I got a request the other day to help evaluate a catamaran buy in SoCal. It turns out it was one of the bootleg Sunchaser 58s that John Shaw splashed and sped off with.
Funny thing; when they went through USCG certification, MSC was calling me with questions. One question was how was it possible that a 58 could weight 50,000 lbs I think it was. The other was it had the lowest laminate testing numbers they had seen.
Get one done right by a reputable builder, with designer support.
Canon makes a great printer, but CFS out of New Jersey is the sleeziest organization that I have come across in years. I bought the printer with the understanding that I would make 3 years of payments then it was mine. Contrary to what was said, it turned out actually that I could buy it from them then. The vendor told me that was news to him and we would work something out when the 3 years were up.
I wasn’t really paying attention to when the time was up. It was up in November, but as they told me, “we will never tell you when the 3 years are finished”. And the extra payments are considered frosting to them and gone.
I have been given 2 weeks to pay in full, but they will insist on getting two more payments afterwards or they can ruin my credit. And it is all governed by the laws of NJ. Note to anyone else in future, they are utterly dishonest.
I got this recent picture of a couple of jobs in the Pedigree Cats yard. Is the truck under the Shuttleworth 53 new? The cat has been there since Bill Clinton was president. It has a luscious interior but looks very dated outside, to my eyes. And the structure is more flexible than I insist on.
The big unit on the left is interesting. It is something like 86′ and nice and wide. It does have no visible main beam under the mast inside. The fiberglass box beam is under the floor. All glass. I did a quick calc and recall predicting a deflection of 2″ (50mm) from mast load upwind. Might be moderately alarming?
If you built your own multi, this would not be happening.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KZEEyZXpcLY&feature=youtu.be
Posted on 16th. I see it did not remain up, along with a couple of others.
I had three USCG rush items and renderings for investors this week. I will be in Monday to try to catch up. I have not forgotten about anybody.
Recall that instead of welding SS ears to a SS shaft, KHSD multis have used Goertz style composite ears for a couple of decades. A glass sleeve is bonded to the roughened shaft, then the composite ears are glassed to the sleeve. A nice job by Colm building a 31′ tri.
Its only half way there not being a catamaran, but it has X bow and maximum waterline length. And a forest of wingsails. Chris Anderson style. Designed and being built in Japan. They should have hired Chris as consultant.
“A very nice win for the Kaleva crew in the yacht race Round Mana today … Brian and Sam in their ‘happy place” A KHSD 38 trimaran down under.
Brian caught three KHSD designs at hanging out in Marina de La Cruz. Of course Brian’s Cat2Fold, Bill Anderson’s Feet and the always notorious Profligate in the distance. Richard Spindler’s 63′.
Lots of changes in the biz lately. I will get more details to add here and maybe readers can also add information.
MAS Epoxy was bought.
Schooner Creek Boatworks was bought.
Invictus has a new owner.
Mark Ganulin, the goto guy for multihulls at USCG head office at MSC, has retired. IBEX seminars has a new director, Sarah Devlin.