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The carriage can then be tilted, effectively acting as a slipway to launch the boat when released. [5] On return, the boat will be driven ashore. A synthetic winch line, designed not to recoil should it break, is attached to the bow of the lifeboat, and the carriage is again tilted to meet the bow of the boat.
A yacht with a rating of 12 metres (40 ft) was generally about 14 to 16 metres (47 to 52 ft) in length overall. The IOR had upper and lower rating limits of 4.9 metres (16 ft) and 21 metres (70 ft), so a yacht designed and built to exceed the maximum limit of 21 metres (70 ft) rating was known as a maxi .
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
At the bow of the boat are storage bags for equipment (foot pumps, extra lines, etc.) and a special fuel bladder, which can be of either 6- or 18-gallon capacity and which feeds the engine via a flexible hose. Deflated and rolled up, the boat and all necessary equipment can easily fit into the bed of a small pickup.
They were 210 m (690 ft) long overall and 205 m (673 ft) long at the waterline. They had a beam of 22 m (72 ft) and draft of 6.9 m (23 ft) and typically had a complement of 1,250. The hull was a completely welded new design, and the ships had a double bottom for over 75% of their length.
The boat design has a length overall of 39.67 ft (12.1 m), a waterline length of 28.67 ft (8.7 m), displaces 18,225 lb (8,267 kg) and has a long keel and centreboard. The boat has a draft of 9.08 ft (2.77 m) with the centreboard extended and 4.50 ft (1.37 m) with it retracted. The boat is fitted with a Universal Atomic 4 gasoline engine.
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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.