I will be out of the office next week from Tuesday until the 20th.  Denmark.

I will have email surely but no phone.  I see this as a good chance to catch up on my 3D designs with no or few  interruptions.

Robert Wakeman sailing his KHSD version 1 Tomcat 30 trimaran on Mobile Bay sent this video.  Seems it plays on Facebook but here demands that I update my player. 

http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?v=493264190717724

Sarabi had double curved tempered safety glass put on her front windows. They are beautiful and strong. Not everybody can find it though. I got a call from a group from New Zealand expanding in the US. Not sure of price but…www.durashieldmarine.com  and

| New Zealand Head Office |65-67 Woodcocks Rd | P.O. Box 358 | Warkworth 0910 | New Zealand | Freephone   0800 883 336 | f: +64 9 422 2566

    Auckland | p: +64 9 422 2565                    Wellington | p: +64 4 974 8753                   Christchurch | p: +64 3 281 8601 | www.glasshape.co.nz

| Australia |17 Catalano Rd| Canning Vale | Perth WA 6155| Australia | Freephone   1800 042 716 | f: 1800 040 934 | www.glasshape.com.au                         

   Sydney| p: +61 2 8011 1831                       Melbourne| p: +61 3 9099 0200                 Brisbane| p: +61 7 3175 0501                 Perth| p: +61 8 9468 2722

| United States of America | Fort Lauderdale | p: +1 954 703 2333                   | Seattle | p: +1 206 538 5416

stumbled onto to dozens of mind blowingly beautiful pictures at Holo Holo charters on Kauai. They have a couple of KHSD boats. http://www.facebook.com/HoloHoloKauai?fref=ts

A few things recently combined to create a huge transformation in how I view the nature of design plans. The first element came from David Smith. He suggested putting bar codes on the plans so that smart phones could link to specifications and the like. Nice.

Then, I had to get the new printer; a fast color printer. Just-in-time printing is possible instead of copying off of old originals.

The last idea came from attending a Native sketch comedy group, the 1491s last Friday. They had most of their sketches on and playing from YouTube. YouTube has been around a while yes, but seeing it used this way inspired me.  Just-in-time prints could not only have specifications linked by Q-codes (barcodes), but also the latest how-to video from YouTube. Or even video of the design actually sailing.  All on a smartphone, so totally portable. Or right on the shop floor with no other infastructure needed.  No PC nor video screen is needed.  That was one take-away from being in Uganda; smartphones are everywhere.  Technical papers could have references or even useful video embedded in them.  I think this is pretty big.  A shot of the printer again.

Ok Ok, I once designed a steel freighter.  For some Russians. Was about 12 years ago. Not sure if it ever got built. About 120 feet long as I recall. Cut-away view here.  Looks interesting.

Looking for some pictures for a customer, I stumbled onto these. Mark Evans with his tri Tachyon at Kelly’s Landing here in Seattle, in 1977 or 1978. Mark was a sort of guru for a generation of PNW multihull builders and sailors. Design is a Sally Lightfoot 26.
One of the best sails I ever had was with Mark. We were sailing in a snowstorm here on Lake Union. December ’78. Utterly silent.

The latest edition of Multihulls World.
http://issuu.com/multihulls-world/docs/127mw
Maybe someday they will have one of my boats in it. I probably have as many projects going at any moment as any other designer out there.