I was just about to splash the 12 foot tri when I got a call from Lloyd Fogg, one of my builders who was at Shilshoe Marina that evening.
They just got sails that day and were going north with the tide in the morning. One of my 32 foot cruising trimarans.
Could I check everything out? Sure.
A few revisions, but it sails great. Fully instrumented. We were faster than true many times.
Great evening.
Spotted this KHSD 45 at Shilshoe when going out on the 32 tri. I recall that it was first built in eastern Washington some 20 years ago. CM plywood if I remember correctly. Looks nice.
Wi-Fi down in office building last Thursday and Friday. Owner gone and his voice mailbox full.
Verizon modem no longer working, probably since last unavoidable win 10 update. Clearly the universe was telling me to go sailing. Little 12 foot tri. Rudder seems to be a 6% or so 6000 series foil; probably from a Hobie. Would be very easy to stall. I was worried about maneuvering. Nah. Did great. I will change lots of the sail handling things, but I am fussy about sail trim.
Delightful to sail. “Does everything it’s supposed to” noted Tim Ryan, also trying it today.
Trump tariffs in place now on fiberglass. That is on fiberglass from China, which means almost all of it.
Scott at Fiberlay noted that as of September 24th the tariff will be 10 percent. On January one, that jumps to 25 percent. Prices at Fiberlay, and surely the others, will reflect that.
Thank you Mr Trump.
Better order your stuff before January.
Wireless 12v switches. No need for wires to the lights from the switches. No batteries. On composite boats, and composite tiny houses, this is huge. No need to cut into the composite to hide wires, nor fasten the wires to the composite surface. Built in dimmers and smart light sorting too. Around $320 for a kit. I probably spent 50 hours doing and connecting switches on the lunar lander. These would have been a bargain. Only scary part is the switches look like the flush button on my Toto toilet.
Rogues gallery. Hanging with Nigel and Walter at IBEX.
Carbon/Kevlar hinges. What a great soft solution. What did I hear, 50,000 cycles and no failure?
I finally figured out to put the company contacts in the pictures. Zoom in to read the card.
IBEX 2018 in Tampa.
I had intended to just surf the vendors, and not stop for swag. A quick trip and travel light.
Didn’t happen that way. So many cool new products.
I will post the standouts for me. I have been posting to the Facebook Multihulldesigns Blog more often as I can post in seconds from my phone. Blog here is not phone friendly yet. https://www.facebook.com/Multihulldesigns-943388672507292/
Here I thought it was Richard’s sparkling personality that attracted the crowds. Maybe it’s because Profligate is such a great mother ship. 63′. Its been traversing the waters along Cali and Mexico forever. Sail on.
Kamanu, a 36 foot daycharter catamaran was my first COI vessel. I remember designing it during the 1984 election season. It has been carrying passengers for more than 30 years. Cylinder molded plywood epoxy. It just popped up on Facebook so I noted.
