Last week we opted for twin, skeg protected rudders. With that, hope returned for those of us that always felt Long Tall Sally should be able to be beachable. She will explore less well charted waters. She will work her way upriver and will have to deal with shifting sandbanks. Furthermore, her crew has to be able
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Twin or single, skeg or spade?
December 16th, 2009Long Tall Sally’s design is just about finalised. However, we still have to deal with some major issues. One of them is on the table today: what about the rudder? To answer this question, we first have to address the issue of draught. With the centreboard raised Long Tall Sally draws 2,1 meter. In order to
Interior finalised
December 10th, 2009Last week Rhoades Young finalised the General Arrangement for the interior. Projecting the deckplan on top of the General Arrangement, we try to identify points of friction. Having done this, we study cross sections per frame in order to optimise dimensions en ergonomics one last time.
It turns out four portholes are positioned where the chainplates are
Exploring Africa
November 25th, 2009After Monaco, where we noted many promising opportunities for the international launch of the Long Tall Sally concept, the project has been left to simmer for two months. Project management felt like taking a break from all the glitter and glamour and substituted the Riviera for Africa. In Ethiopia they embarked on an overland Toyota
Monaco: shooting from the hip
September 23rd, 2009Day one of the show is about to end. Slowly an order emerged from the unorderly, yet very impressive display of unlimited wealth. The first impressions were dominated by the 250 or so foot motor yachts, undoubtedly owned by some invisible Saudi sjeik, the 60 ft power-tenders, and all the beautifull people. Later some structure appeared and
