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THE WORLD IS NOT ENOUGH - MILLENNIUM 140'
Although she's named after a fictional character, real government
agents covet this high speed Millennium.
No kidding: a group of five U. S. military contractors interested
in hull number two of the series were on board as we cruised up
the Florida coast last fall with her captain, crew and Navel Architect
Frank Mulder, the designer of the boat. Military intelligence-no
oxymoron jokes please- was interested in the 140's Alustar hull
speed, and made inquiries into building a second hull for drug smuggler
rundowns in the islands.
Luckily for them, the government won't have to make the Faustian
bargain that Frank Mulder had to make with regard to the design
of the yacht- shaving the envelope as thin as possible to compensate
for the marble and high glass burl walnut interior. They were interested
in the stepped, deep-V Alustar hull-which was tank tested extensively
and ranges in thickness from 12mm to 6mm-and the incredible turbine/waterjet
propulsion package consisting of twin 5436-hp Paxman 18VP185 diesels
employing twin Lipps wing jets with an award winning custom Renk
gearbox for primary power and maneuvering; and twin 4600-hp Lycoming
T40 turbines employing Lipps booster jets on a common, custom Allen
gearbox. That's just over 20,000 horses if you do the math.
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