7/7/08 Sedan
and Photos added
47-Plus Diesel Duck
Another new DUCK is coming. The 47-Plus is
being designed for a guy in Israel. Work is happening now on her
but meanwhile, here's how she's turning out. She shows her heritage
of the 462 and the 41-Plus proudly!
The basic ship, no fly bridge, but a nice
cockpit. A remote auto pilot allows you to roam the whole deck
and drive so the flybridge isn't really needed. You can stand
on the roof and drive into tight places, using the cable system
of the auto-pilot. If you dare of course!
The above may be true but just the
same, I like a flybridge and would almost certainly have it!
Here's how I'd set her up. This
interior would be a great liveaboard both for cruising or at the
dock!
Here she is flush decked forward.
I gave her fwd. deck a 1" rise to foot of beam to give the
same headroom and wide sole as the version above has. This is
certainly a rugged looking ship but in practice, the deckhouse
version, when built of steel, is just a strong, gets more light
inside, and is actually easier to get around on deck because you
have the handrail on top of the house.
Here she is again with a vertical front
wall on the house. Like the goofy stern, I'm afraid I've become
used to the fwd. slope pilot house windows and now like the look.
Hey, did you ever dream you'd like the look of a '59 Caddie of
Chevy? I like them these days too!
Flush decked and vertical wheelhouse
version
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47 Plus Duck HYDROSTATIC
CALCULATIONS
SETTINGS DIMENSIONS
LOA 49.75 ft
LWL 48.48 ft
Bmax 14.23 ft
BWL 13.80 ft
Draft max 5.50 ft
Volume 1127.76 ft3
Displ. 72176.63 lb.
COEFFICIENTS
Prismatic 0.657
Block 0.318
Midships 0.484
MOMENTS
Waterplane 0.789 Trim 1 in. 8117.6
Heel 1 in. 1931.8
Trim 1 deg. 82730.6
Heel 1 deg. 5606.6
RATIOS
L/B Ratio 3.51
D/L ratio 283
Lbs./In. 2815
AREAS
Waterplane 527.88 ft2
Wetted Surf 781.51 ft2
CENTROIDS
LCB 25.76 ft (50.7% aft)
LCF 26.91 ft (53.1% aft)
VCB -1.34 ft STABILITY
XWS 27.05 ft (53.4% aft) GM trans 4.45 ft
ZWS -2.31 ft GM long 65.67 ft
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