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Tatoosh's features include: Five decks; a master suite, a saloon and other rooms on the top deck; a saloon with a French limestone fireplace, a dining area, staterooms and a ladies' powder room on the main deck; a shaded 6 feet (1.8 m) deep swimming pool with adjustable floor in depth, located aft on the main deck beneath a full overhang; [11]
Rothman contacted Uniflite, a Bellingham, Washington boat builder, and by 1974 the first Valiant rolled off their line. The design combined the classic canoe stern cruiser shape with a fin keel and skeg hung rudder instead of the traditional full keel. [4] These two starts led to more design commissions for Islander Yachts and Tayana Yachts.
Boat deck: Especially on ships with sponsons, the deck area where lifeboats or the ship's gig are stored. Boiler deck : (river steamers) The passenger deck above the vessel's boilers . Bridge deck : (a) The deck area including the helm and navigation station, and where the Officer of the Deck/Watch will be found, also known as the conn .
A hull is the watertight body of a ship, boat, submarine, or flying boat. The hull may open at the top (such as a dinghy), or it may be fully or partially covered with a deck. Atop the deck may be a deckhouse and other superstructures, such as a funnel, derrick, or mast. The line where the hull meets the water surface is called the waterline.
Tatoosh may refer to: Tatoosh, yacht owned by Paul Allen; Tatoosh Island, Washington, United States; Tatoosh Wilderness, Washington, United States; Tatoosh Range, Washington, United States; Tatoosh fire, 2006 fire in Washington and British Columbia
For a given sail area a gaff rig has a shorter mast than a Bermudan rig.In short-ended craft with full body, heavy displacement and moderate ballast ratio, it is difficult to set enough sail area in the Bermudan rig without a mast of excessive height and a centre of effort (CE) too high for the limited stability of the hull. [8]
Less commonly, the inward curve of the body near the bottom may also be called a tumblehome. In 21st century automobile designs this turnunder is less pronounced or eliminated to reduce aerodynamic drag and to help keep the lower portions of the vehicle cleaner under wet conditions. It is known in bus body design as well.
A polar diagram, or polar plot, is a graph that shows a sailboat's potential speed over a range of wind speeds and relative wind angles. [1] It normally consists of the right side of a line chart with the radius representing the yacht speed and the angle representing the wind direction blowing from top to bottom. Several lines are normally ...