Windhorse's 'little sister'

[Bajansailor]

Windhorse\'s \'little sister\'

I am interested to find out what the folk on here think about the Dashew's 'Wind Horse' motor yacht, and her smaller (64') sister which has been recently introduced to the world - have a look at the relevant part of the Setsail website at http://www.setsail.com/dashew/do_paradigm.html

Amongst many other useful points, Mr. Dashew presents a strong case for a single main engine in the smaller vessel, while having twin engines in his own Wind Horse.

 

[nonitoo]

Re: Windhorse\'s \'little sister\'

I notice that there are no pictures showing the effect of ploughing into a 1 in 7 larger wave at speed. The forward windows look particularly vulnerable - vertical and with no breakwater in front of them.

Bit academic really as it is well outside my pocket - depth.

Call me cautious if you will but ................

Tom

 

[Talbot]

Re: Windhorse\'s \'little sister\'

very much agree with you. IMHO an unsafe design for ocean use.

 

[Whitelighter]

Re: Windhorse\'s \'little sister\'

Looks like a yacht hull with no mast and a wheel house

 

[Keen_Ed]

Re: Windhorse\'s \'little sister\'

Well, if you read the whole website, you'll see that there's a lot of thinking behind every decision. The Dashews bring a huge amount of sea going experience, and don't seem to believe in being particularly risky.

So on the glazing, the glass is 19mm - that THREE QUARTER INCH!! toughened safety glass.

 

[nonitoo]

Re: Windhorse\'s \'little sister\'

No idea what their thinking is but it does seem strange to have to have 19mm glass BECAUSE it is vertical rather than designing a more sea kindly deck housing.

I am sure they are convinced they are right but it is best not to challenge the sea - better to work with it as far as I am concerned.

Tom

 

[Bajansailor]

Re: Windhorse\'s \'little sister\'

Many commercial vessels have forward sloping windows to reduce glare and reflections from within, and they seem to cope OK.

If you use simple resolution of vectors re impact loads on an aft sloping windscreen, and compare it with the same loads being applied to a vertical windscreen, it should then be possible to factor in the additional thickness required.