I got a bit behind on this blog when the computer went down then I got hit with serious deadlines. I'm back and there is a lot going on.
First, I got another great youtube video from those wildmen in Italy with my 24'  trimaran Muffalo. See

Wow!

I just got Makita 2.5 hp compressor (MAC2400). It keeps up with my volume spray painting and is quiet. Odd thing is I bought its evil twin a few years ago. A Master Power MPAC521, which looks almost the same. It was frighteningly loud, could not really keep up, and filled the garage with smoke. After only about 30 hours of work over the last 3 years, it finally could only produce about 20 psi.
What a relief it is to have the Makita.

Henk and Joke have been sailing their kHSD 45 all over the Atlantic doing fabulous tours for years. See http://www.zeevonk.nl/eng_index.htm
and http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ye9MUXAXG0g&feature=player_embedded
I have not been able to contact them previously. A seadog moored next to them finally put us in touch. I’m going to try to set up something here to track where they are when. Hence the title.  They are in Curacao now. There are other world sailors also that I will highlight soon.

I found this beautilful old style KHSD D-30 demountable trimaran on the web somewhere.  I have no idea whose boat it is. I see it has the old style spade rudder that could kick-up even while turned.

You can see all the informational PDFs on the KHSD website by simply adding the letters “pdf” ahead of the front slash at the site address.

http://www.multihulldesigns.com/pdf

The guys sailing the KHSD 24 in Italy (they have that great video at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RfSQg4s_LsU and they promise another one soon) sent some new pictures. One in a pretty good breeze,

and look there, pulling a wakeboard in a storm. Guys, be careful.

The KHSD daycharter catamaran Alii Nui is shown in an ad on page 115 of Professional Boatbuilder. It was built by Schooner Creek of Portland, OR and operates out of Lahaina, Maui. See
http://www.aliinuimaui.com/
Another cat featured with no designer listed.

IBEX is next week in Louisville, KY.
I guess I will be skipping IBEX this year. It was great last year, but half the draw was being in Florida. Besides too much work here to take a week off. See
http://www.ibexshow.com/

I knew that the PVC and SEN foam cores we use to build boats had some thermal insulation value but I didn’t think it was as good as house construction insulation foam. At the Fiberlay design conference I learned that it is almost as good as the insulation foams. For example 90 kg Airex is 0.24 BTU.in/sqft.hr.F which comes to R 4.2 per inch. Craig Riley tells me that the PET foam gets wildly even better results when in a vacuum.
Nice.

Sarabi, Barry and Karen’s custom 56′ KHSD catamaran is back in the Northwest after a lap around the Pacific. This very gorgeous boat has an Aerorig. Rumor is she might be for sale. Contact me for now.