BOXABLE LIFTING/Canting Keel Production Yacht
At the very top of the design
brief for this vessel was the unusual request
that the boat be able to fit into a standard
shipping container in order to drastically
reduce the cost of moving the boat from
Australia to the Med on a regular basis.
This has been achieved with a very narrow
hull and a very elegant lifting/canting
keel arrangement, which incorporates a canting
keel box through which the keel fin slides.
The rudder lifts out of a drum style bearing
arrangement, which also assists with simplifying
break down for shipping. The boat is currently
in construction in Sydney and is expected
to launch early 2006 in Sydney and again
in Italy in July and then in Sweden. |
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