John up on Vancouver Island showing his slightly modified wood strip 40 trimaran main hull.
Not Really a Catamaran
From one of my favorite space machine designers, Daniel Simon. Not a cat, but at first glance…
“1937-39 Mercedes T80
With a 44.5 liter V12 engine, 3000hp, Ferdinand Porsche design, and a speed record target at 750km/h ( 470 mph ), this 6-wheeled monster was developed to beat existing British and American records of the time – on a German Autobahn. It never happened. “
Zeevonk Sold
Diab has new website
I see that Diab (the pvc foam core people) has a new website. http://www.diabgroup.com/
More Geko Pics
More Greg Lynn Trimaran
I have to admit this unit looks so cool that I can’t stand it. What a work of art! The green windows make no logical sense but how cool are they?
It almost like a 15 year old gamer designed it to only exist in cyberspace, unrestrained by how it will be at sea. I can think of a dozen things that will not be right at sea, but it doesn’t matter. It looks so cool.
John Marples on Synthetic Rigging.
Nice article by John Marples in the last ProBoat issue.
New Pic of Pipeline 3
Cargo 60 Catamaran
I worked on this cargo cat for the Caribbean over the winter. It is designed to be rock bottom inexpensive to build. It will be built using a developed plywood half hull mold. Instead of core it will be solid skin with triaxial stringers. Internals and connectives are epoxy/plywood.
At first glance it may look similar to the powercat 89 but except for the reverse bows, nothing is similar. Instead of flare it merely has a spray deflector.
I finally wanted to render it and Monday I will get back to plotting out everybodys plans.
Windyty Wind Forecast
I think I had this once before, but I understand it has been upgraded. So here you go.
https://www.windyty.com/?surface,wind,now,37.788,-146.733,4











