Followed you and your family from the first, bought all of the books but never could afford any of your designs,now at 80 I just watch and dream. God bless you and all of your family.
Thanks for continually updating and making new videos Linda and Steve! Your love for sailing and your passion for your boats comes through in every one.
If I only win the lottery! What beautiful vessels you have designed! Absolutely perfect!!! May you both enjoy your retirement and may you always have calm seas.
love just love not sure why u 2 havent been reconized for ur designs wow perhaps one day the rest of the ocean people will wake up and see how boats r and should b designed!!!!! love yup love is wat goes into ur boats,storys abound of folks running and truly enjoying there time on the water thank you.
Gday Linda n Steve, I just love watching those hulls cut their way through the waves ,so effortless . Some beautiful and familiar shorelines ,and as we've come to expect , always great photography Many thanks for sharing your obvious joy and passion with the like-minded . Fair winds Dashews. Much Respect from Down Under
So delighted to be able to share your journeys and experience! I was actually given a showing of Wakaroa in Newport Beach by David Frazier way back when. I was blown away by how beautiful it was. David was a wonderful man.
Thank you for the video and for sharing it with us engineering on this boats are amazing I travel the sea in a small 21 football and I had a 19 foot boat also that I wouldn't far on it seen your amazing vessels it's like you have the sea in the whole world available to you with no fear of rough weather. Thank you for sharing
Great, great boats, that offer a unique boating paradigm. Wish you still made them. Or even licensed the designs and methods to a responsible builder. Is there a reason you continue to update content in the meantime?
Howdy Karl: We have addressed the question of licensing before so we won't repeat.ourselves. As to adding to the video content, we enjoy doing this, but is only since we "retired" that we have had the time.
This was one of the most interesting boat videos I've ever seen. I loved it. I would love to see a sail-power boat with these ideas... cause the size, I guess, allow it. I'm a former Brazilian navy pety officer, so I have none sailing experience of my own, just a dream. I really would like to sail with wings and, at my elder age, could keep sailing at motors. I really really enjoyed this video.
I hope you guys understand how you have redefined the fluid dynamics spectrum of boating...I have a little advice and cheat code...if you take rifle bullets, particularly 30 caliber sniper rounds and Berger profile bullets and cut them in half ..they are also exact copies of your design..the effects of yaw and other fluid dynamics concepts can be evaluated on a smaller scale.
Amazing design . It seems that the sailboat these days are much broader at the back!? But your boat looks brave enough to venture in Tristan da Cunha’s water...
Imo..You are the "Beatles" of boat building. Your innovative designs displayed in the FPB power boats could entice ANY ardent wind driven sailors. Now if I could only get you to license your designs over to me....I could rule the world ( evil laughter) ☺. I hope you and your family are doing well !
This is the type of boat i would like. It does have that luxurious look which can be an issue if you travel in some country were poverty is high . The interior very nice and simple . One question i have is it possible to have hybrid version or diesel electric?
One of your incredible and supreamly utilitrian designed vessels is docked at 5th Avenue Superyacht Marina here in San Diego right now. Is that you or someone who acquired one of your vessels? Are you available for marine engineering design consulting on other larger superyacht projects?
I would love to see the 78 ft and 97 ft FPB boats with a Sharrow propeller set up. Has anyone seen these things? State of the art props with significantly better speed and efficiency at the same rpms. I'm only ballparking it but I'm thinking it could add 2-3 knots cruising speed but the same efficiency at the original cruising speed of a ocean crossing trip.
I see the solar panels, I was wondering if you have a diesel electric propulsion system? Also do you have a kite to take advantage of the trade winds on your non-sailboats. And, not knowing much about the rules and regulation of sailing, is there any size limits on boats that mandates having to have a crew.
Anytime you want to donate sail or power to a disabled family man I would love to sail though if not congratulations on your designs absolutely magnificent
@@Ozmy in this economy me thinks more like 5.5 or less, but if he doesn't have to sell then he could stick to 7.0 if he wanted. Curious about your remark on maintenance. Have yo checked it out? I will prolly rather spend money on an airplane anyway since it helps earn money. Yachts are holes in the water your pour money into.
I'm genuinely interested in hull/sailboat design and am contemplating a career shift. Is there any literature that you would recommend? Also, if it's not too much to ask, I'd like to know why sailboats don't employ more planing designs, when it seems to be so well developed in the speedboat industry. Is it simply a speed/weight calculation that make it impractical?
Design issue first. To plane requires a hull surface that is relatively flat, light weight, a large sail plan, and the stability to carry the sail. The power to weight ratio has to be very favorable as well. In a cruising yacht this means lots of beam, attention to weight management and payload, along with a deep keel, canting preferably, which then gets you into dagger boards to offset leeway. We are talking expensive, fussy to sail, and uncomfortable end results. Take a look at the Open 60s for a good example. Now some hydrodynamics...Sailing drag off the wind is made up from wave drag which is proportional to the square of boat speed, and wetted surface drag which goes up in direct relation to boat speed (linear). The. power which can be developed from the wind is a square function of wind speed. Now it gets interesting. The relationship between wave drag and wetted surface drag is controlled by the displacement length ratio. Higher DLRs have mainly wave drag at high speed. As the DLR drops wave drag becomes a smaller percentage. of the total. DLR is a function of the weight. of the vessel. and its water line length cubed. So a modest increase in LWL will have a huge impact on the wave drag/wetted surface drag relationship. Take a long, slender, hull form, with a low DLR and combine it with a moderate sized rig with efficient design, and you end up with a package that can create force from its apparent wind more quickly than the drag builds up. Our low DLR design has essentially linear drag increase as boat speed goes up. But the force in the wind goes up with the square of the wind velocity. Now throw in the change in apparent wind direction forward as the boat speed increases and the apparent wind speed both climbs and interacts with the rig at angles which enhance power. An ice boat is an extreme example of this, being able to clock five or more times wind speed. High performance multi hulls can get into the twice or more wind speed range. In the context of a modern, go anywhere, tough cruising yacht with modest draft, and normal systems, you can have your own apparent wind machine by simply lengthening the waterline. Take a look at the videos of Beowulf on this You-Tube channel to see what I am talking about. About the business of yacht design, it is not easy, and if you are good enough to make it in this game your talents and hard work would probably be better aimed at another field of endeavor. But some times you have no choice. If this your situation, then my advice is to spend a five or ten years actually out there cruising. On larger yachts as crew, and on your own vessel as well. This experience will provide you with a real world foundation against which you can make the many trade off decisions that are a part of yacht design and construction. As to reading material, you might start with four of our books, available now as free PDF downloads on SetSail.com. Good Luck!
Your designs are spectacular. When I find the money I will be investing in one of your beautiful boats. For now I can dream. Enjoy your retirement and thank you for the online content
Hello Road: There are a lot of variables, but lets say you go from New York to Kinsale, Ireland, and allow 2700 nm for the passage. If you are on Wind Horse, and are patient, waiting for a high to develop and then ride the Gulf Stream and high circulation (-north side), you will average 11 knots, burning 6 .5 gallons of fuel per hour. You will have topped the tanks off at the fishboat fuel dock o maybe paid $2.00 per gallon.So 245 hours at /hour, $13.00, or $6375, Play the weather just right and you could shave 1/3rd.
Yes, we are retired. We are trying to pass on a little of what we have learned. The object is to have the consumer demand more. Otherwise, nothing will change in the marine industry..
This boat would be ideal if it had all electric engines and full solar array with hydro charger on full lithium ion batteries. Would that be possible to cross oceans?
We have taken solar charging to the practical limit in the context of maximum reliability for our type of cruising. Cochise has 16 of the most efficient commercial solar panels, producing 345 watts each, and sufficient power to typically run all systems, including air conditioning at anchor. But solar for propulsion is a different s story. Too many tradeoffs for our taste. As to batteries, we prefer batteries which do not require micro processors for charging control. That leaves Lion batteries out. Maybe some day in the future this will change.
Do I understand correctly that you used to make and sell these boats and you quit to require? If so, why not sell the company both to cash out and to keep the craft being made?
Morning John: You understand correctly. We tried to come up with a program that would insure that the FPBs would be built in accordance with our specs. Otherwise, our new customers might not be getting the correct product. It was in our interest to find someone to carry on. However, try as we might, nothing met the goals.
Hello Beamer: Until 1988 all our aluminum yachts were painted.Although we tried we could not get a client to leave theiryacht bare.Then we decided we decided to try this on our own Sundeer and we have not painted a clients yacht since. There are several posts on this subject on SetSail.com if you are interested. setsail.com/painted-or-bare-aluminum/#more-18163 setsail.com/bare-aluminum-topside-maintenance/ setsail.com/aesthetics-form-does-follow-function/
Hi Roderick: Your comment reminds me of s discussion I had with my Dad in 1975. We had just purchased Intermezzo, a 50' ketch. She had a large cockpit and an even larger dodger covering the cockpit. That dodger was ugly as sin and it was high on my must do list. My idea was a minimal pram hood over the companionway. Much less offensive aesthetically, and almost no drag. When I explained this to my Dad, he took it in, and then a couple of hours later suggested I hold off on the change until we had used the boat a while. "You only see the dodger when you are off the boat. You will enjoy the benefits a lot more of the time." He was right of course. The Matrix deck might be the ultimate expression of my Dad's advice. Yes, it adds windage and we can see the fuel meters react in headwinds. But it also acts as sail area in a good breeze downwind, although overall, it is a net negative in this regard. And you will get no argument from me that a smaller structure would look better. Against all of this we have to weigh the benefits. I can tell you with certainty that the Matrix deck totally transforms the FPB 78 for us. Rather than being just where we stand watch, it has become our prime entertainment area, makes it possible for us and crew, or long term guests to have separate space, is where we exercise, and more often than not is where we set up the office. You will find the same response from the five other owners of the FPBs with Matrix decks.
We are in the end game of affordable oil. In 2019 Rystad Energy reported that the global discovery of oil has fallen to only enough oil discovered globally to run the world for 3 months. If a person spends four times more than they earn what happens? Mankind is now using 4 times more oil than is discovered. This is unsustainable. I wish you well. Cheers Gray Mewburn Brisbane Australia
Are you kidding me? The US has more untapped oil in Alaska than the Saudis have ever had. It is not counted as available because of legislation which has deemed the land off limits. Once our gov gets out of the control game, we will have a couple hundred years worth of oil just in Alaska. That isn't counting the unavailable oil we have in the lower States. Where does Australia find people like you. You are an embarrassment with your gullibility.
@@lightning9279 if you go to IndexMundi you will find energy data on all countries. All types of energy not just oil. If you Google:- mundi oil imports by country. You discover how much oil USA imports each day. About 7 million barrels a day. USA shale oil will decline soon, then USA will have to import more oil. If a person spends more than they earn we know what will happen. Mankind is burning 36 billion barrels of oil PA. Only 9 billion barrels is found each year. A short fall 27 billion barrels PA. The situation is not sustainable. Cheers Gray
@graham, 1948. Humphrey Bogart in TREASURE OF THE SIERRA MADRE. At the beginning of the story, the American crew were in Mexico doing what? And they were laid-off because the oil companies did what? . We are in a long-game. A few minutes research will show the source of the marketing term 'fossil fuel', a gimmick fabricated by Rockefeller to give the impression of scarcity. . This particular planet has infinite amounts of oil. And it is constantly creating more. . Next.
I'm sorry but after watching (listening) to this video for 10 minutes, I WANTED TO KILL MYSELF. Linda, please have someone else do the voice over, ANYONE.
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Not too sure about the Matrix deck...don't wanna go there but your Yacht is obviously superior to others w/o all the bullshit.
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Followed you and your family from the first, bought all of the books but never could afford any of your designs,now at 80 I just watch and dream. God bless you and all of your family.
At 80 you are dreamer and that is so laudable just need to become a believer and the seven seas will be yours. God bless you too !
You could build a remote controlled model boat replica.
Being in that great room while slicing through the waves must be an incredibly awesome experience.
It really is!
Such a shame production has stopped.
I can watch your video, every week ,thank you for your determination and these awesome boats.
Your videos have lots of informations from your experiences. Thanks for these uploads.
Thanks for continually updating and making new videos Linda and Steve! Your love for sailing and your passion for your boats comes through in every one.
Our pleasure, we are happy to share what we have learned.
If I only win the lottery!
What beautiful vessels you have designed! Absolutely perfect!!!
May you both enjoy your retirement and may you always have calm seas.
All of your boats are fantastic from top to bottom! Makes me want to build my own if I knew where to start.
Amazing vessels! Thank you for sharing.
love just love not sure why u 2 havent been reconized for ur designs wow perhaps one day the rest of the ocean people will wake up and see how boats r and should b designed!!!!! love yup love is wat goes into ur boats,storys abound of folks running and truly enjoying there time on the water thank you.
That is so amazing. I have never seen something like this
I can't believe it!!!!!
Years ago I came across a Sundeer video. I was never able to find it after that. I was so impressed.
We have a lot of footage from old videos we made through the years. Do you think people would be interested in seeing more of it?
@@DashewOffshore Most definitely
Incredible couple and incredible boats. 😊 My new bucket list it to sail the oceans in a FPB. Thank you for sharing your designs and story. Inspired!
Gday Linda n Steve,
I just love watching those hulls cut their way through the waves ,so effortless .
Some beautiful and familiar shorelines ,and as we've come to expect , always great photography
Many thanks for sharing your obvious joy and passion with the like-minded .
Fair winds Dashews.
Much Respect
from
Down Under
We're glad you liked it. Thank you for your continued support!
Hi guys I am looking ICTI buying Intermezzo in Anacortes
So delighted to be able to share your journeys and experience! I was actually given a showing of Wakaroa in Newport Beach by David Frazier way back when. I was blown away by how beautiful it was. David was a wonderful man.
Loved your video
Happy that you are still at it. Wonderful story about evolution.
Thank you for the video and for sharing it with us engineering on this boats are amazing I travel the sea in a small 21 football and I had a 19 foot boat also that I wouldn't far on it seen your amazing vessels it's like you have the sea in the whole world available to you with no fear of rough weather.
Thank you for sharing
Thanks for letting us at least look in detail at your vessels, it would be nice to sail or even walk in one of them.
I love watching your videos. These craft are truly beautiful. Best wishes, from a friend in Syracuse New York.
Great, great boats, that offer a unique boating paradigm. Wish you still made them. Or even licensed the designs and methods to a responsible builder. Is there a reason you continue to update content in the meantime?
Howdy Karl:
We have addressed the question of licensing before so we won't repeat.ourselves. As to adding to the video content, we enjoy doing this, but is only since we "retired" that we have had the time.
Thank you for sharing that was awesome
Glad you enjoyed it
superior design and incredible passion
This was one of the most interesting boat videos I've ever seen. I loved it. I would love to see a sail-power boat with these ideas... cause the size, I guess, allow it. I'm a former Brazilian navy pety officer, so I have none sailing experience of my own, just a dream. I really would like to sail with wings and, at my elder age, could keep sailing at motors. I really really enjoyed this video.
You guys are the best
From a patron of SLV
I hope you guys understand how you have redefined the fluid dynamics spectrum of boating...I have a little advice and cheat code...if you take rifle bullets, particularly 30 caliber sniper rounds and Berger profile bullets and cut them in half ..they are also exact copies of your design..the effects of yaw and other fluid dynamics concepts can be evaluated on a smaller scale.
Wow, I love your videos. So much innovation and information. What a way to sail/motor/ travel. Thank you!
We are glad you like them! We enjoy sharing the information.
Amazing design . It seems that the sailboat these days are much broader at the back!? But your boat looks brave enough to venture in Tristan da Cunha’s water...
THE FINEST LONG RANGE SHORT HAND M YACHT THERE IS
real nice ships. they look very sea worthy
Superb, as ever!
Thank you Mark, we are glad to be able to continue sharing some of what we have learned over the years.
Imo..You are the "Beatles" of boat building. Your innovative designs displayed in the FPB power boats could entice ANY ardent wind driven sailors. Now if I could only get you to license your designs over to me....I could rule the world ( evil laughter) ☺. I hope you and your family are doing well !
What a machine! The Gallons per hour on these incredible yachts makes them very appealing. Do you do a smaller cruiser?
This is the type of boat i would like. It does have that luxurious look which can be an issue if you travel in some country were poverty is high . The interior very nice and simple . One question i have is it possible to have hybrid version or diesel electric?
Love you gays and the boats you guys design!
One of your incredible and supreamly utilitrian designed vessels is docked at 5th Avenue Superyacht Marina here in San Diego right now. Is that you or someone who acquired one of your vessels? Are you available for marine engineering design consulting on other larger superyacht projects?
Very informative. Thanks.
Glad you enjoyed it!
Llevan una vida envidiable. Y sus barcos son maravillosos.
Sobretodo beowolf ❤
I would love to see the 78 ft and 97 ft FPB boats with a Sharrow propeller set up. Has anyone seen these things? State of the art props with significantly better speed and efficiency at the same rpms. I'm only ballparking it but I'm thinking it could add 2-3 knots cruising speed but the same efficiency at the original cruising speed of a ocean crossing trip.
Nice if the Iceberg owner to finally release some detailed interior photos Stevo.
she is for sale and plenty of detailed interior pictures on yachtworld ....
There is also a walkthrough available on TH-cam - th-cam.com/video/MNTbx-T6s8s/w-d-xo.html
I see the solar panels, I was wondering if you have a diesel electric propulsion system?
Also do you have a kite to take advantage of the trade winds on your non-sailboats.
And, not knowing much about the rules and regulation of sailing, is there any size limits on boats that mandates having to have a crew.
Iconic design. Love your work!
Anytime you want to donate sail or power to a disabled family man I would love to sail though if not congratulations on your designs absolutely magnificent
someday, i`ll buy that FPB Iceberg or seawolf. love to watch it time to time.
There is only one iceberg and you will have competition if the owner ever decides to sell.
@@gendaminoru3195 She is for sale right now ...
@@gendaminoru3195 www.yachtworld.es/barcos/2014/Circa-Marine-FPB-97-3617912/
For Iceberg you will need 6.5 million min. offer plus maintenance good luck.
@@Ozmy in this economy me thinks more like 5.5 or less, but if he doesn't have to sell then he could stick to 7.0 if he wanted. Curious about your remark on maintenance. Have yo checked it out? I will prolly rather spend money on an airplane anyway since it helps earn money. Yachts are holes in the water your pour money into.
Ok, guys. It's been 3 months since the last video. I'm starting to twitch over here.
Amazing vessels! Is Beowulf for sale?
Hello Michael:
Not sure of her status but if you contact Sue Grant at Berthons International she will know.
Sailboat to Powerboat, then Motorhome to Resthome. There's the evolution.
I'm genuinely interested in hull/sailboat design and am contemplating a career shift. Is there any literature that you would recommend?
Also, if it's not too much to ask, I'd like to know why sailboats don't employ more planing designs, when it seems to be so well developed in the speedboat industry. Is it simply a speed/weight calculation that make it impractical?
Design issue first.
To plane requires a hull surface that is relatively flat, light weight, a large sail plan, and the stability to carry the sail. The power to weight ratio has to be very favorable as well. In a cruising yacht this means lots of beam, attention to weight management and payload, along with a deep keel, canting preferably, which then gets you into dagger boards to offset leeway. We are talking expensive, fussy to sail, and uncomfortable end results. Take a look at the Open 60s for a good example.
Now some hydrodynamics...Sailing drag off the wind is made up from wave drag which is proportional to the square of boat speed, and wetted surface drag which goes up in direct relation to boat speed (linear). The. power which can be developed from the wind is a square function of wind speed.
Now it gets interesting. The relationship between wave drag and wetted surface drag is controlled by the displacement length ratio. Higher DLRs have mainly wave drag at high speed. As the DLR drops wave drag becomes a smaller percentage. of the total. DLR is a function of the weight. of the vessel. and its water line length cubed. So a modest increase in LWL will have a huge impact on the wave drag/wetted surface drag relationship.
Take a long, slender, hull form, with a low DLR and combine it with a moderate sized rig with efficient design, and you end up with a package that can create force from its apparent wind more quickly than the drag builds up.
Our low DLR design has essentially linear drag increase as boat speed goes up. But the force in the wind goes up with the square of the wind velocity. Now throw in the change in apparent wind direction forward as the boat speed increases and the apparent wind speed both climbs and interacts with the rig at angles which enhance power.
An ice boat is an extreme example of this, being able to clock five or more times wind speed. High performance multi hulls can get into the twice or more wind speed range.
In the context of a modern, go anywhere, tough cruising yacht with modest draft, and normal systems, you can have your own apparent wind machine by simply lengthening the waterline. Take a look at the videos of Beowulf on this You-Tube channel to see what I am talking about.
About the business of yacht design, it is not easy, and if you are good enough to make it in this game your talents and hard work would probably be better aimed at another field of endeavor. But some times you have no choice. If this your situation, then my advice is to spend a five or ten years actually out there cruising. On larger yachts as crew, and on your own vessel as well. This experience will provide you with a real world foundation against which you can make the many trade off decisions that are a part of yacht design and construction.
As to reading material, you might start with four of our books, available now as free PDF downloads on SetSail.com.
Good Luck!
DashewOffshore What a fantastic and informative response Steve. Thanks!
Are you still building new boat?
Your designs are spectacular. When I find the money I will be investing in one of your beautiful boats.
For now I can dream. Enjoy your retirement and thank you for the online content
Nice. What does it cost in fuel to cross the Atlantic?
Hello Road:
There are a lot of variables, but lets say you go from New York to Kinsale, Ireland, and allow 2700 nm for the passage. If you are on Wind Horse, and are patient, waiting for a high to develop and then ride the Gulf Stream and high circulation (-north side), you will average 11 knots, burning 6 .5 gallons of fuel per hour. You will have topped the tanks off at the fishboat fuel dock o maybe paid $2.00 per gallon.So 245 hours at /hour, $13.00, or $6375, Play the weather just right and you could shave 1/3rd.
@@DashewOffshore Amazing !!
a 45ft fpb would be awesome and a 22ft trailerable
I know who to call when i have the money to build a yacht now.
Except they are are retired and no longer taking new orders AFAIK.
@@genephipps6421 Not according to this video,talking about their new innovations.
Yes, we are retired. We are trying to pass on a little of what we have learned. The object is to have the consumer demand more. Otherwise, nothing will change in the marine industry..
howmuch does it cost?? when you cross atlantic
This boat would be ideal if it had all electric engines and full solar array with hydro charger on full lithium ion batteries. Would that be possible to cross oceans?
We have taken solar charging to the practical limit in the context of maximum reliability for our type of cruising. Cochise has 16 of the most efficient commercial solar panels, producing 345 watts each, and sufficient power to typically run all systems, including air conditioning at anchor. But solar for propulsion is a different s story. Too many tradeoffs for our taste. As to batteries, we prefer batteries which do not require micro processors for charging control. That leaves Lion batteries out. Maybe some day in the future this will change.
How about dual hull?
3 gallons perhour when traveling at 10 knots? Wow
For Beowulf motoring that sounds about right.
Old Geordie proverb, you would think you were on ya grannys yacht
This proves the idiom...Necessity is the mother of invention
Do I understand correctly that you used to make and sell these boats and you quit to require? If so, why not sell the company both to cash out and to keep the craft being made?
Morning John:
You understand correctly.
We tried to come up with a program that would insure that the FPBs would be built in accordance with our specs. Otherwise, our new customers might not be getting the correct product. It was in our interest to find someone to carry on.
However, try as we might, nothing met the goals.
@@DashewOffshore I'm sorry to hear that, but best wishes on your retirement, and fair winds.
Genius.
I think the bare aluminum looks industrial and unfinished on the FPBs. Visualize how snazzy aircraft are when they're sporting a great paint job!
Hello Beamer:
Until 1988 all our aluminum yachts were painted.Although we tried we could not get a client to leave theiryacht bare.Then we decided we decided to try this on our own Sundeer and we have not painted a clients yacht since.
There are several posts on this subject on SetSail.com if you are interested.
setsail.com/painted-or-bare-aluminum/#more-18163
setsail.com/bare-aluminum-topside-maintenance/
setsail.com/aesthetics-form-does-follow-function/
That industrial look is just great. My concern is about the aluminum and being in it for some time. Is it healthy?
How rich is this couple!?
Hi ...
does the fly bridge not add a lot of windage ,,i dont think it improves the looks any .
Hi Roderick:
Your comment reminds me of s discussion I had with my Dad in 1975. We had just purchased Intermezzo, a 50' ketch. She had a large cockpit and an even larger dodger covering the cockpit. That dodger was ugly as sin and it was high on my must do list. My idea was a minimal pram hood over the companionway. Much less offensive aesthetically, and almost no drag. When I explained this to my Dad, he took it in, and then a couple of hours later suggested I hold off on the change until we had used the boat a while. "You only see the dodger when you are off the boat. You will enjoy the benefits a lot more of the time." He was right of course.
The Matrix deck might be the ultimate expression of my Dad's advice. Yes, it adds windage and we can see the fuel meters react in headwinds. But it also acts as sail area in a good breeze downwind, although overall, it is a net negative in this regard. And you will get no argument from me that a smaller structure would look better.
Against all of this we have to weigh the benefits. I can tell you with certainty that the Matrix deck totally transforms the FPB 78 for us. Rather than being just where we stand watch, it has become our prime entertainment area, makes it possible for us and crew, or long term guests to have separate space, is where we exercise, and more often than not is where we set up the office. You will find the same response from the five other owners of the FPBs with Matrix decks.
How can a old sailboat go 27 knots like its nothing, its not even a professional sport yatching boat .
We are in the end game of affordable oil. In 2019 Rystad Energy reported that the global discovery of oil has fallen to only enough oil discovered globally to run the world for 3 months. If a person spends four times more than they earn what happens?
Mankind is now using 4 times more oil than is discovered. This is unsustainable.
I wish you well.
Cheers Gray Mewburn Brisbane Australia
Are you kidding me? The US has more untapped oil in Alaska than the Saudis have ever had. It is not counted as available because of legislation which has deemed the land off limits. Once our gov gets out of the control game, we will have a couple hundred years worth of oil just in Alaska. That isn't counting the unavailable oil we have in the lower States. Where does Australia find people like you. You are an embarrassment with your gullibility.
@@lightning9279 if you go to IndexMundi you will find energy data on all countries. All types of energy not just oil. If you Google:- mundi oil imports by country.
You discover how much oil USA imports each day. About 7 million barrels a day. USA shale oil will decline soon, then USA will have to import more oil.
If a person spends more than they earn we know what will happen.
Mankind is burning 36 billion barrels of oil PA. Only 9 billion barrels is found each year. A short fall 27 billion barrels PA.
The situation is not sustainable. Cheers Gray
@graham,
1948.
Humphrey Bogart in TREASURE OF THE SIERRA MADRE.
At the beginning of the story, the American crew were in Mexico doing what?
And they were laid-off because the oil companies did what?
.
We are in a long-game.
A few minutes research will show the source of the marketing term 'fossil fuel', a gimmick fabricated by Rockefeller to give the impression of scarcity.
.
This particular planet has infinite amounts of oil.
And it is constantly creating more.
.
Next.
I'm sorry but after watching (listening) to this video for 10 minutes, I WANTED TO KILL MYSELF. Linda, please have someone else do the voice over, ANYONE.
Not too sure about the Matrix deck...don't wanna go there but your Yacht is obviously superior to others w/o all the bullshit.
crakin boats
un peschereccio da 7 milioni di dollari a rischio galvanizzazione......no grazie con quella somma mi compro un amel 60 e ne rimangono per un jet
Americans can't build boats for sure