Newport delivers! 🌅 Spectacular sunset this evening on the Volvo Ocean Race Village - enjoyed by all from the New York Yacht Club-Harbour Court, and certainly from the Gunboat 60 pictured here at the end of the dock.
A well-designed systems package can be the difference between enjoying a sunset with a cold drink in the aft cockpit or your head buried in the engine room. In this article, we share some insight into Gunboat 68 systems design as it relates to the backbone electrical and plumbing systems - from concept to installation, and with built-in "future proofing"!
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ALL SYSTEMS GO - GUNBOAT 68 Systems
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Gunboat 60 MOONWAVE has just relaunched with a brand new, fully integrated Deep Blue Hybrid System aboard! Put simply in the article, “this is definitively a game changer.” Read on!
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Moonwave - Deep Blue Hybrid System - MOONWAVE - Gunboat 60 Catamaran
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After years of development and working close with the engineers from Torqeedo by sharing our needs and requirements for Moonwave – we now have the complete Deep Blue Hybrid System installed on board...
Many thanks for sharing your knowledge - it sounds like an incredible system you have put in place. The world needs ‘early adopters ‘ like you to show the way. Sail well.
Can we get engineering specs? Battery kWh. Solar kWh etc? Thanks!
My someday dream / reality. Someday.
Great article. Would like to see some more info on the hydro power.
We're excited to see the Roam short film "Lines to Hawaii" has been selected to screen at the 40th annual Mountainfilm Festival in Telluride, CO, in good company with many other inspiring documentaries! Watch Travis Rice and Ian Walsh voyaging on Gunboat 48 FALCOR from Tahiti to Hawaii, finding never-been-surfed spots, and basically making all of our bucket lists a little longer.
Post a photo for us if you're lucky enough to be attending this awesome festival over Memorial Day Weekend, or catch the film through the link below!
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Footage by Amory Ross with G.W. Scott
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We are proud to announce that our short film, “Lines to Hawaii,” has been selected to screen later this month at the 40th annual Mountainfilm in Telluride, Colorado. While sailing 2,500 nautical miles from Tahiti to Hawaii, snowboarder Travis Rice and I explored the some of the most pristine ecosystems on the planet, the Line Islands, located in the Central Pacific. We found waves that may have never been surfed before, tasted the sweetest coconuts ever, and endured a fierce squall in the Doldrums. 73% of the water samples we collected contained microplastics, confirming that even the most secluded parts of the ocean are contaminated by human consumption.
>> Footage by Amory Ross with G.W. Scott Roam
That looks amazing
Great piece of work. Followed you all the way!
Alastair Mitchell - how awesome is this?!
Gunboat 66 COCO DE MER received a very exciting package in the mail today at Newport Shipyard! Any guesses?!
All great guesses so far! 😂
Can only be one thing. A lovely new rotating all carbon wingmast from Southern Spars! ❤️ Close?
Looks like a large box to keep masts in - could prove useful
Looks like a southern spars mast
New WiFi antennae?
spin pole?
Rudder?
I'm thinking that it must be a customized fishing rod. After all, given the typical pace at which Gunboats move, a large 'bending moment' is required in order to keep the line from snapping for anything but the smallest of minnows. Alternatively, it is a suitably sized newfangled cat tail (please excuse the pun 😉), with the same intended function as a feline's tail: enhanced stability.
From someone in the "know", it's obviously a Turbo Encabulator! youtu.be/rLDgQg6bq7o
...football?
A very long Pizza?
Pole saw.
Main halyard?
Bridge for moorings 😀
Offshore daggerboards? boat hook? stand-off toilet plunger?
Clarinet ?
