Beginning the new 79′ Sierra Cloud design. Got a great picture of the original one at winter haul out. 27 years of service.  CM developed plywood construction.  55 feet.

The second KHSD 65′ Ferry in Boxes is doing seatrials now on Lake Victoria.  I saw some great assembly lakeside pictures that I will put together in the future.

One of my 65′ passenger ferries has been launched in Goa, India.
I assume it is foam/glass as that is what the company does.  http://www.aquariusgoa.com/

I recently heard from Zeevonk’s new owner.  Recall that Zeevonk spent some 15 years doing naturist tours in the Carribbean.

I understand that much of what made her perform well will be removed and replaced with more elderly solutions.  It will have vertical windows, swing boards instead of vertical, self tacking jib and main track on top of the sunshade.  I’m sure that I have spoken at length about all these vices and do not need to repeat myself.

Dried out on the hard.

Recall that Greg Lynn 3D printed many of his boat parts.  You can do the same without buying a 3D printer by using a shop like Metrix.

Metrix Create:Space is a modern prototyping and fabrication lab focused on digital and distributed manufacturing technologies in Seattle, Washington, USA

They will be engraving my citrine green acrylic instruction signs.

www.metrixcreatespace.com/

Everybody remembers the whale watching boat that sank and capsized late last October off of Vancouver Island. 5 dead and one missing.
It did occur to me that there was a catamaran of about the same size that got unexpected seawater ingress this year also.
If that alum mono whale tour boat had been the same length Holo Holo, those dead passengers would still be alive. I ran this premise past a former captain of the Holo.  He agreed.
The latest thinking is that the tin mono had too many people on the top deck and that made it roll over in a bigish wave. On a cat like Holo the entire passenger list could have gone on one rail and not affected anything.
I am wondering what kind of irrational hoops the USCG will hit my guys with now.  Lower picture is Holo with seawater flowing in and out after it was stolen and run onto a reef.  I have pictures of the repair process and will post soon.

Is there any interest this year in the 20% holiday discount I have done for the last several years?  Let me know.  Maybe instead of changing the website I just put a note for a discount.

I have at least a dozen stories for here.  Been too many deadlines that I have been keeping up with.  Maybe I can get to these stories Friday.

I have been so busy with everybody’s deadlines that I forgot to put Fish Expo on here. Today, tomorrow and Friday here  at CenturyLink Field Event Center in Seattle, Washington.

Again they now call it Pacific Marine Expo.  It is where you can see serious sailing equipment.

http://www.pacificmarineexpo.com/showguide/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gMej3pFQY-g

A video of Steve Gubser’s 48′ daycharter cat under construction.

Sometimes I forget not everybody knows about G-10. It is a phenolic fiberglass sheet or shape that can be machined into anything. I am using it to fabricate hinges for the Beckson ports on the lunar lander as the windows must be much thicker than stock.  I get mine at McMaster-Carr. http://www.mcmaster.com/#grade-g-10-phenolic/=zs44n4