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The boat has a draft of 4.50 ft (1.37 m) with the standard keel and 6.5 ft (2.0 m) with the optional deep draft keel. The centerboard model has a draft of 10.08 ft (3.07 m) with the centerboard extended and 4.50 ft (1.37 m) with it retracted, allowing operation in shallow water.
The boat has a draft of 6.25 ft (1.91 m) with the standard keel fitted. The boat is fitted with a Universal M-40 diesel engine of 32 hp (24 kW). The fuel tank holds 40 U.S. gallons (150 L; 33 imp gal) and the fresh water tank has a capacity of 80 U.S. gallons (300 L; 67 imp gal).
The company started out with a 12,500 sq ft (1,160 m 2) factory, but expanded to 75,000 sq ft (7,000 m 2) and employed more than 200 people at its peak. [1] Typical of his cruising boats was the Irwin 41, a 41.50 ft (12.6 m) blue-water cruiser introduced in 1982. [7] [8]
The Lord Nelson 41 is a recreational keelboat, built predominantly of fiberglass, with wood trim.It has a cutter rig with a bowsprit and painted aluminum spars, a spooned raked stem, pronounced curve to the sheer-line, a rounded canoe transom, a keel-mounted rudder controlled by a wheel and a long fin keel.
S2 also hired the firm of Graham & Schlageter to design the popular S2 7.9 one-design racer and many of the company's later, more racing-oriented boats for production, including the S2 6.9, S2 9.1, S2 10.3, S2 22 and the S2 35. [6] [7] S2 Yachts started building power boats once the clause had expired in the late 1970s, as the Tiara Yachts line ...
The Tiara Yachts powerboat division was added soon after, followed by the Pursuit fishing boat line. Leon and Delores Slikkers pictured in a SlickCraft wooden runabout in the late 1950s. At the same time, construction began on a new 72,000-square-foot manufacturing facility at 725 E. 40th Street, where the plant remains to this day.
The boat has a draft of 6.25 ft (1.91 m) with the standard keel. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] The boat is fitted with a Japanese Yanmar diesel engine of 35 hp (26 kW) for docking and maneuvering.
They produced up to 400 sailing yachts per year, 27 to 64 ft in length. [1] Bill Dixon and Angus Primrose were responsible for the design of all models. Due to falling sales in the sailing yacht business, the companies disbanded the connection in 2003. During their 30-year cooperation, they had developed 39 models and sold 4,233 boats. [1]