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In 1988, Hoffmann Yacht Sales purchased PC-1501 [1] and hired Marlin Submarines in 1994 to manage the conversion of the craft. [2] The pilot compartment from PC-1501 was reused and modified by installing domed, 58 in-diameter (150 cm) windows encompassing a 150° arc and window seat forgings at each end of the hull.
Close competitor Tom Blackaller felt the boat had found a 2 ⁄ 10-knot (0.37 km/h; 0.23 mph) increase in Velocity made good when sailing to windward as she entered the third round robin. [16] The final tweak was the application of a drag reducing shark skin like riblet covering, applied to the hull just prior to the challenger finals.
A yacht broker is a specialist who serves yacht or boat sellers and/or buyers as a representative for the sale or purchase of a yacht or boat. The yacht broker is paid an agreed commission by the seller to market the yacht for sale, field interest and inquiries from buyers, handle negotiations, attend inspection and water trial and ultimately, if successful, to attend delivery.
[1] [10] The boat has a draft of 4.50 ft (1.37 m) with the standard keel and 3.5 ft (1.1 m) with the optional shoal draft keel. [1] The total sail area on boats built prior to 2005 is 283.00 sq ft (26.292 m 2) and after that date 338.00 sq ft (31.401 m 2). [1] The boat is normally fitted with a small outboard motor for
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The Tartan Ten, also called the Tartan 10, is an American sailboat that was designed by Sparkman & Stephens as a one-design racer and first built in 1978. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ] The Tartan Ten design was developed into the LS-10 in the early 2000s.
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During her Jules-Verne trophy record in 2016-2017, the trimaran Idec sport in the hands of Francis Joyon and his crew of Clément Surtel, Alex Pella, Bernard Stamm, Gwénolé Gahinet and Sébastien Audigane, covered 894 nautical miles in 24 hours, and 10 consecutive days at 809 miles / 24 h. Francis Joyon rounds Cape Horn, 16 days after riding ...