Past &
Present
Projects:
"Pride
of
Baltimore II" (replica of an early 19th century Baltimore
Clipper):
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USS
Constitution ("Old Ironsides"):
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"Kalmar
Nyckel"
(replica of a 17th century pinnaceship, sail-training and
ambassadorial
ship for Delaware):
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"Freedom's
Wind" (a brigantine, for use as a combination sail-training,
educational,
and time-share vessel):
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The
above Drawings by Iver Franzen, Copyrighted by ICF and TCG.
"Berbice"
(replica of a late 18th century American schooner, a private,
long-range,
liveaboard vessel, 74 LOD):
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Full
Moontm
- 27'
cutter-rigged offshore-capable sailing yacht. Hull #1 built and
launched
2004 at Covey Island Boatworks, Nova Scotia.
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PilotCruisers®
56, 49, & 42:
Below is our new
family
of long-range, high-speed cruising pilotyachts®.
These 20-28kt semi-custom workhorses will get you there smoothly and
expeditiously
with strong, lightweight epoxy composite construction, and with
systems
and layouts sensible and commodious enough to assure long-term
comfort
both at the dock and on the hook.
Franzen
PilotCruiser® 56:
Construction of this boat has been completed at Constellation
Yachts,
Key West, Florida. Launching of hull #1 was in October of
2006,
and she made her public debut at the 2007 Miami Boat Show.
Arrangements
are under way to present this boat in upcoming boat shows.
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Franzen
PatrolCruiser® 56: A variation
on the PilotCruiser 56, the PatrolCruiser enlarges the deckhouse and
incorporates a
flybridge and seating for outside dining.
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Copyright 2001-20011, ICF, NA
Franzen
PilotCruiser® 49:
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Franzen
PilotCruiser® 42:
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Summary List
of a few
of my other Projects:
- Various
recent stability tests and submissions to the USCG MSC: 70'
university
research vessel, 65' tri-hull pontoon vessel, 44' VA state
fisheries
research vessel; 70' passenger vessel; 140' sailing passenger
vessel;
fleet of 6 vessels (2 power, 4 sail, including USS
Constellation) for Living Classrooms Foundation;
assist with USCG Eagle;
40' industrial inflatables; 110' replica
Schooner America . . . among many
others.
- Author - Paper for
the Chesapeake Sailing Yacht Symposium, "A Refinement of the
Methods
Used to Determine the Balance of a Sailing Vessel ...," 2013.
Selected by the Society of Naval Architects and Marine
Engineers
(SNAME) as a "Significant Paper," and published in the 2013
Edition of
SNAME Transactions."
- Assist USCG
Marine Safety Center (MSC) in revamping the calculations and
structure of the Simplified Stability Test.
- Co-Author
-
Paper for the Chesapeake Sailing Yacht Symposium, "SNAME'S
Stability Letter Improvement Project for Traditional
SailingPassenger
Vessels," 2007, B. Johnson, J. Womack, J. Miles, I. Franzen.
Winner, the Captain Richards T. Miller Prize.
- Author -
Article for the 2005 edition
of the McGraw-Hill Yearbook of Science & Technology, titled
"Modern
Traditional Sailing Ships."
- Author
- IBEX Seminar Presentation: "Stability Standards," an overview
and
comparison of 46CFR, ISO 12217, RINS, MCS, and SOLAS, 2002.
- 105' wood
Feadship m/y,
built 1955 - Major rehabilitation. Design of unique hull
repair technique,
consultation/oversight. Article about this project written
by Franzen,
published in Professional Boatbuilder Magazine, Feb/March 2000,
#63.
Presentation about this project to the regional Society of Naval
Architects
and Marine Engineers 2000 fall meeting.
- Various new
designs: 50' liveaboard riverboat; 43' schooner, private
yacht; 42' sloop, private yacht; 62' performance motorsailor; 45' schooner, private yacht.
- 77' commercial
passenger
vessel - Incline/Stability package for Certification, major design
modifications
for upgrade of Certificate.
- Hans Christian
48T - Accommodations
and Modifications design for handicapped owner, systems, and
construction
oversight in Taiwan.
- "Galileo" -
125' LOD Brigantine
for sail-training and research. Preliminaries
complete, Design
in progress, on hold pending funding.
- 75' commercial
(passenger)
schooner, steel. Re-design entire sail plan, major hull
modifications
and below-deck layout modifications, stability calculations and
liaison
for USCG Certification. Construction oversight and
consultation
- Tayana Yachts -
Five models/sizes.
Custom interior layouts and sail plans, sales support.
- 35' yawl -
Major design
modifications and consultation for round-the-world cruise.
- Major
Production Builder
- New models, 50' sloop, 61' & 81' sloop/ketch. For
production,
design, construction supervision, sales support.
- Production line
of four
motorsailors, 38'-56'.
- Major
Production Builder
- 65'-75' power yachts. Custom interior layouts.
- "Borga" - 75'
LOD topsail
schooner. Major reconstruction & modifications.
Design,
consultation. Singapore.
- Research and
Drawings
for several other T. C. Gillmer books: "Pride of
Baltimore",
"A History of Working Watercraft."
- Numerous other
design/redesign,
modification, stability, and consultation projects.
A few of my
commands
as a licensed Master, and a few of my other positions:
- "Lynx"
- 122'
tops'l
schooner, 40 pax, East Coast, Great Lakes, Caribbean.
Mid-Atlantic relief capt., '15-present.
- "Clipper
City" - 158' tops'l schooner,
150
pax, East Coast, excursion, charter, sail-training,
relief capt., '95-'03, Port Capt., '04-'05.
- "Arabella"
- 160' 3-masted
staysail schooner, 40 overnight pax, New England,
Chesapeake, Caribbean, relief capt., '05-'07.
- "YP-679"
- 108'
US
Navy research ship, minesweeper, systems & operations
testing
for the Office of Naval Research, '03-'04.
- "Lady
Baltimore" - 136' m/v, 575 passengers, Chesapeake,
excursion, charter, captain,'95-'02.
- "Bay
Lady"
- 140' m/v,
600 passengers, Chesapeake, excursion, charter, captain,'95-'02.
- "Woodwind"
-
74' staysail schooner, 49 passengers, Chesapeake, excursion,
charter, '93-'94,
occasional relief to present.
- "Thunderstar"
-
75' research vessel, commercial shipping services, support
services contract
with U.S. Navy research facility, '90.
- "Lammer Law"
- 96' trimaran schooner, 18 overnight
passengers, USVI, BVI, dive charter,
(chief mate, relief captain) '85.
- "Dolphin"
- 95'
schooner,
12 overnight passengers, USVI, BVI, St. Martin, St. Barts,
charter, sail-training, '82-'83.
- "Alexandria"
(ex "Lindø")
- 125' topsail schooner, 12 overnight passengers, New England,
Chesapeake,
sail training, '83-'84.
- Cruising &
Seamanship Seminar Instructor, North U, 2003 - 2008, occasionally to present.
- Senior Captain
with SeaTow, fast response boats for commercial assist towing and
pilot and crew transfer, 2010 - 2019.
- Ski Patrol Hill
Chief & Coordinator of Grooming Operations, Killington Ski
Area, Killington, VT, '75-'80.
Contact
Information:
Capt. Iver C.
Franzen, NA
P.O. Box 4044
409 Washington
Street
Annapolis, MD
21403
Ph: (410)
268-2105
Fax: (410)
267-7809
Email: iver.franzen@comcast.net
For more
information
about the PilotCruisers®,
contact:
PilotCruiser®
Motoryachts
web: www.pilotcruiser.com
Ph: 866-372-2190
Fax:
703-620-1779
Email: pilotcruiser@ccr.org
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