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More Queimarala
some more pictures of Queimarala, a KHSD 42 world cruising catamaran.
http://www.thecoastalpassage.com.au/multihullqueimarla.html
I helped build the hulls to this boat back in the 80s. I flew around the world building people’s CM hulls back in those days, when CM was new.
If I remember correctly, they sailed her almost around the world and turned back before crossing the strings. It looks like a serious ocean boat to me.
Muffalo Racing
saw a note from Simmo, “DALLORSO CUP 2012: Muffolo speed steady 16 knots after gennaker hoist..with frequents nose divings…shame the videocamera battery didn’t last until the upwind run at 13 knots with flying mainhull that caused frequent yaws ‘ca
use of rudderblade wasn’t in the water anymore…it’s been a superfun experience..and even if we had a 15 minutes handicap at start we almost beat a 67 footer carbon monohull!!! yo MUFFOLO!!!
Multi class result: made first of 3,second one was a corsair dash 750 that arrived 39 minutes later, and the third (dragonfly 800) arrived only 4 hours and half later considering that he broke the mainsail and the gennaker arriving then only by jib!!! BIG UP FOR MIMMO!!”
The Next Couple of Weeks
Its going to kind of be triage here for a few weeks. I have about a week of epoxyable weather to fabricate the Lunar Lander parts. They all become so big so fast that they are all outdoors. I know I tell builders not to do that, but there it is.
Fir
st week of October I will be at IBEX catching up with builders and vendors. About mid month the curtain of cold rain hits and stays until April. So I will be mixing epoxy as much as I can until then. When the rains hit I can finish everbody’s design projects.
A Few New Videos
I found a couple of nice videos online of KHSD multis. Not the blow-you-mind kind like Simmo does, but nice.
First, the Adventure Cat on a foggy day on the Bay. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=22Gr
G9LTz4s
and a 37′ tri crossing the Atlantic.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=endscreen&v=DBD6LjymKYk&NR=1 and
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nQLHWAme4C8&feature=relmfu
and Caimen over in UK, a tube and wire KHSD 26.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=endscreen&NR=1&v=5J0qZbS77wg
Second Uganda Ferry in the Box
The second 65′ ferry bound for Lake Victoria is put into the container near Seattle. The hulls must be cut in half to fit into containers. I mistakenly thought that they had elected to bolt the facing bulkheads together instead of keeping the joins
in-plane of the hull as I advised. The bulkheads are only for alignment. Very pleased to hear that.
US Coast Guard X-Bow
Vacuum Bagging Seal
I seem to have bad luck with sealing a vacuum bag with shipping tape. So, for my last bagging I used only Liquid Nails ($2 a tube). It was a small bag (32″ x 72″ part) so it only used one tube. The shipping tape costs more than that as I recall. My
plastic storm window splines all wore out and I have not gotten around to buying new ones. They are my favorites still. If I have them.
Swap Meet Seattle
Uses for Ducks
/>and we thought ducks had no more use in naval architecture! They can be used to help epoxy/plywood scarphs without bothering to set up a vacuum system. Explaining how ducks are used to design a hull to the kids is kind of like explaining a typewriter…