Fury

February 15, 2012 kurt

And its impossible to miss the Fury catamarans in Key West.
I have mixed feelings about Fury Charters in Key West. They are the biggest operation there. I visited the boats and they look very well maintained. They run at least 4 of my 65' , 149 passenger cats. My issue is that they bought one set of plans and bootlegged the rest of the boats. It wasn't money issue. Peter

visited me in his Lear jet. Must be how the 1% see the world. I do understand it is under new owner now. All I can do is grumble.

New Designs

Blu Q in Key West

February 15, 2012 kurt 1 Comment

My final visit on the road trip was the Blue Q in Key West. This 42' daycharter cat was the first boat in a box. It was built in Arkansas and trucked to the panhandle where it was assembled and launched. Capt. Steve reminded me that the boat was 20 years old. Like the other cats, it looked new. See http://bluqkeywest.com/

Chris Farrell Membership

p-att-1143″>

New Designs

Soundproofing

February 10, 2012 kurt

Steve at Schooner Creek sent me this link for lighter weight sound insulation.
buy generic viagra online

ref=”http://www.acoustiblok.com/marine.php”>http://www.acoustiblok.com/marine.php

New Designs

Catamaran Container Ship

February 9, 2012 kurt

Several years ago I was asked to design a sail assisted 235′ container ship. On the webpage it says composite, but it may have to be alloy.

http://www.multihulldesigns.com/designs_other/sp_235cargocat.htm

I am talking to another group about it now. It would be very easily driven, and have much less draft than usual ships.

On this cat, displacement would be 864,000 lbs per hull. Draft 7′ and power to go hull speed 1050 hp per hull. That speed is 23 knots, but as the hulls are narrower than 1/12, it could easily go much faster.

New Designs

Horizon

February 9, 2012 kurt

I also got to meet with Capt. Steve of the Horizon on Islamorada, FL. The Horizon was originally built by Ken Lincoln for the late Chris Schofi

eld. She was the prototype for the later 36' charter Boat-in-a-Box. She is certified for 24 pax.
She was on the hard for her USCG annual.

New Designs

Sirius

February 6, 2012 kurt

Next I got to visit Capt. Da

le of the Sirius. It is one of the fully evolved 36' KHSD Boat-in-a-Box daycharter cats. They operate out of Marathon FL. Its a beautiful boat and looks brand new even though it is at least 10 years old. See http://www.oceansailinginc.com/

New Designs

Road Trip

February 6, 2012 kurt

I just completed a road trip in Florida visiting all my newly re-certified USCG cats. The first one was Spirit of Fort Lauderdale. It was the Yellow Bird before. It was launched 13 years ago. Andre Cocquyt built it. It still looks new. They love the boat and how it handles. Find at http://www.tropicalsailing.com/

cheap viagra online

e/” rel=”attachment wp-att-1105″>

New Designs

More Cat 2 Fold Adventures

February 1, 2012 kurt

Thanks to Bill Gow again for alerting me to more C2F news.
They seem to have done well in another race, “For the day, everyone was delighted that Brian Charette joined again in
“Cat2Fold”, taking first place in his tandem-rigged folding cat.”

and see:

Healing Gourmet

h/565-vallarta-cup-2012-everyone-won”>http://vallartayachtclub.org/index.php/en/component/content/article/3-newsflash/565-vallarta-cup-2012-everyone-won
And Cat2Fold has a blog now. Good stuff. Lots of pictures and they seem to be having tons of fun with the boat.

http://cat2fold.wordpress.com/

New Designs