This 75′ catamaran model was also on a rush order. For carrying passengers off of cruise ships in Belieze. Was just a big chunk of boat to carry 275 passengers.
The model was for taking off ortho drawings and areas only. Owner was ready to start building immediately. After agreeing to contract, the owner said he could not pay for the plans. I had to agree to accept half fee. I’m guessing a unit like this will bring in over $20K a day. No, I don’t do half fee. Wasted a couple weeks on drawings and spreadsheets.
The second of my Earthwise Catamaran ferries in Uganda was launched yesterday. It is also plywood/epoxy CM construction. It also went over in a few containers. I am especially thrilled as the builders seem to have followed the plans on this unit. It may be over powered but we will see. There are a lot of pictures so I will do in a sequence. First Rob, the CEO and Aaron head of the away team.
I was sent a link to the launch of one of my 45 cats. It does not say whose boat it is. Splashy orange paint makes it look like a G4.
I do have several concerns upon looking closer. Where did the forward cockpit come from? I thought both Lat 38 magazine and I made good cases against doing that. Imagine opening the front door slugging to windward in a gale.
Next, vertical windows? Trying to imitate Gunboat again? Even my F150 doesn’t have vertical windows. I can’t tell if the window framing is plywood or foam/glass, but my sense is the windows will be blown out in the first chop the boat encounters. That would be survivable if the boat had a weather deck. That is coamings at the companionways. It does not. I hope I don’t see this unit on the news. A design is not a basket of features; it has to have an underlying cohesion of concept.
