Delfin
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Very nice!Cue one image of a battleship-style trawler from Imperial and van der Valk!
Whats The Score With Steel!!!!!!!!!!
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MapisM
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I agree with Delfin, very nice boat indeed.Cue one image of a battleship-style trawler from Imperial and van der Valk!
But very far from my idea of battlesihp-style trawler, from what can be seen in the pic.
The windscreens aren't reverse raked, to start with.
And there's neither a Portuguese bridge, nor lateral w/tight doors from the p/house.
Not to mention the flybridge! We don't want to be helming from upstair on a self-righting boat, do we?
I don't like the bow cleats either, but that's a matter of personal preference.
Imperial One
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Well thank you all very much, she is a cracker of a boat. 
The one pictured was actually a one off-build for an old client of the yard.
He wanted to navigate all the smaller canals as well as have a 5k range for open water. As a result the interior height in the aft cabin is a bit low in one place but it gave the owner exactly what he wanted.
So many people saw it in build and said they liked it that it is now a standard build in it's own right and when it was shown at the Ijmuiden HISWA show we took orders for more of them.
All the current ones have full height throughout of a minimum of 2.1 m and often over this - very tall the Dutch nowadays!
I hope to be starting a 20m very shortly for a new client and will post some of the pics of her build in case anyone is interested.
It is a huge ship internally and is very smooth through the water.
Naturally being a custom build even the bow cleats can be any size or shape you want them
The one pictured was actually a one off-build for an old client of the yard.
He wanted to navigate all the smaller canals as well as have a 5k range for open water. As a result the interior height in the aft cabin is a bit low in one place but it gave the owner exactly what he wanted.
So many people saw it in build and said they liked it that it is now a standard build in it's own right and when it was shown at the Ijmuiden HISWA show we took orders for more of them.
All the current ones have full height throughout of a minimum of 2.1 m and often over this - very tall the Dutch nowadays!
I hope to be starting a 20m very shortly for a new client and will post some of the pics of her build in case anyone is interested.
It is a huge ship internally and is very smooth through the water.
Naturally being a custom build even the bow cleats can be any size or shape you want them
Bajansailor
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Re fast (and seaworthy!) steel motor boats, the RNLI have had various classes of steel lifeboats over the years.
I think the first ones were probably the 60'+ Clyde class (only 3 were built), but they were very much displacement craft.
Then there were the 50' Thames class, the 44' Waveneys (derived from the USCG 44' MLB), one Arun (called Snolda) and the 47' slipway launched Tynes - I think all of these could cruise at about 14 - 16 knots quite happily.
(Whereas the new fast FRP lifeboats all have design speeds of 25 knots).
All of these steel boats were built to a very high standard, and impeccably maintained.
Snolda was sold to Iceland, and she was generally regarded by many folk at the RNLI as the best Arun ever (I used to work at the RNLI HQ many moons ago).
Here is a 'converted' Waveney currently for sale - http://www.nelsonsboats.co.uk/boatdescription.html?BoatID=169
There are probably still a good few Tyne class vessels that will be put up for sale as their replacements (the Tamars) are built, but I cannot find any details of boats for sale on the RNLI website.
I think the first ones were probably the 60'+ Clyde class (only 3 were built), but they were very much displacement craft.
Then there were the 50' Thames class, the 44' Waveneys (derived from the USCG 44' MLB), one Arun (called Snolda) and the 47' slipway launched Tynes - I think all of these could cruise at about 14 - 16 knots quite happily.
(Whereas the new fast FRP lifeboats all have design speeds of 25 knots).
All of these steel boats were built to a very high standard, and impeccably maintained.
Snolda was sold to Iceland, and she was generally regarded by many folk at the RNLI as the best Arun ever (I used to work at the RNLI HQ many moons ago).
Here is a 'converted' Waveney currently for sale - http://www.nelsonsboats.co.uk/boatdescription.html?BoatID=169
There are probably still a good few Tyne class vessels that will be put up for sale as their replacements (the Tamars) are built, but I cannot find any details of boats for sale on the RNLI website.