The notorious George from Greece got me again. Paypal seized my funds again. Recall that he bought plans for a powercat design in early December and wanted them emailed. That was done, including dxf lines for all parts needing that. Recall also that he also later demanded the plans be revised from foam/glass to plywood/epoxy at no cost to him. When I told him that extra work had to be paid for, he got a full refund from Paypal. Even though he had the plans. Paypal later decided in my favor.
Just today Paypal seized my funds again. His bank in Greece seized the funds from Paypal, and Paypal in turn took mine, again. So again I have to forward all the emails and information showing he got his plans. I, and any other designer has to feel very vulnerable using Paypal. I cannot even confront his bank. Earlier someone noted other designers only accept bank drafts or similar. Very dangerous situation. And instead of designing, I spend today putting together my case. Again.
Monthly Archives: April 2014
And Part 2
The Alii Nui Story- Part One
I think I had part of this long ago from the local sailing magazine, but here it is from the guys themselves.
http://aliinuimaui.com/Blog/index.php/bringing-the-alii-nui-home-part-one/
McMaster-Carr
I get all my needed and possible fiberglass products here at McMaster-Carr. http://www.mcmaster.com/#
I mostly buy G-10 fiberglass sheets to fabricate into door flanges, winch bases and the like. My friends at CSR Marine buy reams of the stuff.
Paint App
Interlux has a new app that should help customers with painting. Find it at itunes for iphone and Google Play for the others. Or www.yachtpaint.com/usa
Server Down
I see the server is down again. That used to be frequent, but it has been a while now. That means no email and the website is also down. I do have a gmail somewhere, but its after 7 in the evening so will hit it tomorrow. I’m sure they can fix it by then.
Track the Voyage of Lil Explorer
Here is a non Facebook link to be able to track the voyage of the KHSD 50 something cruising cat. Follow the Sailboat by satellite. When the map appears, if you click on the boat and each dot behind them you can get the location, direction, and speed.
https://share.delorme.com/CourageWinter
Alii Nui Model
Ok Ok, there is so much Alii Nui stuff here. They just keep having such great pictures and articles. One of my 65′ x 36′ daycharter cats.
A model on display at Costco. I want one.
Inviting View- Alii Nui
This view sums up the wonderfulness of being on a cat like Alii Nui. Put on those fins and shuffle down into the warm water to visit the reef. Notice the two lanes for up and down apart.
Lil Explorer Leaves for Marquesas
https://www.facebook.com/pages/Sailing-with-Lil-Explorers-Catamaran-and-Crew/281505708649584
Day 1 Leaving Galapagos –
Beautiful day. Started out with some nice rain to wash the boat, then a pleasant 10 knots of wind to push us along. We have been with spinnaker and main all day, with our speed varying with the wind. There is a large pleasant swell coming out of the Southeast, and some smaller swells coming from a variety of other directions.
We caught another giant Yellow Tail. This one was about 3.5′ long and gave us around 20 pounds of delicious meat. Looks like we will not be fishing for another week. This one was not a giant fighter, nor as big as the last one, but still giant!
Everyone is doing great, and we are all making predictions as to how long it is going to take! My guess is around 23 days, with time off for great wind days!
There are 3 other catamarans leaving today also, and two larger catamarans that have already left, so the race is on!
Until tomorrow!!
Courage