Diesel Duck
Senior Member
FCJ:
I know that you've mentioned you're not heading in the direction of a custom built boat but have you considered the fact that when your boat does finally find you it will most likely not be equipped the way you want her and she will most likely need a retrofit? Depending upon what you want done this could take many many months.
Also, in one of your earlier comments you mentioned that you were considering a Bering yacht (Steel the Best). That being said, might I suggest you have George Buehler (designer of the Diesel Ducks and many other ocean crossing capable vessels) design the perfect FCJ boat and take that design to Bering and have them build it for you. I'm willing to bet a company like Bering would be eager to build you a boat and with their team and experience you'd end up with one helluva ship. Something to consider...?
Oh, regarding stabilizers.... Go with active stabilizers, fins, as opposed to a gyro if you don't want to constantly run your generator to supply power to the gyro.
I know that you've mentioned you're not heading in the direction of a custom built boat but have you considered the fact that when your boat does finally find you it will most likely not be equipped the way you want her and she will most likely need a retrofit? Depending upon what you want done this could take many many months.
Also, in one of your earlier comments you mentioned that you were considering a Bering yacht (Steel the Best). That being said, might I suggest you have George Buehler (designer of the Diesel Ducks and many other ocean crossing capable vessels) design the perfect FCJ boat and take that design to Bering and have them build it for you. I'm willing to bet a company like Bering would be eager to build you a boat and with their team and experience you'd end up with one helluva ship. Something to consider...?
Oh, regarding stabilizers.... Go with active stabilizers, fins, as opposed to a gyro if you don't want to constantly run your generator to supply power to the gyro.
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