My builders are not clubby. They do not need the reassurance of yuppie approval from a club. They set out simply building and sailing. Usually I never hear from them unless there is a problem. Roland’s extended 32′ tri is an example. What a wonderful surprise to get these pictures of a cruising trimaran in full. I do really notice the “Crowther towers” that keep the cross tubes high enough inside to get under easily. Bigger ama would look more elegant, but would interfere with the fit on the trailer.
Roland relates
“We sail this Year 4 months in Croatien and we are very happy to sail this Trimaran. He make on 8-10Kn Wind 7-8 Kn Speed 10 – 14 Kn Wind 10- 11 Kn Speed .We have for 4 Months clothes and
another things on Board, 120 L Benzin , 120 L Water and ,and … He sails fantastic .
This sure looks like Lance’s KHSD 37 trimaran in the Youtubes video. Does anyone know? I have not actually been on that boat. I did take the picture below years ago. Course Simmo kind of set the standard of what the above title words “hauling ass in a storm” actually look like. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XBvuQ9Bz_9E
Was sent this link. http://www.3hulls.com/index.php/chs-x19-trimaran.html Cool. I guess I better work up a contract. Very good to see. More righting moment than the cats and bigger amas than most of the same size trimarans I’ve seen.
Latest 3D model update. All new ortho views pulled off this model now. This incarnation will be lighter and slightly wider overall. The severe perspective is kind of interesting.
Everybody else was too late. It looked like deal of the century to me. My friend, and previous KHSD tri builder Thomas Dalzell bought it. It will be updated with more overall beam and new larger X-bow amas for the best ride.
I finally got my first pictures of the actual KHSD 38 power trimaran trawler completed. It is for sale for a crazy low price. Construction looks great. The amas look way too small to me. In the design, they go up to the underside of the cross tubes and have rounded deck. An easy fix that one is. New versions of it have even bigger amas, though friend Steve Scheidler crossed Pacific in about same size boat with same size amas as designed.
And I had the motors on the sides of the main hull so it could turn in its own length.
Thursday’s job was to create some updated renderings of the 149′ passenger ferry design. They never real till they real, but this one might go. Interesting irony that it might start in Africa first.
I recall that Richard’s excellent presentation on it was soundly rejected by Washington State Ferries some 25 years ago with the words “If it ain’t steel, we ain’t doin it.” Its foam/glass. Aiming for 40+ knots and 2500 hp. 149 seats.
