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/
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/
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.”
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And Cat2Fold has a blog now. Good stuff. Lots of pictures and they seem to be having tons of fun with the boat.
could want in a boat: ease of build, cutting edge technology, excellent safety and sailability, and very important to me: the ability to build remote to launch site.
In 2009, a client with one of my 46' charter cats had a low bridge to deal with. And he had some extrusions lying around that he wanted to use. Both rotating, and deck stepped.
Before the rig was built, he got another location to use the boat. Unusual arrangement, but workable. I think an unstayed rig would have been better.
When I visited Barry and Karens' Sarabi (56' KHSD catamaran), they showed me how they prefer to handle the anchor. No load from the anchor on the bow tube at all. They pretty well tested it during their lap around the Pacific. The anchor and chain roll through the bridle and roller. Bridle is attached to the forebeam foundations.
I have had my head down again for the last couple of weeks getting the new Kai Oli Oli bid set done rush. I did manage to start on the new 75′ trimaran for Mark in Belgium. Foam/glass and foam/carbon.