David replied to me: > > Archvillain's Yacht (1920s Version) v1.0 (TL6) > > Copyright 2006 by Onno Meyer > > > > An Evil Overlord with style will not be confined to a clammy mountain > > fastness. With a yacht like this, he - or she - can travel with all the > > comforts of home. > > The yacht is powered by twin steam turbines for a top speed just over > > 30 knots. > > Not with a length of 120 feet, it's not. Speed of a displacement boat > is limited to about 1.35 * sqrt (LWL). (LWL is length on water line, > typically less than overall length). To go faster, you need to > plane. To plane 700 tonnes, you'd need quite a bit more power. > Here's a modern boat (it ain't a yacht if it doesn't have sails, > dammit) of about the same size, and claimed speed. Note it only > displaces ~150 tonnes, and has about the same amount of power. It > also needs life rafts, and a tender. (I assume the escape boat is > super secret). > > cool idea, though.
There are two external cradles (davits) in addition to the secret dock. Regarding the speed, it follows the rules - 90,000 lbs. of thrust for 500 stons (rather less than 700 metric tons). But a LWL over 400' is out of the question, I fear. Would a cat hull help? Onno _______________________________________________ GurpsNet-L mailing list <[email protected]> http://mail.sjgames.com/mailman/listinfo/gurpsnet-l
