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Wednesday 23 June 2010

Med adventure - nice thought!

Currently, the ILB has a good lead on its larger sibling in the call out stakes......
but on a Thursday evening some of the crew take to the water and race in the Bay, good to see the old hands like Mr Henderson (at the mast) give youngsters like Sam a chance to take it easy and man the helm......
a snip at around £2.4 million.....built by Farmont Yachts, Antalya, Turkey the Med Adventure was the first of a new series called "Trawler series" designed by Kevin Kerwin with interior design by Rene van der Velde and completed in 2004.

With a displacement of 100 tons, 21.32m long, a beam of 6.20m and a draft of 1.50m the two main engine are 480 hp Caterpillar 34306Cs which give he a maximum speed of 12 knots
and a range of 5.000 nm at 8 knots. She was making around 10 knots on her way from Cowes to Newlyn......
a very popular hull form in the US of A.......
with this particular design allowing those on board to take full advantage of the deck spaces aft......
op for'ard, the mini bulbous bow will at least shave something off the fuel costs, though at that price would you really worry too much?.......
meanwhile back on planet earth, the bots aboard the Ajax put their hard won efforts ashore, no doubt having enjoyed many of the sights of the sea at this time of year, dolphins and diving gannets to name but a few......
the monsters of the deep are blooming in the heat........
and the evening sky makes for an interesting mix of hues.

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