Quick little video in light winds. Looks so much nicer than when I owned it. Seems to be impossible to place the url here, so below is the best I can get for now. Not on the YOutubes yet. “Engine is working again so we had some fun sailing on Oosterschelde.” In Face again.
Posted by Trimaran Gecko on Tuesday, October 13, 2015
The MV Bluebird is undergoing seat trials on Lake Victoria now. It is built from developed plywood/epoxy, with lots of core on flat surfaces. The whole thing went over in several containers after it was built near Seattle. I will be offering an option that is not quite as wide and a little lighter also.
https://www.facebook.com/EWFerries# I see this link only works in Face now. If it gets onto Youtube, I will grab it.
I need to update my resources for east coast and gulf coast boatyards that can do composite and or wood/epoxy multis.
Any suggestions from people?
I finally got pictures of my 40′ F40 daycharter cat design from China sailing.
The factory there says price fob China should be around $200K complete. I do need to get over there soon and make sure they are ready for prime time.
It turned out that after me running all kinds of diagnostics myself, Verizon had remotely turned off my modem, and activated another that I don’t have.
On Oct. 4th. Out sailing. Alex’s Aeroesque 45′ cruising cat. Those sails sure look carbony. Nice. I have not yet gotten to sail on it, but soon.
These bearings seem like a big improvement over what we usually have to do for the unstayed rotating masts. In the past builders have had to machine a bearing out of a giant chunk of slick plastic. Most of the plastic was ground off and wasted and the cost ran into thousands. http://www.glidebearings.com/
Spherical bearings like the Tides units would have been perfect, but were not nearly large enough. Bendy materials like carbon fiber require spherical bearings to keep from binding under load, or as Rob Denny does, have a very loose fit.
These kind of are of the loose fit variety. I see the bearing having a fairly close fit to the round mast, but deflecting with the mast. I have not detailed this yet but will. The bearing will need a fiberglass sleeve around it to protect it and keep it round. I see this whole unit captured in a looser fit.
Contact Tim Creighton at Glidebearings tim@glidebearings.com
We lost Ted Pike of Edensaw Woods and many other boatbuilding ventures, on the 24th. He was so enthusiastic and helpful on boat and even spaceship projects. He will be missed.
http://threesheetsnw.com/blog/2015/09/fair-winds-to-our-captain-ted-pike/
Is it possible that Kamanu is 30 now? I did the working drawings in ’84 I remember. Am pretty sure it was launched by Schooner Creek Boatworks in ’85. http://kamanu.com
Cylinder molded developed plywood/epoxy. My first USCG certified passenger cat. Am sure Derek will froth if he hears about a 30 year old CM cat still going out every day.
Non-Metallic PEX Fittings
Pex piping was one of the discoveries I made on the Lunar Lander project. It is used in place of PVC especially since it can survive freezing. The plumbers used metal joint fittings, which must be destroyed for the piping to be revised.
At the IBEX conference I found these non-metal pex clamps. www.flairit.com www.iplumb.tv .They can be installed with only pliers instead of a crimping machine that resembles bolt cutters. An improvement on an improvement. Made in Chile. There, better pic.
