#598 32.8' x 11.8'- V Landing Craft

(photos courtesy of Lyman Morse)

Background:

This design was developed to work in aquaculture in the Gulf of Maine. The first was built by Lyman Morse Fabrication in Thomaston, Maine for the University of New Hampshire. Lifting capability consists of two davits and a hydraulic crane mounted just forward of the house.

Particulars:

Length (hull):

Beam (hull):

Wt. as rigged:

Wt. Bare Hull:

Deadrise Angles-

Transom:

Sta. 4:

Cutwater:

32' - 9"

11' - 10" (w/o rub rails)

9,265# (twin 250 hp outboard, no crane or HPU)

6,250# (w/ house)

Scantlings:

Bottom:

Bot. Stringers:

Chine Flats:

Sides:

Side Stringers:

Decks:

Transverse Frames:

Transom:

Keelson:

.250"

3.5" x .250"

.375"

.190"

3" x .250"

.190"

.190", flanged

.375"

6" x .500"

Stock Weight (approx):

Blank Plate: 8,300# (w/ house),

Est @ 75% yield

Extrusion: 800#