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The Apollo 16 is a recreational sailboat, built predominantly of fiberglass. It has a fractional sloop rig with aluminum spars. The hull features a raked stem, a vertical transom, a transom-hung, kick-up rudder controlled by a tiller and a retractable, kick-up centerboard. It displaces 300 lb (136 kg). [1] [3]
The boat has a draft of 4.00 ft (1.22 m) with the standard keel fitted and is normally fitted with a small 3 to 6 hp (2 to 4 kW) outboard motor for docking and maneuvering. [1] [3] The design has sleeping accommodation for five people. Cabin headroom is 54 in (137 cm). [3]
They were both long time marine industry people that decided to build boats rather than sell them through Carter's two marine dealerships in Green Bay and the Fox Valley. [2] The pair later sold the business in 1963 to business partners Walter "Wally" Markham and Glen Nordin, both of whom had worked for Cruisers Yachts of Oconto, Wisconsin .
The Apollo launch escape system (LES) was built by the Lockheed Propulsion Company. Its purpose was to abort the mission by pulling the CM (the crew cabin) away from the launch vehicle in an emergency, such as a pad fire before launch, guidance failure, or launch vehicle failure likely to lead to an imminent explosion.
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The boat won line honours in the 2015 Fastnet race and the 2015 Sydney to Hobart Yacht Race, under the leadership of skipper Ken Read. [4] In 2017, Comanche set a new Transpac record, covering 484.1 nmi in 24 hours, for an average speed of 20.2 knots (37.4 km/h). [ 5 ]
Sep. 30—GROTON — Electric Boat and a labor union that represents thousands of shipyard workers have tentatively agreed to a new five-year contract. In a joint statement released Friday night ...
In August 1920, Apollo was sold, along with her sister Andromache, to Sidney Castle and moved to Corporation Wharf in the Cattewater for demolition. [1] [5] The two cruisers were stripped to their hulls, but then registered as merchant vessels by Castle and offered for sale. [6] [7] Unsold, Apollo was broken up by Autumn 1925.
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