AIT Around In Ten

Boat: G'Day 88 ---> Ashley Coulston ---> Trans-Tasman voyages

Info on the boat in French ---> Google translation:

 

Thanks Angelique
My goodness what a story
Makes one think part genius part nuts, strange person.

 

Digged up some pictures of G'Day 88 -- link -- link --

 

Sure doesn't look alright . . .

 

Just came across this post that also fits this thread very well, since a lot of premature endings of AIT attempts are caused by fatigue of the crew and not because of failure of the boat . . .

 

Angel interesting thread thanks for posting

http://www.boatdesign.net/forums/sailboats/small-blue-water-boat-36267.html

this got my attention

 

So - without an EPIRB (and someone else to save his arse) he'd most likely be dead.

Yet, learning nothing from this, he tries again and makes it. Not sure if that's an example of persistence overcoming failure or what.

As for dodging the weather, just try doing that in latitudes outside say 35N to 35S. It isn't going to happen in a small boat. You're going to get what the weather systems dictate because they're moving a *lot* faster than you are.

I'm starting to wonder if Sportsbet or Betfair or similar organisations would take bets on the outcome...... as a friend of mine once said, if you're not part of the solution, there can be good money to be made by prolonging the problem.

PDW

 

I guess we all are subject to rely on someone else to save our "arse" on a daily base (police-doctors-traffic controllers-farmers etc...) and there's no big difference between an EPIRB, a cell phone or good old fashion talking to activate the people who take care of us.

If Coulston hadn't learned from his first attempt, he probably would have repeated what he did wrong the first time so Murphy's Law would make him fail again. Didn't happen so he learned something.....
Could be though that "luck" was to blame for the succes of his second attempt...

Sportsbet,Betfair....what to say about people who get involved with that or consider it as a parameter..

 

My goodness, must be very crazy for make a sail boat with a bottom of motor boat!!!
he he
It was better for everyone if he went straight up without stopping at the South Pole.

In any way, about the difficulties, the first days are always the hardest.
Here a video of Matteo Miceli, mondial recordman of Atlantic crossing with a catamaran 6 m. long. (Is the second part of four.)

 

It dipend where is the longitudinal center sail and where is the longitudinal center of effort;
if their are too near, in a small slow boat in the strong sea, the boat gos to broach

 

The builder/skipper of such an extreme boat as a 3 m circumnavigation sailboat should choose what he feels most comfortable about I guess based upon his own experience and feelings.
Serge Testa used a rather unusual "open" deep keel and it served him well.
Hugo Vhilen used another approach and it also served him well......

Mani should go for what he has in mind but,.....maybe it's easier to remove a keel when proven unsatisfactory than to add one if needed......

 

Westel, is it possible to see drawings of your ten?

 

Hello Windraf,

I only have some rough sketches in autocad, based on thoughts and feelings rather than scientific PC programs like DelftShip for example.
I'll try to post some drawings here although I think they are of little valu for the real designer/boat builder.

 

Here some sketches Windraff. Some ideas about different rigg's etc...

 

thank you very much, Westel