News DH550 Cruise. Dave: Just a brief summary of our experiences with the Electric Marine Propulsion system aboard our new 55' catamaran, Cheetah. We have now sailed several thousand miles among the islands of the Eastern Caribbean in all sorts of sea conditions and have found the system to be excellent. The advantages over a traditional diesel motor driven catamaran are many, and we have begun to fully appreciate our decision to go electrical. Dix 470 Plywood Cruising catamaran. This is a big and powerful boat and it is intended for cruising the oceans of the world.
To take on that role, it has 1m (39”) bridgedeck clearance to minimize slamming in big seas. The hull/bridgedeck junction has received particular attention to ensure that the loads imposed by rig and ocean are properly transmitted and shared between them. Carbon composite chainplates are laminated to the inside and outside of the hull and spread the rigging loads down into the hull skin, longitudinals and bulkheads.
Laine Company Boat Works Ltd.