Catamaran Container Ship

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.

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More Cat 2 Fold Adventures

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:

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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.

http://cat2fold.wordpress.com/

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Rave

I always appreciate the rave. Makes the slog worthwhile. Ralph is building a 43 tri.
“Kurt,

Thanks, and thanks for your time on the phone.The boats you have designed are the answer to everything one

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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.

The video is priceless.

Ralph ”

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Bi Plane Rig from 3 Years Ago.

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bi-plane rig

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.

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Catamarans and Trimarans with Kurt Hughes