SecondOn a boat, just like in an RV, there are often obvious questions: how much is it? What can it do and how much does it cost? This time we will take a look at the nautical parallel universe, the two masters of the ocean Orion. Its purpose is almost exclusively to remove the fuse for the ship’s owner and the bank’s stroller. He has been doing this since 1910.
Let’s start with names that are not humble. The Orion of all oceans is otherwise known as the arrogant cruise ship at best. It is also intended as a private maritime residence. Visit the beautiful bay with pastel-colored houses around the low stone pier on the Italian Riviera. Lungomare, this is what the Italians call the promenade. Her career began with a more obscure name. She represented a British shipowner as the forest elf Sylvana, when she was the first location for yacht construction in the UK. The Royal Regatta Britannia in 1893 was smaller. As a sloop, it relied on a large crew to handle a smaller and correspondingly larger canvas.This Prince Wales are more hourly sailors than day or week sailors.
Schooner-rigged 2-masters, whose rear mast is higher than the front mast, proved their value in the late sailing era of fishing and pilotage services. When the wind is strong, the shape of the ship is enough to sail, and there are only a few pieces of cloth on the foremast. In the case of breeze and half wind, the possibility is set on the main mast, and compensation is made on the cantilever above the water. Rigging has been improved in Belle Époque to increase speed and sailing pleasure. Except for the pulley block, there was no tool to control the force at that time. The caravan is ideal for long-distance sailing tours with an easy-to-manage crew. With a width of 7.5 meters, it provides space for a comfortable owner and cabin, and can also accommodate a crew of 7 people. Because of its length, it is fast. This will answer two common practical questions about Orion.
The main mast is stretched to compensate for the engine, fuel tank and stainless steel kitchen
In “Golfo Paradiso”, the waters near Genoa are called, the slight hot wind from sailors can move the toys at most. Usually, the boat you can buy has a lot of impressive things in it, and then it swings awkwardly in the lead sea. Because of this, and because the ordinary modern hobby boatman unfortunately has no time to wait for his often forgotten friends, wind, they usually drizzle from gas station to gas station. Driving a sailboat across the sea and driving in a straight line of stagnant water is as boring and offensive as driving a bus. Too noisy. Severe and meaningless burning of diesel is a real plague.
In order to understand how Orion saves sailors from this pain when the breeze blows over the sea, it is inevitable to briefly introduce the physics of sailing. It is about the motorized ratio of sail area to weight. The so-called sail load is the calculation result of dividing the area (square meter) of the short-distance sail to the power of the third power of the displacement (tons). This sounds more complicated than it actually is. Orion’s number is 5.7. An amazing value, otherwise modern sailing regatta boats are moving. During the two-year overhaul in 2005, the main mast was slightly lengthened. The main mast is stretched to compensate for the heavy engine, tank and stainless steel kitchen. If we see Orion hovering over the Golfo Paradiso in the distance, we will have the illusion of a master. The foremast disappeared in front of the mainmast. We don’t know that the sail geometry of any other sailboat has been pushed to the extreme.
