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Oceanco came into existence in 1987, when a group of South African private investors under the guidance of then CEO, Richard Hein, began yacht-building, with the hulls and superstructures built in Durban, South Africa. The yachts were then transported to various facilities in the Netherlands where the finishing work took place. [citation needed]
The Namacurra class [2] (also spelled "Namicurra") [3] is a series of small harbour patrol craft designed and built in South Africa. Their catamaran-type hulls are made of glass-reinforced plastic.
The engineering was completed by Steve Koopman of composite engineering company SDK, with sails designed and made by North Sails, South Africa. [ 7 ] [ 8 ] The boat has a draft of 8.04 ft (2.45 m) with the standard keel and is fitted with a Japanese Yanmar 2YM diesel engine of 15 hp (11 kW) with a saildrive for docking and manoeuvring.
These boats are twin-hulled catamarans of glass-reinforced plastic (GRP) sandwich construction, with a complement of 16 personnel including one officer. The displace 36 long tons (37 t) fully loaded and are 22 metres (72 ft 2 in) long overall with a beam of 7 metres (23 ft 0 in) and a draught of 0.9 metres (2 ft 11 in).
Forgacs Marine & Defence (Tomago, New South Wales) Incat (Hobart, Tasmania) Lars Halvorsen Sons, (Sydney, New South Wales) Norman R Wright & Sons, (Bulimba, Queensland) NQEA (Cairns, Queensland) Osborne Naval Shipyard, (Osborne, South Australia) Richardson Devine Marine (Hobart, Tasmania) Walsh Island Dockyard & Engineering Works, (Newcastle ...
The Springbok Ocean Racing Trust announced that South Africa would have an entrant in the 1968 Single-Handed Trans-Atlantic Race and began fundraising to build a yacht. [4] A design was ordered from Ricus van de Stadt [5]: 293 and the order to build her was placed with Thesens of Knysna.
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Aegean Yacht; Albin Marine; Alexander Stephen and Sons; Alloy Yachts; Aloha Yachts; Alsberg Brothers Boatworks; Amel Yachts; Archambault Boats; Ariel Patterson