STEADY AS SHE GOES
Rotor technology used to enhance a boat’s stability sounds kind of counter-intuitive – wouldn’t rotors encourage roll? Well, to understand how this system works you might need to revisit your high-school physics syllabus, but believe me the performance is impressive.
Tawaki is a luxuriously-equipped Dyna Laguna launch built in Taiwan in 2008. She displaces 65 tonnes and at 81ft LOA caters to a range of charter requests – from boutique, 10-day excursions for couples, through corporate cruises for up to 50 guests, to private fishing trips.
Her motion in a beam or head sea is fine, says owner-skipper Steve Cockeram, but with her deep V bow and flat bum Tawaki rolls in a following sea and that sometimes creates a little unease among guests – or more precisely, their tummies.
“I’d long been investigating ways to improve the boat’s
