We are pleased to report that on this rainy morning in the Southern Hemisphere, Circa has given birth to a Tiger. Given the auspicious beginning, rain and on-schedule launching being good luck, we await with keen interest the reports to come from this newest of FPB 64s.
Her owners, being vastly experienced in the driving of heavy metal, shall quickly begin to put miles under her keel in the best FPB tradition.
Posted by Steve Dashew (May 15, 2012)
May 15th, 2012 at 9:17 pm
Ooh. I think an electronics update on Tiger is in order, judging by the kit on the mast!
Anthony
May 16th, 2012 at 12:24 am
We’ll see if we can get some details for you.
May 16th, 2012 at 1:09 am
I really love the way the top hamper strikes so significantly. I’m guessing that that is pretty drastic action and not something you’d do just so you can go to parties a couple canals over in the Netherlands. Worth taking a look at as a manual inclusion.
Does that require an external crane to restore? I’ve spent a good bit of time wrestling with Navy booms that were less than magnificently engineered. Most of the gear I worked with was designed before the end of conscription, even if it was built well afterwards. I’m less enamored of equipment that is designed for a host of draftees to assemble with an abundance of youthful energy and a shortage of indexed engineering. How do you keep the mast tracking cleanly while it’s raising.
May 16th, 2012 at 3:49 pm
The up/down mechanism is actually quite simple, and rigged onboard using the vessel’s own winches. Two good hands, and half a day, would be our guess – quicker the second cycle.
May 18th, 2012 at 6:48 am
Best of luck to Tiger and her crew. Look forward to hearing of her advantures. Have the remaining 64 series hull numbers been named?
May 19th, 2012 at 6:44 am
Don’t know the answer to that, David.