{"id":32357,"date":"2014-09-26T14:09:38","date_gmt":"2014-09-26T19:09:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/setsail.com\/?p=32357"},"modified":"2014-09-26T16:59:59","modified_gmt":"2014-09-26T21:59:59","slug":"fpb-64-10-launches-fpbs-78-3-and-64-11-begin-construction-posted-by-sarah","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/setsail.com\/fpb-64-10-launches-fpbs-78-3-and-64-11-begin-construction-posted-by-sarah\/","title":{"rendered":"FPB 64-10 Launches, FPBs 78-3 and 64-11 Begin Construction – Posted by Sarah"},"content":{"rendered":"
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We are pleased to report that FPB 64-10 has begun her sea trials. Riptide<\/em> is sitting well on her lines and happy to be afloat.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n The roof structure has been installed on FPB 78-1.<\/p>\n The engine room of FPB 78-1 looking from aft to forward. The bulkhead cutouts outboard will eventually have bolted cover plates. These provide access under the aft shower modules.<\/p>\n Framing is well along on FPB 78-2.<\/p>\n The pointy end of FPB 78-2, showing the framing that supports the stem bar when it is in contact with something harder than seawater.<\/p>\n This is a chain bin in the forepeak of FPB 78-1.<\/p>\n And the beginning of the prop shaft system installation. This framing will get plated over and the skeg trailing edges sharpened to almost a knife point.<\/p>\n One of the props for FPB 97-1. Note the interceptor strips by which we are supposed to be able to alter pitch characteristics during sea trials.<\/p>\n FPB 97-1 inverter bank.<\/p>\n Engine room FPB 97-1. Air intakes are above the inverted waterline.<\/p>\n And finally, a small part of the growing stack that will become FPB 78-3. Exciting stuff down in New Zealand.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<\/p>\n
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