This picture on LectricLatitude also, is so cruising. It says it all. In case anyone missed it, I designed his cat a couple of decades or so ago. He has used it mercilessly since then. http://www.latitude38.com/lectronic/lectronicday.lasso?date=2013-09-04#Story5
I found this unlabeled picture on recent LectronicLatitude. The cool kids will recognize it as Kevin Millet’s cat Kalewa. This means it is in Cali now. I did the hull lines and Kevin designed the rest. Its from Kauai and is the scourge of the races there. This is its second lap around the Pacific at least.
Was sent this link. http://www.3hulls.com/index.php/chs-x19-trimaran.html Cool. I guess I better work up a contract. Very good to see. More righting moment than the cats and bigger amas than most of the same size trimarans I’ve seen.
A very nice shot of the now 64′ KHSD power charter cat Holo Holo running out of Kauai. http://www.holoholokauaiboattours.com/
A nice shot of the 36′ Cat 2 Fold sailing.
One of the nicest pictures I have yet seen of Aolani. Richard has a good eye.
My lunar lander epoxy project has just over a month until the winter rains curtain drops. Dropped until next spring. It is all being done on site outdoors.
I will be away a lot this month. Oddly enough a lot of the work coming to me now has vicious time demand with it. I really appreciate the people giving me some time and will make it worth your while.
Big changes are going on in fiberglass suppliers.
I found prepackaged bits of 4 oz glass at Fisheries Supply. No price but I guessed it couldn’t be too bad. Wrong. It was list at $10/yard (50″) . That is triple what I got it for at Fiberlay and just double with the Fisheries discount.
A fellow there said Fisheries doesn’t want to handle fiberglass anymore. Something about hurting his back.
I just got word that with Firefox, well, “The dxcart used for transactions on your website appears as
untrusted for security certificate (Firefox).” and “(try to purchase yourself using Firefox and you will
not get to PayPal) ”
People, the site is safe. I have informed tech. Maybe it will take them another week to fix this also.
Every new design must have a detailed and accurate mission statement. Not everybody agrees with me, but I am right on this. I know of one boatyard here in on the west coast who believes all you need are hull lines and this stuff about mission statement (or weight study) are just designers trying to take people’s money.
Also a mission statement might change as a build progresses. That can be very bad. This beautiful rendering of the ArtCat 44 or maybe 46 now is an example of what the customer wanted changing as the job went along. Not my rendering, but a beautiful one. Originally it was to be a light efficient 40′ ocean cruiser with the hulls alone stretched to 44′. It evolved into a luxurious abode, but with the hull lines of the light, efficient cruiser. Mission statement people. Course I know nothing about marketing. Maybe light, efficient has no potential.
