Great Multihull Video

Thanks, Corley! Clearly shows how the bow section pivots to create a step-best I've see yet.

 

Imagine pitch poling that thing at speed!

Thanks Corely.

 

I enjoyed this video reminds me of cruising round the bay on the club multis on a sunny day. The trimaran looks like a big Newick. I know there were a few built some were aluminium construction.

 

That Newick is a 52?ft Traveller. I went on her and did an article for MW called "Newicks in New Zealand" IIRC her mast is from stright Radiata pine strips. She aint alloy.

cheers

Phil

 

Hey catsketcher Phil, would like to read your article from MW; could you scan it and post here? Cheers.

 

I recall that article. I trolled through my back issues and couldn't find it. Phil do you recall what issue it was in? Pretty sure the large red newick is a Limmershin (sp?) 53' which was a more cruisey version of Moxie.

 

+ 1 on reading that article on Te Kaihau.

link to website:
http://www.sailtekaihau.co.nz/

 

Phill I would also appreciate it if you could post the article on Te Kaihau.

 

Oh no - Got that wrong. The Traveller is the one that was built in Oz. The Limmershin was built by "Thommo"? and moored near Thames.

I lost lots of articles with a hard drive failure. I will see if I can find it and scan it.

cheers

Phil

 

Somewhere I've got a negative of the building of Limmershin, in a large and dusty farm shed near Waitakaruru on the Hauraki Plains; went round with Max Purnell and Sam Hill, back in the day. Quite a few Newicks were built here in rural sheds.
I'll see if I can find it and make a print.

 

Thanks Phil fo letting us know, best of luck in finding the article.

Gary hopefully you may be able to shed more light on the Nerwicks built here. I only had known of Max's Mokihi?
Thanks if you may be able to add more.

 

I've the study plans for Limmershin somewhere but design wise it isn't related to Moxie.

 

The 'more cruisy version of Moxie' was down to my licence. However, apart from rigs, and a doghouse and new moon amas on the Limmershin, looking at the drawings side by side they don't look that different to me. They are also virtually identical in LOA, BOA, draft, sail area and displacement. To Quote DN from MM M/A 1985 Limmershin design article "Those who know Moxie and Rogue Wave will realise how much this new design owes to those happy classics".

 

The sterns are different.....When Walter Greene started designing his own boats he used Newick like hulls with the comment, "You can't improve on the wheel." In the family but not twins? Limmershin looks to have more room inside but I haven't been on one.

 

Recently uploaded video of Francis Joyon powering along at the start of the 2010 Route du Rhum on IDEC.

http://youtu.be/7hq-gKKH7eg