BoatBanter.com - View Single Post - New diesel inboard design for Glacier Bay Cats

On 8 Feb 2005 16:02:34 -0800, wrote:

(this should be particularly well received by folks in the southern
hemisphere) :-)

From today's e-mail

I am sure you're building an amazing new boat tour schedule for
Miami, but would like to add one more to your schedule. We have been
very busy out in Seattle this year and have built a Cat industry first;
a diesel inboard with a twist. The complete running gear is protected
via a full keel and the design is very, very slippery/fishy. Our 22"
diameter prop runs in a special pocket behind and above a full sand bar
attached to the glass keel. It took some effort to work the details
and engineer what amounts to a huge pocket for the large diameter prop,
in a Cat hull where the area above the prop becomes 90% pocket. Most
boats would have pockets that make-up 7%-8% of the aft running surface,
a much simpler task.

My marina was on the cutting edge of this type of construction in the
late 80s. Im glad to see it has taken off.