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..wishing you all happy sailing...

STINGER 630
on test
The Stinger 630 - 230hp version has arrived !
Call or e-mail for info.

See also
www.schat-harding.com

Faerder race

For photos see
www.havseilerklubben.no

Norwegian Design Council Award 2010:

FF 1200/FF 1200S - Free-fall lifeboat

The market for the newly developed FF1200 and FF1200S is offshore platforms and ships. Free-fall lifeboats are a very effective and safe method of evacuating a platform.
FF1200 and FF1200S are the only boats that have been developed to satisfy and exceed the new, stricter requirements for free-fall lifeboats. It is an advanced rescue boat that is among the best in the world in its industry.

Jury`s verdict

The FF1200 and FF1200S represent a major advancement of free-fall lifeboats. It is the largest free-fall lifeboat ever produced and has the world record for lifeboats with a free fall of 55 meters. The solution provides a clear signal that a design process is about much more than just what is on the outside. In spite of all the restrictions and requirements, the design has taken a major step forward, benefitting the user greatly.

As well as fast evacuation, the comfort of users has been extraordinarily well provided for. New rear-facing seats, more room for bigger passengers and a better placement of the seats makes it easier to fill the boat. The boats new form reduces the strain for the passengers when the boat hits the water. The boat’s shape gives an impression of a solid and robust structure, which evokes confidence. We can see here that if the relationship between product and user remains at a high level and new solutions are found, we achieve successful, innovative design.

Company: Umoe Schat-Harding AS

Project group company: Bedrift - Umoe Schat-Harding AS: Kjell Ove Underhaug, Umoe Schat-Harding AS - Per Einar Gjerding, Umoe Schat-Harding AS - , Arvid Skogseide, Umoe Schat-Harding AS - Tormod Abelsen, Umoe Schat-Harding AS - Arild Lokøy, Umoe Schat-Harding AS - Per Einar Gjerding, Umoe Schat-Harding AS

Design: Birger Kullmann Design Naval Architects, DDC Marine Safety & Design

Project group design company: Birger Kullmann, Birger Kullmann Design Naval Architects - Dag Ellingsen, DDC Marine Safety & Design - - Loyds Industrier Marintek

Award / year: Award for Design Excellence - 2010

Category: Industrial design

excerpts from Norwegian Design Council - see also website at www.norskdesign.no

NORWEGIAN DESIGN COUNCIL - english infopage
NORSK DESIGNRÅD - norsk infoside

Video and slideshow click here

New Stinger series
Fast Rescue Boats

The Stinger family for Umoe Schat-Harding is expanding. More info later.
See
www.schat-harding.com

preliminary render

..and we have a new world record for freefall lifeboats..

..55 meter drop height - 100% load....

On the 3rd of july 2009 Umoe Schat-Harding set an almost unheard of record with its FF1200 Freefall Lifeboat.
Having completed a series of demanding tests, the last ones with 100% load at 42meters on the 1st of july, the Ugland "Uglen" craneship hoisted the FF1200 to the very height limit. And on a beatiful sunny day at 32 degrees (celsius) a new world record was set at Rosendal in the Hardangerfjord, Norway.

We are also pleased to have beaten our own previous world record design!

Hats off to all at Umoe Schat-Harding for a job well done!. See www.schat-harding.com for more info. Click here for photos and video.

..55 m....

Watski TwoStar race
"Zombrero II"

2nd in class on first leg, 18th on sailed time overall.
Only 65 of 150 yachts finished in what proved to be a real tough offshore race in the Skagerak.
photo:www.seilmagasinet.no

FF1200 new freefall lifeboat

First freefall drop for radical new design: 70 person, 33m.

See
www.schat-harding.com
www.tu.no

photo:Umoe Schat-Harding

NOR-Shipping, Oslo

"Stinger" new Fast Rescue Boat design

Visit Umoe Schat-Harding stand or see
www.schat-harding.com
for info

see exerps from Maritime Journal Magazine

MPC29 new Lifeboat design for Celebrity Solstice and Celebrity Equinox

see also
www.schat-harding.com
www.meyerwerft.de
www.celebritycruises.com

Congratulations !

"Brudeferd over Sykkylvsfjorden"

K22 runabout in mahogany (epoxy/ woodcore) at wedding west coast of Norway may 2009. Photo courtesy of Jens Petter Stølen ("o lucky man")

Click for larger version

Compare with the famous historic painting "Bridal journey in Hardanger". Year: 1848.
Artist: Adolph Tidemand (Norway 1814–1876) and Hans Gude (Norway 1825-1903).

Title: "Brudeferden i Hardanger". Original owned by Nasjonalgalleriet, Oslo. Considered the work of norwegian national romanticism.

FF750 new Freefall Lifeboat design

see
www.schat-harding.com
for info

Happy sailing, Oslo
They say the climate changes are imminent, but at present there is not much sign of it in Scandinavia..

But hey, we do at least have clients who know how to name their yachts to compensate..
photo: Per A. Wettergreen.Click on photo to zoom in..

Opera House, Oslo
We congratulate Norway and Snøhetta Architects with the new Opera House in Oslo !!
see www.operaen.no
www.snoarc.no/#/projects/
15/false/all/image/599/
Click on photo for larger version (1600pix).

Exhibition - Norwegian Maritime Museum, Oslo

Lifeboat history
see www.norsk-sjofartsmuseum.no
for info

Custom Tender/Lifeboats

send us an e-mail for info

13,15m performance cruiser "Zombrero II"

Click on photo for larger version. Photo by Asbjorn J. Thorup - Seilmagasinet.

8,4m Day-Cruiser

Click on photo for more info.
Send an e-mail to: ( birger AT kullmann DOT no ) for more info and video.
Click here and here for PDF (norwegian txt only).

Nobels Fredssenter - resepsjon i glassfibersandwich

Nobel Peace Center - reception in GRP sandwich

www.nobelpeacecenter.org

Ny K1 kajakk sjøsatt (klikk på bildet for større versjon)

New K1 kayak design
"Bullet Marathon"

New K1 foilkayak design
"Foilkayak"

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