glass bottom catamran

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  1. RAHULRAMANMV
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    RAHULRAMANMV Junior Member

    i want to do something similar to glass bottom boats of key west
     
  2. TANSL
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    The attached general arrangement, shows the layout of the ship. Passengers should go down the steps to acces the viewpoints, where they remain standing, watching the bottom.
    I do not believe that, at least in my country, is permitted to make a hole in the covers to see the bottom. It greatly reduced the ship's longitudinal strength and, above all, the flooding of a compartment would lead to flooding of the whole ship. As I mentioned in my previous post, the ship must remain afloat even if a room flooded. For the same purpose, in addition, it is compulsory to place a seal, with a coaming of 650 mm, in the scale of access to viewpoints.
    Besides all this, the deck are arranged with tables and seating for all passengers. Our rules require that there are seats for every passenger. And, very, very, important, they sell sandwiches and drinks to passengers, which is part of the boat business.
     

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    You see how the crystals are held in one of my boats. This was tempered glass, no lexan neither nothing strange, all very normal.
     

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  4. RAHULRAMANMV
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    RAHULRAMANMV Junior Member

    under what class have you classified your vessels of glass bottom. i am planning to choose coastal sea water for coral site seeing
     
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    This boat was built according to Spanish regulations for passenger vessels, GRP, less than 24 meters in length: ships and boats with a maximum of 150 passengers navigating in good weather and restricted periods, which are not in any time more than 15 miles from a harbor of refuge, nor more than 3 miles offshore.
    Structure calculated in accordance with the regulations "Spercial Service Crafts" Lloyd's Register: G2 Service Group 2 covers craft Intended for service in reasonable weather, in waters where the range is 20 to refuge nautical miles or less. This group will cover craft Usually Intended for service in coastal waters, For Which geographical limits are to be Identified by the Builder and Agreed with LR
     
  6. RAHULRAMANMV
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    is this ship in operation condition.only llyods registry is applied here . here your glass are on sides .will passenger look on sides to see underwater...this ship is lenghty one ?
     
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    This boat has been working for three years. It is fully operational. It cruises between the coast and an island near Alicante (Spain), about 2 hours. Four daily comings and goings. It is about 25 m in overall length, but in the General Arrangement included in my post # 17 you can see more details. Passengers go down the stairs to the "viewpoints local" where they remain standing although it would also be possible to place banks in them. The crystals are in the sides of the hull, very close to the bottom of the boat, so that the seabed is perfectly visible. In one of the boats that I have projected the crystals were in the horizontal flat bottom of the vessel.
    For more information, if you wish, use my e.mail : 657677483@orange.es
    Regards
    Ignacio López
     

  8. RAHULRAMANMV
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    thanks ..will it be better to illuminate the area from inside or should i light area outside the bottom
     
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