boat stabilizers, yacht stabilizer, marine stabilizers-TRAC 540
Rough Road, Smooth Ride-By Alan Harper for Power & Motoryacht
May 2008
The Navetta 26 is fitted with a pair of TRAC 300 stabilizers and 9 sq/ft fins
the TRAC stabilizers on the Navetta 26 impresses one of the industrys leading writers
Power & Motoryacht magazine, May 2008 Issue, article by Alan Harper.
"Are you ever wrong about anything? Not me. Ask my wife. But on this occasion, I have to admit that I might have been mistaken. The Navetta is fitted standard with a pair of Mistubishi antirolling gyros, buried down between the engines, and the wind and chop were such that these units had been working to steady the boat at her boat-show berth. As we pulled away, however, the captain switched them off. If any steadying was needed underway, it would be up to the Navetta's TRAC digital fin stabilizers.
As we ventured out into the bay and past the old castle and monastery on the Iles de Lerins, we felt the full force of the breeze for the first time—a steady, Mediterranean yachtsman's blow, constant, warm, and strong. The waves were already a steep five or six feet and would certainly get bigger as we proceeded downwind. I waited for the start of the roll. And waited.
I checked that the ARGs were indeed switched off. I waited some more, glancing aft to gauge the size of the waves again. And as I waited, and nothing happened, I began to relax. It wasn't that the fins were merely coping, keeping the roll to a minimum—they were ironing it out completely. We were cruising down the coast as steadily as a battlecruiser: 13 knots at 2070 rpm, with decks dead level. I could walk without reaching out to steady myself. Drinks stayed where they were put. The only interruptions to our steady, calm progress were my repeated expressions of disbelief.
But what if it wasn't really all that rough? We turned through 180 degrees to see what would happen. The Navetta's fine bow sections and generous flare punched through the seas like a trawler, while the wind picked up the sheeting spray and hurled it clean over the wheelhouse. Okay, it was rough. No wonder there was hardly anyone else out. Beam-on, I expected the fins to struggle against the momentum of the yacht's superstructure. We were going to roll. I braced myself. Nothing happened. At 90 degrees to the waves, we simply rose up and down on a dead-even keel. It was more than impressive, it was extraordinary..."
Read the whole story in Power & Motoryacht here
http://www.powerandmotoryacht.com/custom%2Dline/custom%2Dline%2Dnavetta%2D26/
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