The KHSD 53/55/58 cruising catamaran Lil Explorers is continuing its voyage.
Central America now and keeping on.
Find it on Facebook at
https://www.facebook.com/pages/Sailing-with-Lil-Explorers-Catamaran-and-Crew/281505708649584
Amani Gets a New Route
ENTEBBE.
The ministry of Transport has allowed a private company to ply the Entebbe-KalangalaIsroute on Lake Victoria.” They will be using the KHSD 65 catamaran ferry Amani. http://www.monitor.co.ug/News/National/New-ferry-gets-green-light-to-ply-the-Kalangala-route/-/688334/2264354/-/preev9z/-/index.html
Chris Anderson’s 20m Catamaran
We finally get to see some pictures of Chris Anderson’s cat that he designed and is building. This is going on in New Zealand. North Island I think. This is a CM (cylinder molded) developed plywood vessel. Chris goes away back on the process. In fact he is in the original CM video.
If I may throw in a bit of bio: Chris led the team that designed the fly-by-wire controls for the Boeing 777. I’m surprised he has not also been interviewed by Wolf Blitzer this week.
Being from the antipodes, Chris did not know about Autocad, so he designed and used his own 3D modeling CADD software.
This unit will have 6 unstayed masts. I recall seeing the rig arrangement fastened to the top of his car; he was conducting tests.
Good stuff and great to see it move along.
Palmetto Breeze 56 Season Opens
The KHSD 56 daycharter cat Palmetto Breeze is at it again. If memory serves, this unit is certified for 100 passengers. http://www.etix.com/ticket/online/venueSearch.jsp?venue_id=8648
Nick Gets Discovered
Nick’s 42′ catamaran was featured in a newpaper story recently. I see the software squeezed the X axis so the pictures look forshortened in the X direction. I kept it so the text remains as large and clear as possible.
SCUBA & H2O Adventure Show in Seattle
Oops I missed it. Was April 5 and 6 here in Seattle. But the guys from Alii Nui were there with a booth. http://www.divenewsnetwork.com/expo/
Alii Nui Has a Blog
The KHSD 65 daycharter cat Alii Nui out of west Maui has a blog now.
http://www.aliinuimaui.com/Blog/
Below a construction picture from the shop at Schooner Creek in Portland.
Plans Price Increase
The price of plans has to go up. It looks like the magic date is June 1. I’m thinking it has been about 20 years since the plans prices were raised. I have been told my plans prices are low; and it has become more work then the cash flow reflects.
E-Study Plans
We are a bit closer to sorting that out. It seems the shopping cart cannot tolerate no shipping charge. Waiting for answers but for now, again the best work-around seems to be order a book, tell the cart bot that you live in Botswana, and email me the study set you actually want emailed to you.
Composite Tube End
A nice shot of James’ plywood box beam bowtube end. A composite chainplate.
