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Sunseeker were one of the biggest customers of a company I worked for in the nineties and noughties. We manufactured and supplied moisture proof hardwood veneers. There must be boats out there that I have had a minor hand in creating.
 
Sunseeker were one of the biggest customers of a company I worked for in the nineties and noughties. We manufactured and supplied moisture proof hardwood veneers. There must be boats out there that I have had a minor hand in creating.
Did you get aboard one? I'd love a Sunseeker, they're so beautiful. All I need is the money to buy and operate one.
 
I participated in a Sunseeker treasure hunt once. Six teams of four. Each team has a Sunseeker. You get given a clue in one of the harbours in the Solent. To find the answer you have to go another harbour. And so on. Everyone gets a go on the helm for a 30 or 40 knot blat across the Solent. So much fun it should be illegal.
 
As that's so front-heavy, by rights it should tip forward into the sea. How do they prevent that happening?
I would think a fine balancing act between ballast and propulsion. Besides ballast tanks to distribute weight evenly, it has two main propellers and three bow tunnel units and two stern tunnel units for positioning and direction of travel. It’s gross weight is over ten thousand ton.
 
Having been stuck in port for three days on a list(a few degrees wonky) I’ve had to find alternate toileting facilities as my cabin washroom isn’t draining with all sorts of frothy floaty nasties to Wade through if I was willing to get the crocs damp

found a big airy nicely tiled clean and warm communal heads next to my office

it’s only failing is a weak wifi signal

cramped and wet versus dry light and airy
 
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I would think a fine balancing act between ballast and propulsion. Besides ballast tanks to distribute weight evenly, it has two main propellers and three bow tunnel units and two stern tunnel units for positioning and direction of travel. It’s gross weight is over ten thousand ton.
It’s also the shape of the hull under the water. The centre of gravity needs to line up with the centre of buoyancy, which is the centroid of the displaced volume. There’s not so much displaced volume at the aft end…

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you try to minimize the ballast you cart around. The engines are under the superstructure and under the deck are cargo tanks, generally for fuel, water, drilling fluids, liquid mud and dry cement.

Be a little wary of gross tons; as it’s actually a measure of volume, not weight. Minder is 4912 deadweight tones, which is the cargo it can carry, plus it’s own fuel and crew effects.
 
It’s also the shape of the hull under the water. The centre of gravity needs to line up with the centre of buoyancy, which is the centroid of the displaced volume. There’s not so much displaced volume at the aft end…

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you try to minimize the ballast you cart around. The engines are under the superstructure and under the deck are cargo tanks, generally for fuel, water, drilling fluids, liquid mud and dry cement.

Be a little wary of gross tons; as it’s actually a measure of volume, not weight. Minder is 4912 deadweight tones, which is the cargo it can carry, plus it’s own fuel and crew effects.
Thanks for the information. Though not involved in shipping I have always been astounded at how some of the bigger vessels operate. I seem to be spending more time watching programmes about them on the Discovery channel and similar.
 
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