Alternative to marvelous Buccaneer 24

Discussion in 'Multihulls' started by Gary Baigent, Apr 18, 2010.

  1. Gary Baigent
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    I should post a jpeg but my Canon D is still out - so shooting with EOS1 film and then images to CD - so takes a few days. Here's an earlier shot of small floats. The J foils go through just under the wing beam leading edge. Yes, Doug, the vertical foil area is at 3 degrees toe in and the complete foil is also raked forward 3 degrees, actually more like 4, so the curved area is at that figure. They are fixed but later, considering a flap on the curved J area. But first I want to see how it performs as is, and pretty confident everything will work okay. Long way to go - especially with the rig. That is going to take some time. Maybe I'll use Flash Harry's old rig as a fill in just to get moving.
     

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  2. Doug Lord
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    Thanks, Gary. One hell of an exciting boat! Best of luck-good idea using the
    rig you have. That'll allow you to sort everything- then you can play with a new rig. Besides, I'll get to see pictures sailing sooner!
     
  3. rapscallion
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    Gary,
    The boat looks like a secret Russian fighter jet! I love it! Please post more pics when you can. I would love to see them.
     
  4. captainsideburn
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    this is looking more awesome everytime you post a pic, I want one :p

    BTW why the curved bows on the amas as opposed to the reverse bow on the main hull?
     
  5. Gary Baigent
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    Captn. just a bit of arty wankiness; I sketched the floats with wave piercers and the proportions just looked wrong (reverse bows look better on long rather then short floats, IMO) so changed to the rounds, similar to what I did on my rowing skiff ... which I quite like.
     

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    Looking better all the time. Do I see flat sections aft on the floats? Better not use the "P" word in regards to trimarans hehe:p
     
  7. Gary Baigent
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    Looks that way Dennis, because of the cutaway retrouse deck to transom - but no, the after sections are oval to round. Heh, Heh!! good try though mate.
     
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    nice work Gary.

    Could you antifoul one side of the wing and just leave it lying in the water with some weights to stop it blowing away when its windy?
     
  10. Gary Baigent
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    LoL. Excellent suggestion, Sam. Actually, and I'll post my strange ideas later, one crazy thought was to lower the after element/elements on a pivoting base bearing, ... and put a specially designed little boat under the laid flat wing head/peak ... therefore you wouldn't need antifouling. Course you'd have to lash the lowered wing so that the quadramaran didn't swing about. Laughs. The easier solution would be to lift the element free and place it on special racks across the boat's 8 metre beam.
     
  11. Gary Baigent
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    Complete platform sans wing rig: main hull, wing beam, floats, foils and cases, rudder and tiller attachments comes to 147 kgs. I under guessed the main hull weight, thought it was lighter than the beam but it's 70 kgs. Allow another 10-15 kgs for small cabin and epoxy/carbon connection laminates ... so around 165 kgs. Can I build a 11.5 m wing for less than 75 kgs? ... probably not but going ahead anyway.
     
  12. Samnz
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    its not a question of can you build it that light, its a question of whether it will hold together if you do....

    will you bring this on out racing Gary? id love to see it in action!
     
  13. Gary Baigent
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    Yeah, well, Sam - I'm not intending for Sid to fold up or the rig to come down ... but it could happen of course... however I'll push on building as light and as strong as I can. I've no worries about the platform (having done similar construction before) but the wing rig is new territory. Sure, Sid, when completed, a few months to go yet, will come out and pace you.
     
  14. Gary Baigent
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    Shifting Sid. Plus wing rig, open and folded.
     

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    Congratulations, Gary! Damn good looking boat! When do you think you'll sail?
     
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