Shockwave 37 History

[Eliseviv]

Hi James,

Mai-Tai performed as hoped. Didn't break anything important, but really learned alot about the boat. Adjustments include:

-selftailer on main halyard..... reef in, reef out, reef in reef out.
-shorten main battens where they snagged the running back-stays on every "unreef"
-jammers on mast for genoa, spinnaker and main halyards
-tangle avoidance for the front of the mast for tacking
-improve hull eyes for prodder pole (deformed the one I used under the load)
-more positive jamming of the back stay runners, and mast pivot control
-need to think about spinnaker pole down-haul... was a right PITA the way I was doing it.
-sheet bags in about 10 places
-winch handle pockets near mast!
-change #1 reef out-haul (bent the existing one like a swizel (new word))
-new out-haul on boom (current one useless)

-Remove the Ruddige.. (the name we gave to the outboard pod....). (hadn't thought about a longer (long) foot... Ill look into that!)

On comfort side, I do need to set up some sort of bimini, especially when the winds are light and zero cover from the sun......

Also need a new main. the existing one is a worn out piece of crap... but economics dictate its continued use!

We were a bit circumspect with sail changes when beating on the way home, but 5 days of headwinds and all was happy at the end.

The biggest problem is I got some tropical bug in my system, cellulitis and an infection of the knee requiring minor surgery.... so 5 days in hospital later.. It would appear I faired far worse than the boat!

This long weekend coming, taking the 11 year old son on a promised overnighter... cant wait :-).

Goodluck with the Tri

Cheers

[Eliseviv]

Thanks to Bella, whose dad build Skua here is an article from 1977.... (same year my LX Torana was built....

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Simpler times im guessing.

Thanks Bella for the articles.

[ocean_groover]

Thanks for putting this up. Really interesting slice of multihull history.

Love the propulsion system - tried it yet?

[Eliseviv]

:-)

My 3 mtr blowmoulded PVC dinghy would have to be heaviest lump that has ever been invented.. I would double the weight of "Mai Tai" in an instant...... But I guess with the right dinghy it could be a solution. Perhaps would be possible to make a pivoting nacelle which doubles as a dinghy and kill two birds with the one stone :-)...

Not the solution for me today but ;-)

(thanks "keysdisease" for photo)



http://www.boatdesign.net/forums/att...hull-sledb.jpg

[Eliseviv]

Got lucky and a friendly prior owner/builder of a Shockwave gave me an overview copy of a plan for the workshop wall :-)

So off to the laminators today to put it on the wall.

Getting there slowly with some history on the old girl!!

Amazed at how the original fabrication on Mai Tai is very similar to the diagrams, so someone followed the plans pretty closely.



Fun dreaming at work, when I cant actually be out on her!

[redreuben]

Scan it before you laminate it !