I have had this KHSD 42 here before, but I really like this picture.  CM construction.  And on Face a video.  https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?v=10200858081254047

Several people have visited with Brian on C2F recently.
See http://members5.boardhost.com/lamanzanilla/msg/1391418285.html

and this from Dr. Peter; “BTW, I spent a day last week on Cat2fold, in La Manzanilla, Mex. Now owned by a Brian Charette,. He cruises it on the Pacific side of Mexico and puts it on dry land in San Carlos, Mex, in the summer while he builds straw-bale houses in Wyoming and Idaho. One of the reasons he chose the boat was that he could fit in the boat- he is 6 foot 7,
blonde, rasta hair, very hip, 42 years old, lady-killer kind of dude.
Has two kids 8 and 11 who cruised with him for a month this year. Their
top speed was 18 knots surfing under bare poles. We did about 11 during
the day in about 18 ambient wind. It has to be the easiest smoothest rig
to run around with. I was so happy to give it a whirl because that is
the configuration I think I would end up with, paired to a big outboard,
once I get really old. So I thought you would appreciate an update on
one of your really original boats!”

The new design books arrived a few minutes ago. Monday is holiday so the lot of orders will go out Tuesday.

I was at Uresco, the Owens-Corning distributor, today and saw a product that I have not seen before. That is half inch thick pink foam. I have advocated using the 1” pink foam for lightweight cabinets but wished it could be thinner. Here it is. Its the best choice that I can think of for lightweight shelves and cabinets. Surely it is as light or lighter than Tricel core, and much less cost. Also, the edges are much easier to finish. Vacuum bag thin plywood or even fiberglass onto the faces. The result is shelves for example weighing only ounces. That is one inch foam on the lower half of the load below.

John asked me to look into Rhino Linings Epoxy. http://www.rhinolinings.com/divisions/epoxy
I seem to remember that Jeff from Jeffco Epoxy works for them now. I was given his email and phone number, but he never responded. I also seem to recall that he had actually gotten a USCG approval for a fire retarding epoxy,  without additives. I seem to remember also that the Jeffco Epoxy had a variable hardner ratio. Maybe someone here knows more about these.
I do not see a stretch to failure percentage on their online data sheet. The HDT is very high so I suspect the product is brittle. I have applied for more data and a sample. Maybe I will learn more.

I see a lot of use for Spacebags that are larger. They are so cool when they work. I did 4 baggings in two days in weather just above freezing over the weekend. I ran the vacuum maybe 3 minutes total.
The largest bag made now is 3’ x 4’. I contacted customer service at Spacebags to see if I could talk to development about bigger bags. NO!

Unless I have a patent on one (?), they are not in any way interested. Why would I patent one? I just want a bigger bag. I guess it comes with corporate size, but it is always interesting to see full-on corporate ossification. They don’t even want to discuss another size product or new use.

on

A Sink as a Conceptual Take-off Point
Imagining variations on a sink like this. Imagine in composite even.
http://www.yankodesign.com/2011/09/01/what-a-wave/

I wondered how they actually did it.  Now called Pipeline 3.  And there is the video posted earlier of it sailing.

See http://homepages.ihug.co.nz/~philclarke/crew.htm

Courtesy OC

Stephen mostly works with the big boys in volume production marine, wind blades, and aerospace. As a result, room temperature cure epoxy is barely on his radar. That is very different from my DIY guys and the custom builds who both use the above epoxy. He speaks highly of Derakane 411 which is a vinylester that he calls more epoxy than vinylester. The big boys have less concern about impact resistance than cruisers and charter guys do. My one concern with the high temperature epoxy is the brittleness. I will keep studying with Stephen’s information in mind.