Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/09/19
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Exactly the sort of reply I was hoping for!after spending a lifetime crossing oceans at 550 kts on average, doing it at 7 has a strong appeal. Thx,simon amsterdam On Fri, Sep 18, 2009 at 9:15 PM, Lawrence Zeitlin <lrzeitlin op gmail.com>wrote: > *Simon,* > > * Nordhavn is a brand of a company formed in the 70s, Pacific Asian > Enterprises, to design and market ocean going trawlers and motorsailers. > The > boats are constructed in Taiwan. The smallest boat in the Nordhavn lineup > is > a 35 ft. coastal cruiser. The ocean going trawlers start at 40 ft. and then > increase in size in approximately three foot intervals up to 73 feet. They > feature heavily constructed, full displacement hulls, moderately powered > with industrial grade diesel engines. A Nordhavn 40 was the first > production > powerboat boat to circumnavigate the globe, although the trip had been made > many times before by sailboats as small as 19 feet. The biggest problem the > Nordhavn encountered was assuring an adequate fuel supply, almost running > out of fuel on the leg from California to Hawaii. The power source for > sailboats, the wind, is free and in infinite supply. Nordhavns have the > reputation of the "pocket battleships" of recreational trawlerdom. Most > boaters will find the boat an inadequate "summer cottage" since > construction > to withstand the full fury of the elements makes the boats heavy and limits > interior accommodation. Not many of us care to cross oceans at 7 miles an > hour.* > > * I've sailed on several Nordhavns. Once as far as Bermuda from the US east > coast. I have great respect for the integrity of the boats, sort of like > Leica cameras, but they are overkill for the type of boating I do now. I'm > sure that's more than you want to know but if you need more information, > check out the web site at:www.nordhavn.com/* > > * Larry Z* > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >