Multihull Design Blog

It seems that I’m out for a week. F17 through F27.
No phone, no traveling. I will get those 3D modeling jobs done finally.

I just got some nice pics from my friend Luis in Brazil. We collaborated on this 46′ powercat. He builds them. Looks pretty nice to me. Its not sinking; that’s a wave. 

Find them at   nauticaintegral@hotmail.com

Phone:            +55 (0) 24 99077260      

And its impossible to miss the Fury catamarans in Key West.
I have mixed feelings about Fury Charters in Key West. They are the biggest operation there. I visited the boats and they look very well maintained. They run at least 4 of my 65′ , 149 passenger cats. My issue is that they bought one set of plans and bootlegged the rest of the boats. It wasn’t money issue. Peter visited me in his Lear jet. Must be how the 1% see the world.  I do understand it is under new owner now.  All I can do is grumble.

My final visit on the road trip was the Blue Q in Key West. This 42′ daycharter cat was the first boat in a box. It was built in Arkansas and trucked to the panhandle where it was assembled and launched. Capt. Steve reminded me that the boat was 20 years old. Like the other cats, it looked new. See http://bluqkeywest.com/

Steve at Schooner Creek sent me this link for lighter weight sound insulation.
http://www.acoustiblok.com/marine.php

Several years ago I was asked to design a sail assisted 235′ container ship. On the webpage it says composite, but it would have to be alloy.

I am talking to another  group about it now. It would be very easily driven, and have much less draft than usual ships.

I also got to meet with Capt. Steve of the Horizon on Islamorada, FL. The Horizon was originally built by Ken Lincoln for the late Chris Schofield. She was the prototype for the later 36′ charter Boat-in-a-Box. She is certified for 24 pax.
She was on the hard for her USCG annual.

Next I got to visit Capt. Dale of the Sirius. It is one of the fully evolved 36′ KHSD Boat-in-a-Box daycharter cats. They operate out of Marathon FL. Its a beautiful boat and looks brand new even though it is at least 10 years old. See http://www.oceansailinginc.com/

I just completed a road trip in Florida visiting all my newly re-certified USCG cats. The first one was Spirit of Fort Lauderdale. It was the Yellow Bird before. It was launched 13 years ago.    Andre Cocquyt built it.  It still looks new.  They love the boat and how it handles.  Find at http://www.tropicalsailing.com/

Capts Adam and Mason

Thanks to Bill Gow again for alerting me to more C2F news.
They seem to have done well in another race, “For the day, everyone was delighted that Brian Charette joined again in
“Cat2Fold”, taking first place in his tandem-rigged folding cat.”

and see:

http://vallartayachtclub.org/index.php/en/component/content/article/3-newsflash/565-vallarta-cup-2012-everyone-won
And Cat2Fold has a blog now. Good stuff. Lots of pictures and they seem to be having tons of fun with the boat.

http://cat2fold.wordpress.com/