For those of you too young to remember the title refers to a popular commercial in the 1970’s and 80’s for the leading edge of cassette audio tapes made by Memorex which were being touted as so good at capturing audio that they came up with the catchy marketing question; “Is it live or is it Memorex”. Here is a little video clip of one of the many versions of this long running ad campaign featuring Ella Fitzgerald.
And if phantasmagoria is not in your vocabulary I would like to help you add it because it is a word which articulates what I believe is becoming a more and more common state of mind defined as “A dreamlike state in which images both real or imagined blur together”. I’m experiencing this more and more as my day to day working on the design and building of Möbius involves constantly cycling between the visions for this boat I’ve had in my head for so long, the virtual worlds of 3D models and renderings and the real world of the ever evolving boat.
Then to add yet another dimension to all this phantasmagoria I’m experiencing, Naval Yachts recently had a scale model of our XPM78-01 built to be part of their booth at the Cannes Boat show last month. If you click to enlarge this photo you can see the model of the XPM in the clear case on the right and one of the GN60 on the left.
After seeing a few pictures of this model in a previous post many of you wanted to see and know more about it so I thought I would post this short overview of this very nicely done model now that it is proudly on display in the reception area at Naval Yachts.
They only gave the poor model maker less than a month to build this from scratch and get it shipped to Cannes in time and I think he did a very good job. He was given the whole 3D model, drawings and some renderings to work from and he captured a lot of the intricate details in the model which was all done by hand, no 3D printing involved.
A look into the Outdoor Galley just behind the aft end of the Pilot House with the SkyBridge above.
This is what the birds flying by the Starboard side will see as they are peering into the Helm up in the SkyBridge.
or this view of the Starboard side a bit further forward.
Good overall view from the bow with our “Sidewinder” anchor setup and the Dolphin watching seats which Uğur just welded in this week and you can see in the Weekly Update post to follow.
Finally, this perspective of the Aft Deck and Swim Platform.
I thought a bit of video might be a nice way to finish so created this little “simulated Drone fly by”. My apologies in advance for the poor quality I didn’t have my stabilised holder with me so it is a bit shaky but I hope you enjoy it none the less.
Thanks for joining us and please leave your questions, comments and suggestions in the “Join the Discussion” box below.
-Wayne
WOW, Just WOW
Hey Jack! What a treat to know that you are joining us on this fun adventure. Great to have you and Kirsten aboard with us and do hope we will be able to get you aboard once we get over to the West Coast which we will definately be heading for but not sure when, perhaps summer of 2021?
-Wayne
love it, but the anchor still looks strange to me, what is the reason for offsetting in to the side and do you think this will cause any negative impacts in big seas, eg push the boat to the side?
Well, just like the guy who decided to do this it is a bit “strange” alright but I’ve come to like it more and more since we first put it into the model over 2 years ago. We’ll have to wait and see how this performs once we get out there in real sea conditions but based on our simulated testing and design so far, we think it is going to work very well. We’ve asked your same question about side forces but they are very low and we don’t expect there to be any noticeable sideways movement from the anchor. The way we have it coming aboard and having the anchor cheeks tightly snugged up to the beefy bow roller sides the flared outer/bottom surface of the Rocna basically becomes part of the bow an presents pretty much a single mass to any seas it pushes into. You can expect to see frequent reports of how it is performing once we get out into some real good heavy seas and can put it to the test.
-Wayne
Cool animation!
Grace!!! How cool to know you have joined us on this fun adventure. Thanks! Glad you like the video and I’m trying to do more but just can’t find much time to spare from boat building right now.
Look forward to having you and Lucia onboard in the not too distant future and we are definately hearing the PNW calling our name the loudest of any area so we’ll be heading there once we launch.
-Wayne
PS. Ruby sends her licks and love as well!