Statement of Requirements – Foveaux Strait Commuter

Certainly is, you see boats go aground and become stranded on bars and surf beaches, and the timber ones usually break up, the steel ones often unscathed.

 

Yes - I've enjoyed it too, and learnt a lot.

The trouble with steel boats is you pay a heavy penalty (pun intended !) in terms of power required (and therefore fuel consumption) for a steel boat especially if they are smallish.

Mr E, the Leech 825 would not have gotten heavier with the modifications I discussed, and it would have come up out of the water a bit but not enough to make a significant difference to bridge deck clearance.

 

Wavebreakers do seem to make a difference, but 500mm is not far shy of what would be good clearance. I guess the only way to be satified about that would be a test in rougher conditions.