Around 8.5 - 10 knots.
Raptor 17.5 Expedition Hi all Here is the latest development in my Raptor. The sail had to be reduced so it would balance the CG and still...
Sigurd About 158 kg all up with my body weight. I weight about 87 kg so the boat is pretty light, It is all carbon and with all the...
Sigurd I have not tested the boat with the bottom fairing so I do not know if it is draggy or not until I test it. I try to do the "walk before...
Valve installed Hi All Thanks for helping me out on this. Here are some pictures of the completed installation. What do you think? [IMG]...
Porttacker The pump is not self priming so I had to make sure it was low enough. I decided to install a valve and clean up the wiring to...
The bottom tube supports the bruce foil. The tubes are aluminum and no problem supporting the loads I have. There must be some engineer out...
I installed a water ballast system in my Ama. I have a streamlined pickup going straight to a 500 GPM Tsunami Aerator pump. From the pump I have a...
Well done Chris. In this day and age getting the boat on the water in the least amount of time and effort and having it perform well in a...
Sounds like a conversion to a CATRI style Tri to me.
Yes I know. I try to only take on one thing at a time. I do my best at design with whatever input I can find. Then there is a point where you just...
I guess that is what a lot of us are saying Doug. Time to build it not talk about it. That is what I am doing to my modified Raptor. It looks good...
Munter I had played with the Hobie Bravo rig and found the 3/16" round battens held the sail shape yet were flexible enough not to alter the...
Thanks Tom I guess the last question is is it better for the battens to key off the mast even if it is a angle of 10 to 30 degrees or do you...
Come on guys help me out here. One last question. With the angle of the battens are you better having webbing on the luff end so the end of...
Thanks Tom and Brian for helping me out on this. Just a few questions. I tried to space the battens about where they would be if they were...
Squaretop sails Interesting discussion I am about to have a squaretop made for my Outrigger Sailing Canoe. Here is a quick video on how it...
Hi Chris I posted that.
Here are the latest video's showing Randy's Tri and the Raptor. http://www.carbee.com/Blog/?cat=8 I have been tweaking my Raptor for about...
