Chris White's book "the Cruising Multihull" is a great source for a 1st timer http://www.chriswhitedesigns.com/books.php Brian Swiftwood - my trimaran sailing...
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Jul 15, 2009 6:24 pm
Thomas Firth Jones's book covers all the issues and is a great read. It can be had quite cheaply from all the usual sources....
My Dad was a school Principal... everyone called him Mister. One day the Internal Revenue Service came to my door and they called me Mister. ;-( Everyone else...
OK Chris, It was just ingrained in me that if you dont know someone I should call them Mr. or Ms. My pet peave is being called sir, sweety and babe. Sir is for...
That might be a pretty chubby main hull. The critical factor is waterline beam divided into waterline length. For low-resistance tri main hulls, many...
... First as others have said there are many variables. Moreover you shouldn't be trying to design a boat if you don't understand the issues. Having said all...
Damian, I think you have it pretty securely in the correct direction with all that. My only take would be that given the type of main hull, which will allow ...
See the design I found with the 20 foot length calls for 28 foot beam which I felt looked strange if not impossible to turn,to say the least. Damian s answer...
As said, Mike, much depends on the displacement of the amas and their actual shape. I have many trimarans in the length-to-beam numbers as described by Damian...
Ray, Just checked out your slipper progress. Good stuff. I found the three strand or even the 12 braid to be too flexible. That's probably because I had the...
Hey, Dan-- the 3-strand I'm using is Dacron, not nylon, so it's pretty low-stretch. There's also only one loop of it per lashing, so not much length to...
There are several high-quality underlayment manufactured with exterior glue and (supposedly) void-free cores. Multiply is one, as is Sureply and Ultraply, I...
Check out the Jarcat group on Yahoo, the J6 would be perfect. John Mike Post wrote: Since my wife doesnt like to heel it seems a cat or tri is fits the bill. I...
second that Don ... From: JohnB To: multihull_boatbuilder@yahoogroups.com Sent: Friday, July 17, 2009 9:32 AM Subject: Re: [multihull_boatbuilder] Beat beam to...
checked out Jarcat nice boats but there are an awfull number of capsize photos. My wife doesnt like to heel but likes swimming in bull shark infested waters...
... That's ok, but I should clarify regarding the jarcats: There are well populated "nests" of jarcat owners and they are a rather sociable lot. They have a...
I'll answer anyway. The problem with Jarcat stability is the same problem any cruising cat will have if it's trailerable, and has fixed beams. The designer...
RAY. I like cats OK especially the xtra room. The Jarcat seems to have a lot for its size . I guess its the trailering that makes the tri more attractive...
... I've had Jarcats since the early 90's and started the Yahoo! group. to be honest, they are as easy to capsize as any boat, mono or multi. In other words,...
Well a tri in the 6m range will be a tight fit and have less space. I and my wife loved the J6 and it trailered well, great boat. I didn't build it but I think...
The capsize in the pictures was an experienced mono skipper (with limited multi experience) solo on another's Jarcat in winds blowing in excess of 35...
www.foldingcats.com www.blognow.com.au/breeze7 The first is the designer's page & shows pics of the 5.9 & deck plan of the 7 ( & explains why there is a...
Ohh Don, If you give people my blog site - that means I'll have to update it (when I remember the password!!) If anyone is interested in the breeze cat - I'm...
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