[PUP] Passagemaker attributes - pilothouse location

[Truelove39 at aol.com]

Hi  Ken,
 
Thanks  for sharing your exp. with the 62. IMHO Nordys best (after the 46) - 
a  great boat and likely patterned after our Skookum 53 :-)  
 
You  are right about the 1/3 of the way from the stern - that's the magic 28% 
that  Beebe stated as the ideal location for the paravanes. I  called it the 
"center of pitch" in my original post for clarity; it is really  the Center of 
Flotation (CF).
 
Question - how does your 68 compare to the 62 in a head  sea?
 
Regards,
 
John
"Seahorse"
 
 
>I  probably shouldn't post anything, because I'm not sure I'm  correctly
following the discussion, but as a former Nordhavn 62 owner I can  definitely
say that the pilothouse sure seemed to be in the perfect location.  It is at
the center pivot point to the boat. We were in wild seas on  several
occasions, and you could clearly see where the center of the boat  was. The
closer you were to the center, the more stable you felt. On the N62  this
meant the pilot house, or the aft deck behind the pilot house. It also  meant
the main salon. Interestingly, the pivot point didn't seem to be at  the
middle of the length of the boat, but about 1/3rd of the way from the  back
of the boat. My interpretation has always been (and, correct me if  I'm
wrong), that this is because the center of the vessel (the center  of
gravity) is at the center of the vessel's weight, not its' length, and  that
with the engines towards the back of the boat on the N62, the center  of
gravity is aft of midship. 

The other nice thing about the  pilothouse location on the N62 was the huge
bow in front of the pilothouse.  Rarely did waves coming over the bow hit the
windshield. In the pilothouse,  we were a good 25 feet back from the bow.
This also gives the N62 a HUGE bow  which is perfect for tenders.


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