I just got this picture and note from Ian Walker in western Australia. He writes “I have been the proud and happy owner of a 36ft Hughes cat for 20 years. She is raced weekly for 9 months of the year then cruised around
the NW coast of Australia in the winter. She has covered several thousand
nautical miles, sometimes in atrocious conditions, including 1 night when
the wind exceeded 55 knots, and, to the credit of your design, has never
suffered structural failure.”
I have updated the Neptune 37 materials list. It is now in the newest format with several tabs and many more options. If you have those plans let me know and I will forward.
Usually we think of composite structures only being found on boats. Here in Copenhagen is a composite window structure in a hotel. Probably they are pultrusions. Horizontal one is a solid fiberglass flange.
Vertical is fiberglass box section. They are much less of a heat sink than metal framing would be. Composites go corporate!
Once again we are offering the wildly successful Holiday plans price discount. Matthew has had to work a bit harder at it now as robots run the shopping cart and nobody can see the card numbers. I understand it will be for all orders over $1000 and will be for 20% off as before. Party on.
Matthew here, – would have been really easy, if i had any Excel skills 😉 – it’s all set up, the discount is 20% on all full plan sets, regardless of price… when you get to the shopping cart you will see the discounted price. Runs until January 15th. Now’s your chance to start building!
I only saw this picture of Steve’s KHSD 36 chartercat-in-a-box when a soon-to-be-customer emailed me this picture from Korea. This picture is in Bellingham, WA.
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.
Got a nice little write-up on a 50′ a solar-powered hybrid, handicap accessible, daycharter catamaran that I am designing. It will operate in Florida. http://flmag.com/off-the-grid/florida-fishing-academy-add-handicap-accessible-hybrid. It will be only 49 passenger, not 75. Foam-glass construction.
Drawings posted soon. This project is why this blog and all my other work got neglected for a while. Deadline was today.
Florida Fishing Academy to Add Handicap-Accessible Hybrid | Fort Lauderdale Magazine
flmag.com
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.
I just got permission to release this composite 12′ trimaran design to the public. It was designed to go into production in China. Plug on the project got pulled. It has an unstayed mast. Diameter in the model looks a bit large. It could also be roto-molded.
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