Nelson, which was part of the Group.
Anyhow, his overall reputation was outstanding, so I suppose his influence on the final product was crucial, one way or another.
A builder of floating masterpieces forced to shut down for reasons completely out of his control is already a shame - and down here we had several remarkable examples lately.
But this is really too bad. RIP, Piero.
 
jfm said:
Spotty dog had one. Before he got his Hatt. Indeed that might be his boat. It was called tuxedo before he bought it and called it Spotty dog
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That boat was (is?) called Tiger Blue. Was in West Cowes a couple of years ago when for sale - No idea where she is now though. Needed a bit of a refurb. Spotty Dog was indeed called Tuxedo before we bought her and renamed her Tigris alba.
 
Deleted User said:
One of these boats used to be moored in Yarmouth, Isle of Wight for many years

http://www.boats.com/listing/gallery.jsp?entityid=118196901&galleryBack=%2Fboat-details%2FPicchiotti-Nelson-45-Tigress-Mark-Ii%2F118196901%3Fr%3D118196901%26entityid%3D118196901

We used to cruise to Yarmouth a lot and I always admired this boat. Do you know how the tie between Picchiotti and Nelson came about? Was this a Mazzari design?
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I don't know if Mazzarri had any direct input or not. As I understand the history, Picchiotti wanted a boat to sell into our 'cooler' northern euro waters in conjunction with yachting Partners International and based the Mark 1 on the Nelson hull. I'm pretty sure that they didn't go the somewhat more usual route of buying the moulding and handling the fitting out themselves but did the whole thing. They then decided they wanted to increase the internal volume and improve the handling for the Mark II (I've taken that comment from the MBY report of the time) and increased the beam and hull depth and gave the bow a fuller section. The boat jfm refers to (Tigris alba nee Spotty Dog, nee Tuxedo) is a Mark II (as is Tiger Blue in the link above). Other than those mods she's heavily laid up (with a Lloyds Hull Moulding Certificate) as per other Nelsons but with a bit of Italian flair ;-)
 
Couple of pics from today..

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And interesting to see Yarmouth lifeboat, been re-engined over winter and new MAN lumps noticeably quieter than the old cats, certainly pump out a load of cooling water through exhausts,

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spent an hour testing thrusters just here;

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Elecglitch said:
Up close she certainly is massive
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Garold said:
...The design made her hard to judge for size. Garold
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The Nordhavn on her starboard side is "Sweet Hope", 19.51M (64’9”), the N64 which was at SIBS last year. Makes an interesting comparison which perhaps shows how a different side profile can make a boat look bigger or smaller than you might expect from the raw statistics.
 
TwoHooter said:
The Nordhavn on her starboard side is "Sweet Hope", 19.51M (64’9”), the N64 which was at SIBS last year. Makes an interesting comparison which perhaps shows how a different side profile can make a boat look bigger or smaller than you might expect from the raw statistics.
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Having been on Sweet Hope at SIBS ourselves, I can testify what an enormous boat that is for a 64 footer and it looks rather dwarfed in these photos. Incidentally when I last looked they still hadn't sold her
 
Deleted User said:
Having been on Sweet Hope at SIBS ourselves, I can testify what an enormous boat that is for a 64 footer and it looks rather dwarfed in these photos. Incidentally when I last looked they still hadn't sold her
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As of yesterday she still had a customs bonding notice (not the correct term I'm sure) on her stern so I'd say you are still correct.
 
Elecglitch said:
Up close she certainly is massive
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Well, for that couple of steel bars attached to the swim platform, "massive" is actually an understatement.
They look designed to destroy the dock rather than the boat, in the event of a stern-to mooring going a bit out of hand...!
If you've seen them in flesh, do you have an idea of what they could be meant for?
They look way oversized for anything I can think of!
 
MapisM said:
Well, for that couple of steel bars attached to the swim platform, "massive" is actually an understatement.
They look designed to destroy the dock rather than the boat, in the event of a stern-to mooring going a bit out of hand...!
If you've seen them in flesh, do you have an idea of what they could be meant for?
They look way oversized for anything I can think of!
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Sorry, no idea, though I think your comment might not be far off the truth.
 
MapisM said:
Well, for that couple of steel bars attached to the swim platform, "massive" is actually an understatement.
They look designed to destroy the dock rather than the boat, in the event of a stern-to mooring going a bit out of hand...!
If you've seen them in flesh, do you have an idea of what they could be meant for?
They look way oversized for anything I can think of!
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I think you are probably right about the dock thing. I have seen several swim platforms badly damaged in a Spanish ports. Obviously they had been ramming the dock for a while during a storm - the bow warps were not tight enough, or the chain on the bottom of the harbour to which they attach to had shifted.
 
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