In 2009, a client with one of my 46' charter cats had a low bridge to deal with. And he had some extrusions lying around that he wanted to use. Both rotating, and deck stepped.
Before the rig was built, he got another location to use the boat. Unusual arrangement, but workable. I think an unstayed rig would have been better.
When I visited Barry and Karens' Sarabi (56' KHSD catamaran), they showed me how they prefer to handle the anchor. No load from the anchor on the bow tube at all. They pretty well tested it during their lap around the Pacific. The anchor and chain roll through the bridle and roller. Bridle is attached to the forebeam foundations.
I have had my head down again for the last couple of weeks getting the new Kai Oli Oli bid set done rush. I did manage to start on the new 75′ trimaran for Mark in Belgium. Foam/glass and foam/carbon.
led upon this picture of Kamanu, my first USCG certified catamaran design. This fog is the volcano, I was told. I designed her in 1984 and she is still going out every day in Kailua-Kona, Hawaii. CM epoxy/plywood. The head is tucked in a nacelle under the mast. Always one of my favorites.
height=”214″ class=”alignnone size-medium wp-image-1040″ /> Did this 32 power charter tri for Goa. Trying the tropical corrugated metal look, but in composite. Seats 16.
I had assumed that once the December 10 deadline for the heavy passenger revisions was met, the thing was over. Wrong.
Two things are happening. First, local OCMIs are pulling passenger counts on guys who submitted on time, but don't have the results back. If that happens to you, contact me. I will fix it.
Next, they have decided to go after the connective beams o
n almost every vessel, apparently. The thinking seems to be that if the cat was certified originally at X weight, and the weight goes up, the beams must be in danger. They must assume we only have a safety factor of 1. All my beams have safety factors of between 4 and 6. I guess I have to show my work again and write cover letters explaining it. So much for getting leaner.
In late July I got a new credit card processing system for the shopping cart. It supposedly sent orders directly from the shopping cart to the bank. Instead of my keying them in by hand. It turns out that not a single one had been processed ever. dxCart blames authorize.net and they in turn blame dxCa
t will be processed today. And it may or may not be fully working yet. They assure me they will get a handle on it. It is still safe to use cards at the shopping cart. Not a security breach, just was plugged up.
Paypal works fine. So again, the lot may be run today.