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Broward Marine’s legacy continues with a new owner, fresh ideas and the launch of a 120-foot raised pilothouse motor yacht.
by Bill Ando
photography by Shaw McCutcheon
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08/01/2007
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The gearboxes and 2,000-hp MTU engines received what Soundown
Regional Manager Sam Smullin calls the "first yacht-quality Rubber Design engine isolation package." It comprises a flexible shaft coupling, semi-elastic gearbox
mounting and high-deflection conical engine mount that isolates the low
frequency. "The combination provides excellent isolation and smooth and quiet
operation throughout the operating range," Smullin says.
The lower- and main-deck soles are Soundown QuietCore panels
consisting of nine-millimeter-thick meranti plywood skins sandwiching a
Tuff-Mass acoustic barrier core floating on six-millimeter-thick Sylomer, an engineered, vibration-absorbing foam. The material combinations delivered 65
decibels at cruising speed in the staterooms on the lower level; better than the
expected 68 decibels was achieved in the salon.
The exhaust system uses Soundown Tower mufflers that reduce the
low frequency exhaust pulse before it exits underwater. During low-speed
operation a Soundown WaterDrop silencer silences the gases exiting through the
above-water bypass. "The combination provides a package that is compact and
quiet throughout the speed range," says Smullin.
In late summer, a U.S. owner will take delivery of 602, a 120
with walkaround decks and a high-gloss interior. Like 601, the second hull is
ABS classed and MCA certified.
Build 603, which sold to a European client, and build 604 are
scheduled for respective deliveries in February and May 2008. They are both
125-foot Global series yachts. The Euro version of the 125 features a den
between the galley and the dining room. Both versions include a hull-side
lazarette to store a tender and a PWC.
In 601 Lewis finally has the boat he set out to buy, in addition to a
world class support network. Although he will sell it if someone is interested,
until that time it’s quite the calling card.
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