My 140′ sailing cargo trimaran is getting some traction.
An amazing discussion on my 140′ cargo trimaran. It’s 33 minutes but is worth listening to.
Ian, my customer got great news from Barbados.
“Good afternoon Kurt
Just received response from CEO EXPORT Barbados 🇧🇧
” This is excellent, looking forward to working to deliver this during 2025″
I guess you have to download it to hear
Alex needs to sell his boat.
$200K
It was called “the highest quality owner built boat that I have ever seen. A fine boat and a fine man.”
Kurt Hughes Sailing Designs – design
3123 Fairview Ave E, Suite 203, Seattle, WA 98102 ∙ (206) 719-4893 ∙ khughes@multihulldesigns.com
www.multihulldesigns.com
EDUCATION
1977-1979 University of Washington Seattle, WA
B.A., Architecture.
1979-1981 University of Hawaii Honolulu, HI
Graduate work.
1992 University of California Berkeley Berkeley, CA
• Continuing Education in Engineering.
• Composite Materials Workshop XVI.
WORK EXPERIENCE
1984-present Kurt Hughes Sailing Designs Seattle, WA
Owner/Architect
Continue reading My Latest ResumeKalewa and Profligate were caught racing. I don’t know who won.
For the last couple of years I have been designing an update to my 63′ catamaran Profligate for Craig in New Zealand. Unfortunately it turned out he wanted everything changed. The plan set consisted of 38 PDFs and 75 CADD files, plus all the spreadsheets and Autocad files. I did everything he requested. One of the last things he asked for was instead of the usual aluminum bow tube, he wanted a curved carbon one. I did and I also included how to build it drawings. We agreed that he would send another $5000 for all the changes that were requested. Then on New Years 2023 he caught covid. He has be apparently in the hospital until a few weeks ago.
When I finally saw him online I asked how he was doing. He told me that I was fired and he was going to start another design with someone else. I thought he had lost his mind. Again, I had done everything he asked for and he was enthusiastic about the work, until covid. I told him that I could remind him of our hundreds of positive Messenger messages we shared. I discovered that they had all been erased. No evidence remains. Suspicious.
It is one of the best plan sets that I have ever done. I am offering it for $25,000 to recoup some of my loss. Introducing it here before it goes online.
An example of the detail I did. Of course all the laminates were called out.
First 3D model. In weird colors until I understand where everything goes.
A former client got some 36′ plastic cat hulls and he wanted me to design a house for it. Instead he built something simpler and uglier.
My 48′ daycharter catamaran built by Pedigree Cats was launched June 6th 2024 at Raymond WA.
The boat was built for Woody Brown, son of the inventor of the Hawaiian beach cat. After sea trials it will sail to Hawaii.
It will be operating on Waikiki beach.
This is a new 44’ powercat design by Kurt. It is simple, elegant, and perhaps the most bang-for-the-buck design I’ve seen. Kurt estimates displacement at 2550 kg/5600 lbs, which i suppose indicates the boat dry would be 4000 lbs and change. This would be a very easily driven hull. 2x 50-60hp outboards should be sufficient to go fast, and the mpg is going to be spectacular. Twin 40 gal tanks should give a range of 400-1000+ miles depending on conditions and how fast you want to go. Beam as designed fits in 18’/5.5m for docking, but could (should) be increased to 22′ -24′.
I am a professional boat builder and this is a boat I would love to build. A client of mine has commissioned these plans from Kurt and a detailed construction spreadsheet from me. At the moment they are unsure whether they wish to proceed with this design. Plans might be available at a discounted price. If you are interested, we are available to build this boat during the coming winter in Sarasota, Florida. If you are in Asia we can arrange to build this in the Philippines. Drop me an email at matthewhreynolds@gmail.com or text/call 1.941.323.5122.
To see more of Kurt’s designs, check out http://multihulldesigns.com.
Sailing in Puget Sound.
