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Unlike their eventual successor, the 47-foot motor lifeboats, the 36-foot class was piloted entirely from an open cockpit, where crew members were exposed to the elements. This was a hardship for the crew, as rescue operations typically are conducted under bad weather conditions, precisely the same conditions which imperil mariners and their ...
Catalina 36 This model was designed by Frank Butler and introduced in 1982. A total of 1766 examples were produced. The boat has a draft of 5.30 ft (1.62 m) with the standard fin keel and 4.17 ft (1.27 m) with the optional shoal draft wing keel. The boat is fitted with an inboard engine. The fuel tank holds 25 U.S. gallons (95 L; 21 imp gal ...
Wayfinder is a luxury supply yacht or auxiliary boat, of a type often referred as a supply vessel, shadow cat, shadow boat or yacht support vessel; [1] ultimately, it is a yacht tender. Its task is to supply a pleasure yacht. A catamaran, its length is 68 metres, with a beam of 14 metres. [2]
Lagoon have also produced some power catamarans, including the Lagoon Power 43 and Lagoon Power 44. Lagoon boats smaller than 50 ft (15 m) are built at Belleville-sur-Vie and launched at Les Sables-d'Olonne in Vendée. Boats over 50 feet long are built at the CNB shipyard in Bordeaux. By 2021 the company had produced 6,000 catamarans. [12]
The boat is fitted with either two Swedish Volvo or two Japanese Yanmar diesel engines of 20 or 29 hp (15 or 22 kW) for docking and maneuvering. The fuel tank holds 58.2 U.S. gallons (220 L; 48.5 imp gal) and the fresh water tank has a capacity of 79.3 U.S. gallons (300 L; 66.0 imp gal).
The boat's design goals were, "a lightweight, trailerable catamaran that was fast, fun to sail, had weekend accommodations for 2 or 3 and was priced below $35,000." The design was intended to reach a break-even point at a production rate of two boats per week and would be profitable at three boats per week. The design challenge was to build a ...
The Wellcraft Scarab 38 KVs were a 28-hued, twin 440-hp boat that sold for $130,000 in 1986. [4] As a result of the publicity the show gave Wellcraft, the company received "an onslaught of orders", increasing sales by 21 percent in one year. [4] In appreciation, Wellcraft gave Don Johnson an exact duplicate of the boat featured on the show. [4]
The Cracksman 20 is an early fibreglass-hulled Fractional rigged sloop sailing catamaran used for 'day boat' trips and longer cruises. Designed by Michael Henderson in the early 1960s and built by Newbridge Boats Ltd from 1963, the boat's shallow draft (when sailing) of less than three feet allows the boat to sail with versatility in even the shallowest of waters.