Moonstruck
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- Vessel Name
- Moonstruck
- Vessel Make
- Sabre 42 Hardtop Express
I like it Murray, but it needs more fuel capacity to be truly long range.
Wow. That's about $64 per hour. ... But then I'm not a million-dollar boater.
Wow. That's about $64 per hour. ... But then I'm not a million-dollar boater.
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It's all relative
Yes, relative to our incomes and priorities. As it is, I'm already spending more on the boat than my dirt home. (Happy, happy, joy, joy.)
At our local boatyard today:
A fairly lengthy GB Eastbay. Looks sort of like those ubiquitous Sabre types with ho-hum blue topsides.
A trawler yacht (dunno what make?) Again, those topsides!
A recently built Peter Kass wood Lobster Yacht. With proper color topsides.![]()
A wooden fishing trawler. No comment on the color.
I think this trawler is an early 'S&S ' 51' ( sparkman and Stevens)
A recently built Peter Kass wood Lobster Yacht. With proper color topsides.![]()
That's (or was) Julie Ann, a 40' x 12'8" John's Bay Lobsteryacht I drew almost 15 years ago. I think her top speed was about 22 knots with a 400 HP Cummins.
John's Bay Boat Lobsteryacht 40 ~ Power Boat Designs by Tad Roberts
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Hi Tad
Thanks for link. I'm usually not attracted to "monster sized" boats... But, the Express 92 modified/updated old-school design is simply Way Too Cool!
Express 92, cold-molded retro-styled express commuter ~ Power Boat Designs by Tad Roberts
Art
That's (or was) Julie Ann, a 40' x 12'8" John's Bay Lobsteryacht I drew almost 15 years ago. I think her top speed was about 22 knots with a 400 HP Cummins.
John's Bay Boat Lobsteryacht 40 ~ Power Boat Designs by Tad Roberts
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Hi Tad
Thanks for link. I'm usually not attracted to "monster sized" boats... But, the Express 92 modified/updated old-school design is simply Way Too Cool!
Express 92, cold-molded retro-styled express commuter ~ Power Boat Designs by Tad Roberts
Art
Thank you Art.
I first drew the 92' as a development of Liberty, creating what I thought was a more comfortable interior and plenty of exterior places to be as well. Some influence came from the big Luders express Bengal . While the first concept was done on spec, a client appeared to do considerable development, then he dropped the project. A couple of years later he re-appeared and by then the 92' was looking really antique. So it morphed into an updated 94' with triple waterjet power.
The wood house 92' and the 94' below.
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Tad-beautiful designs. The forward cockpit a little takeoff from Tom Fexas and the Midnight Lace? I always thought that was a pretty cool idea.
Tad, Both Designs are Simply Beautiful!![]()
Back when (50's / 60's) dad had drafting table where he drew boat designs. I would assist. That sleek look, while retaining classic style, was one of his (our) trademarks. None were the size of your 90 + footers; we stayed in 35' to 45' range. As time moved on and dad retired from engineering at Grumman he eventually moved into being lead purchasing agent for a boat builder. I worked there for a short while in late teens. His boat design foray never got too far and I did not pursue it either. He (we) did design one heck of a successful ambient-flow under hull stabilizer that I plan to further design upon and again use in the future. We used our prototype stabilizer with great results off New England coast for many successful cruising years!
Happy Boat-Design Daze! - Art![]()
Her name now is MINKIE. Thought she was a recent build for her Brooklin, ME, owner but perhaps not. In any case, she is a beautiful boat.
In 1959-60 my old friend, yacht designer Robert "Bob" Harris worked at Grumman on Long Island. He did lines work on the wings of the S2F airplane and then worked on an 60' experimental hydrofoil for the US Navy, called the Dennison(?). Perhaps he worked in engineering with your Dad? At the end of that project he left Grumman to work with Bob Derecktor in Mamaronneck, New York. Bob Harris is the designer of the Hershine and early Jefferson Motor Yachts, among many other boats.
Nonetheless Pete builds a good boat that can stay out in the weather year-in-year-out, and look good doing it......![]()
Tad-beautiful designs. The forward cockpit a little takeoff from Tom Fexas and the Midnight Lace? I always thought that was a pretty cool idea.
Think I recall his name?? Dad was on Grumman's LEM project. He helped design the first landing gears for moon landing. I often watched him design at home on that too.
According to an interview I read with Tom Fexas he based his Midnight Lace hull on what he said was his favorite hull design of all time, the Elco 80' PT hull of WWII.
Twin Packards for power! Now there's an economical combo, albeit a sweet song while doing it.
While Tom was trying to recreate the aesthetic of the PT boat, technically they are very far apart.