Here's One for Henning - - -

I am sure the world economy bit into the completion of the boat... but .. my gut feeling is the boat yard probably milked the job too..:yesnod::idea:.

Either way, it would make a great cruiser if it ever gets finished.:yesnod:..IMHO
 
A Deerfoot built by them should be sweet, but not worth the $$$. The Volvo 70s from this year's race will be on the market shortly and cheap. Those guys were doing mid 20s consistently on about 450hp worth of drive. That's the hull I want to build out.
 
From the follow-up:
The boat, which is essentially just a hull, still needs a mast, a keel and interior finishing, Lyman said.
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I am far from educated in modern vessel construction, but how is a hull made before the keel? I always thought the keel is laid first, then hull/mast/etc. is built off the keel. Is this something new, or unique to this design?
 
I suspect(though not confirmed) that the hull was cast at North End Marine , in Rockland. They cast hulls for many boat builders who then finish the vessels. North End Marine was purchased by Sabre Yachts some 15+ years ago, they having supplied hulls to Sabre(South Casco, Maine) for a long time. Likely, if my suspicion is correct, the 70' hull was transported from Rockland to Lyman-Morse(Thomaston) via rail car. Lyman-Morse is located in what used to be Black & Gay Canning Company, and there is a railroad siding right up to the property. I worked at Black & Gay when I was a teenager; used to load cases of canned goods directly from the building and into the boxcars. The main RR track goes right past the original home of Major General Henry Knox, U.S. 1st Secretary of War, under George Washington. Henry Knox's house was demolished around 1908 to make way for the new thing, railroad tracks. Only one of the original Knox buildings still remains, became the railroad station, has for many years been the home of Thomaston Historical Society. Google MONTPELIER Thomaston Maine and you'll see the Henry Knox home as it was rebuilt about ½ mile away, and has original furnishings in it from late 1700s.

http://www.generalknoxmuseum.org/

HR
 
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airbornejohnny said:
From the follow-up:

I am far from educated in modern vessel construction, but how is a hull made before the keel? I always thought the keel is laid first, then hull/mast/etc. is built off the keel. Is this something new, or unique to this design?
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Depending on the design (and a bit on nomenclature) the keel can be bolted/welded onto the hull rather than being an integral part of the hull. Lead (the metal) is sometimes used for its weight but is too soft to be a structural part of the hull.

-Skip
 
airbornejohnny said:
From the follow-up:

I am far from educated in modern vessel construction, but how is a hull made before the keel? I always thought the keel is laid first, then hull/mast/etc. is built off the keel. Is this something new, or unique to this design?
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In this case they are referring to the ballast keel rather than structural keel. The hull isn't worth near what they are asking.
 
Henning said:
..... The hull isn't worth near what they are asking.
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After looking at all the details, I have to agree with ya..... The boatyard was milking the job trying to extract maximum cash from the weathly guy.... He probably bailed on the project to cut his losses and the boatyard will sell it for way less then they "think" it is worth... Kinda like poetetic (sp) justice...;)
 
N801BH said:
After looking at all the details, I have to agree with ya..... The boatyard was milking the job trying to extract maximum cash from the weathly guy.... He probably bailed on the project to cut his losses and the boatyard will sell it for way less then they "think" it is worth... Kinda like poetetic (sp) justice...;)
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This is not at all unusual in the yacht business, crooks everywhere with keystone and multi keystone profits and vendor markups.
 
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