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Tattoo yachts purchased the tooling for the MacGregor 26M, and began producing the Tattoo 26, which is the same boat with minor modifications. Tattoo inherited the dealer network and parts supply chain from MacGregor, and has successfully entered full production, completing a transition and factory move with a six month interruption to boat ...
The Starrett corporation has continuously expanded through its history through the patenting of products and takeovers of other manufacturers. In 1878 Laroy S. Starrett invented and patented the first combination square, [4] and in 1880 he founded the L.S. Starrett Company in Athol, Massachusetts, in order to produce it and other precision ...
The mast of a sailing vessel is a tall spar, or arrangement of spars, erected more or less vertically on the centre-line of a ship or boat. Its purposes include carrying sails , spars, and derricks , giving necessary height to a navigation light , look-out position , signal yard , control position , radio aerial or signal lamp . [ 1 ]
Sold to Mascalzone Latino, later sold to UITG in a package together with 72 in an effort to get rid of 47. When UITG sold 72 to Supersail Deutschland for their Lake Constance operation they too sold the two boats together. 47 is still located on Elba, in an outdoor cradle, not covered for years and in a sorry state. [2] ITA–48 Prada Challenge
Only a couple of models in the company’s history have ever been built outside the UK. These are the Oyster 49, Oyster 54 and LD43 [6] parts of the production run was produced in New Zealand by McDell Marine [7] and the 100 ft and 125 ft yachts designed by Ed Dubois built at RMK Marine in Turkey. [8] [9]
Other types feature a casing under the boat, which does not take up space but instead has the problem of increased drag. For this reason, it is not uncommon to find boats with a combination of shallow keel and centreboard (e.g. Randmeer). The keel provides the housing for the centreboard, moving it out of the hull, but adds only a small amount ...
These boats are also known as "megayachts", "gigayachts" and even "terayachts", usually depending on length. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] It has been generally accepted by naval architects and industry executives that superyachts range from 37 m (≈120 ft) to 60 m (≈200 ft), while those over 60 m are known as megayachts and boats over 90 m (≈300 ft) have ...
HDMLs had a round bilge heavy displacement hull 72 feet (22 m) long with a beam of 16 feet (4.9 m) and a loaded draught of 5 feet (1.5 m). Loaded displacement was 54 tons. The hull had a pronounced flare forward to throw the bow wave clear and provided considerable lift to prevent all but the heaviest seas from coming aboa