I finally got a picture of Trilogy 4 from Maui. I think that was my 48′ that was built by Kevin Millett some 20 or more years ago. Originally called Hula Girl.
KHSD Atlantic Rowboats 2012
Two competing teams used my F40 cat hulls that year. One was a tri and this one was a cat. This is a video about David’s cat. www.rocexpedition.com/
That crack in the bow was alarming. Clearly no triaxial nor uni glass was used. They declined laminate design.
I was surprised how heavy and low tech the items like rudders or hatches were on these rowing multis. I was retained to do a design for a trimaran for ’13 but Roy skipped out without paying, so the design sits.
Formula 40 Charter Cat in China
Not a real boat pic yet, but a rendering of the Formula 40 cat revised to carry passengers on a terror run in China.
Composite Fabrics
I have gotten another line on a run of carbon uni and carbon biaxial material for my builders.
This in addition to a bunch of e-glass from before. I will post the details here when I see them in print.
Older Muffalo Videos
I had not seen this one before.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9ldeuwTuQaA
and I thought this one had more interior but I see just a bit at the end.
Simmo Flying Main Hull (with link now)
Simmo’s new sails give Muffalo more power. Flying the main in pretty calm water here.
KHSD 24 tri with great interior. http://vimeo.com/103414044
Spiders
The multihull sailor and philosopher Mark Evans used to remark that spiders will move into epoxy boats immediately, but never onto polyester boats.
I’m building the spaceship like a boat, with epoxy. This large alpha arachnid in the lunar lander was warning me to back off. It was his house now. There must be human health implications.
Kelsall Invite
I see Derek Kelsall has sent out a mass emailing, inviting me to his workshop. I got two of them, I guess in case I missed it. Says he will increase my understanding. I do understand it. I had forgotten that I had been doing CM about a decade before KSS started and its pretty similar to CM but with bits cut out of the bilge.
The trick as I see it is to start with curved panels; instead of bending flat panels into a curve. The other trick is to resolve the compression along the keel. That way you don’t have to cut bits and then laminate over the cut bits, and next fair that work. I think I sorted that compression out and will build one that way as soon as I get this spaceship done.
I hope I’m still working the problems like Derek is when I get to his age.
Palmetto Breeze T Shirts
A crew on the 55′ daycharter cat Palmetto Breeze sent a picture of the T shirts they sell there. nice.
http://aqua-safaris.com/discover/charleston/palmetto-breeze/
Jimmy
Chris came through. The previously mentioned cat was actually named Jimmy, it was actually 60′, and the shape was not a tetrahedron but a flattened pyramid, as I forgot that I described it as correctly, years ago.
