Dockwise Yacht Transport Launches New Yacht Carrier
April 20th, 2007 by EDB
Recently we mentioned the Far Harbour 39, a sailboat designed around the specific parameters that enable it to fit inside a 40 foot shipping container, making trans-ocean moves to distant ports very easy. All well and good, you say, but what if you already have a yacht and no desire to purchase something else?
Dockwise, a company specializing in semi-submersible heavy lift vessels capable of moving all sorts of things from drilling rigs to submarines also offers services for moving yachts worldwide with float-on/float-off yacht transport service. Their ships are specifically designed for the job and they’ve just launched a new supership, the 685.7-foot (209 meters) Yacht Express.
… built at the Yantai Raffles Shipyard in China, (it) has an official delivery date of May, 2007. It will be the largest vessel of its kind in the world, purpose-built with a semi-submersible dock bay that allows yachts of any size to be safely floated on and off as cargo. Yacht Express will join four other dedicated yacht carriers, all semi-submersible, in the existing liner service of DYT.
With a speed of 18 knots, it cuts transit time in half and with a beam of 106 feet (32 meters) and deck space of 55,060 feet (5,115 square meters), the vessel has a carrying capacity of 5,000 metric tons. An amazing ship and very useful service for those with the desire to sail distant ports with the added feature that your boat doesn’t have to fit inside a little box, either!
Link: Dockwise
Link: Dockwise “Yacht Express”via Gizmag
Expanding Capstan Tables
April 9th, 2007 by EDB
If you’re one of the fortunate individuals who needs to specify the equipment for your mega yacht, these expanding capstan tables from DB Fletcher should be on your list of things to consider. The circular tables are designed to seat six until you rotate the outer perimeter where hidden leaves slide into place and the table expands to seat twelve while remaining circular. It’s an amazing bit of engineering and the quality of these table obviously befits their intended placement.
The website has videos which show the tables in operation and if you find high quality workmanship and innovative technology to your liking, be sure to have a look.
Link: DB Fletcher Design
Smuggler Model Boat - Found Object Art
April 6th, 2007 by EDB
Some artists work in metal or wood, some in clay, but Michael Ulman works with whatever he happens to find laying around odd places in his shop, at a garage sale, in a pile of discards but then the magic begins. You see, Michael is a found object artist. An old vacuum cleaner, a mailbox or bits and pieces of indeterminate origin are the raw material for some of the most amazing sculptures you’ve ever seen.
The images here are of “Smuggler” a wooden speedboat with long lines and a powerful engine, even though it is all a fantasy image of an idealized dream. You’ll identify a few parts, a gear here, a piece of a camera there but when everything is put together it seems it couldn’t have been any other way.
Michael builds art with engines, hot rods, motorcycles, speedboats and more and I find his work absolutely fascinating. If the images here appeal to you, be sure to check out his website for many more. Top shelf stuff.
Link: Michael Ulman
