Fantastic Website

[Manie B]

Guys - by now everybody knows that i am a vertically chalenged old fart that likes petit girls in bikinis, however i am also an amateur boat builder that loves the smell of epoxy - maybe that is why me brain has gone soft :D :D

BUT - every once in a while a webpage designer comes along that really can put a website together THAT WORKS - couple that to a fantastic product and you have pure magic.

And the golden globe goes to





SCHIONNING

http://www.schionningdesigns.com.au/www/welcome.cfm

this new site is bloody fantastic

lots and lots of pics (**** i cant find me glasses)
dont worry ZOOOOM here is one pic

guys if you havent been there go now
dont worry about the world politics / economy
you cant change it any way :D :D :D

[TeddyDiver]

Neat !! And despite the pictures not too long time to load.. I'm hanging here on a G2 mobile connection so it has some restrictions :)

[Fanie]

Manie I absolutely agree with you. It's like how the hell did I miss this before... just look at this !

Dam (:D) I wish I was closer to the sea. I'm getting extraction symptoms again so I'm going fishing by the morrow.

Btw, you after 3 beer has gone flat but don't worry I'll courier it to you.

[kach22i]

Some pretty cool boats over there.

[Ike]

They did it right. The header loads first to give you something to look at, then the text and last the pics. There is nothing worse that a web site that leaves you staring at a blank page while everything loads in the background, or has hi res graphics that freeze the page while they are loading. This site is slick.

[Butch .H]

Hey Manie thats a Cat site ag sis man:D :D :D :D

[Fanie]

Now come on Greg, you know cats are the best there is.

[Ilan Voyager]

Thanks Manie.

Very good site, with lot of good information and I appreciate the realistic ciphers given: displacements, speeds, number of work hours etc.

Very nice boats also (the power ones I didn't look at the sail section) and good methods of building. Well made PDFs. Impressive site.

[DGreenwood]

That is one of my all time favorite sites. It has been at the top of my bookmarks list for a long time now and I am still not tired of it.
They have some very sensible designs and realistic methods outlined.

Here is another you might like:

http://www.graingerdesigns.com.au/index.html

[DGreenwood]

Manie
That picture of those guys standing there grinning like idiots makes me wish I had a paintball gun to make them go scurrying below decks...they look like they are having too much fun and it kinda' pisses me off;?)

[Fanie]

What I hate about these nice boats is if you choose one you feel unhappy about the others you didn't choose. Somehow it's the same with wiemen :D

In the next life I want many boats with wiemen on them. I hope they can cook fish :rolleyes:

Thinking about it, I just hope there will be fish :D

[Wynand N]

cats are for sissies :o :o

[Manie B]

yeah yeah yeah :D

cats are for sissies

Hey Manie thats a Cat site ag sis man

reminds me of that cartoon joke posted elsewhere where the one guy is sitting in the middle of the ocean on his upside down cat looking down into the water at the other guy blowing bubbles from his mono from the ocean floor :D

life is all about choices :D

remember this, that i will get to Frosty's pub a WEEK before you do, my back and front would have been massaged and i would have ample time to drink beer :D

[Fanie]

cats are for sissies :o :o
Big mouth when you're far away eh ! You realize when a mono gets hit by a trimaran it's going to cut it into four parts, right ?

Who wants to walk on the walls of things in any way :D

[alex folen]

cats are for sissies :o :o

Yeah, I aint goin there.

[Butch .H]

Manie / Fanie did Colombus use a cat No! :P he used a mono should I carry on:D :D :D :D :D

[Frosty]

I was going to buy or build a schioning, I looked very hard at all boats of catamarans in 40 foot size.

Im glad I didnt, although I really like the design.

Check out the old thread 'who can build me a power cat in asia"

[Fanie]

Eh Butch. You also just using their downwind technique then. Trade winds can be bloody boring.

And to think they could have gone around the world, what... 100 days is it ?


Geezzz Frosty, just think about that huge deck you would have to sweep... and the distance you'd have to walk to the fridge for beer. No man, you guys should stick to mono's.

[Frosty]

Na I bought the Australin built Seawind Ventura 44

[Manie B]

Jeez Frosty

Seawind Ventura 44

ITS A STINKPOT :D :D :D

http://www.seawindcats.com/index.pl?page=82

very very impressive :D

[Manie B]

Butch you old fart :D

you must stop worrying about my cat:P

we are gonna be by you much sooner than you know - Wynand recons early March:eek:

then we are coming to terrorise all of Durban
and inspect your work :D :D :D

[Fanie]

I'm worried about Frosty's bridgedeck clearance. The seawind's seems ok though.

[Butch .H]

Hoezit Manie. March you say cool will be nice to see that MONO:D :D being launched.Did you find the info o the easycat you were looking for?

[Frosty]

Once you've had a cat , bridge deck clearance becomes very important, I understand your concern but I think at a guess it is 80/90cm.

Mine is identical to the picy but no teak aft deck (too heavy) and no built in bridge, I like to keep the wind in my hair.

[Guest62110524]

this site has changed in particular the gallery section , which is brilliant
I think the people who are professionals should pay to have their work here, and this includes me
Thank you!!