Willard 40 ft Navy launch
Our 50 Utility* was Uniflite built and is probably the best/strongest GRP construction I have ever seen.
Should the carrier be sinking the launches would be brought up on deck and simply pushed over the side , a 40 to 60 ft drop depending on the deck list.
The full foam flotation takes up loads of room , but with a slightly smaller interior plan it can be kept.
The USCG will allow conversion to PAX carrying vessels , 49 is not hard if the past owner hasn't screwed up the guts.
At about 20,000 lbs there is little transom drag , so a full displacement cruise of 7K is under 3 GPH
12+K is about 9-10GPH , and doesn't toss that huge a wake , 20,000 is light.
The built in lifting system is ripe for conversion.
The bow readily converts to a really strong anchor Bollard mount point, the mid ships lift hardware make a fine flopper stopper mast rigging and FS boom mounting points.
The 6-71 DD now in ours was in the Can for almost 50 years, before instalation, , so the gov has two locations for the throttle,
Normal,,,,,,,,,Battle!
-- Edited by FF on Thursday 10th of February 2011 05:29:09 AM
