The first Earthwise ferry is nearing launch at Lake Victoria. See http://ewventures.wordpress.com/
I worry about the weight and crossarm revisions, but its almost wet. It is cylinder molded plywood/epoxy vacuum bag design, though KHSD is never noted as designer.
Upgraded the video on this a bit: The layup on a 68′ cylinder molded hull currently under construction in Roatan: it’s speeded up quite a bit, this is about 25 minutes of real time. the half hull panels are approximately 11′ x 71′ – 4 layers of 3mm plywood and 33 gallons of epoxy.
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The KHSD 63′ catamaran Profligate led the start of the 17th annual Baja Ha Ha race.
See http://www.latitude38.com/lectronic/lectronicday.lasso?date=2010-10-25&dayid=496
Profligate is the official cruising boat of Latitude 38 magazine and belongs to Richard Spindler. As an aside Latitude 38 magazine is far and away the best sailing magazine there is. Most issues are keepers.
I got to go sailing with Barry and Karen, the owners of Sarabi earlier this month. Sarabi is a KHSD 56 catamaran with an Aerorig. See http://www.multihulldesigns.com/designs_other/56aerocat.htm for more pictures. Its a fast, safe cruising machine. I enjoyed their stories about sailing in “aquarium mode” through green waves, or closing on monohull friends so fast at night that they were mistaken for pirates. She looked great for having done most of a lap around the Pacific. Thanks you two. It was a fun sail.
CSR Marine on Northlake Ave here in Seattle will be gone by the first of November. CSR has been a fixture there for some 25 years. They were not only the best, but they hauled out multihulls. And they owned the legendary trimaran CHAAK. Its almost like the space needle moving. They will have their two smaller locations near the locks and at Des Moines.
I have heard from several sources that the Puget Sound Waterkeepers threatened them and many other waterfront businesses with ongoing lawsuits unless they left. Or, I heard, they could pay protection money and stay. I will be finding out the other side later thi
s week.
I have worked in and with many boatyards over the years. I have never seen a more contentious boatyard with the environment.
I support the Greenpeace and all, but this seems wrong to me. I will get to bottom of this soon. CHAAK's last haulout below.
I got a bit behind on this blog when the computer went down then I got hit with serious deadlines. I'm back and there is a lot going on.
First, I got another great youtube video from those wildmen in Italy with my 24' trimaran Muffalo. See
Wow!