You might also try Ben Hall at Hall Spars and dave Hubbard who helped him design his first wing for his A-cat. Fred Eaton who won the last I4C is...
Congrats to the whole Hydroptere team. They have truly put in the time, effort and research to make this happen. Cudos to them!
Too bad the boat is only shown for 3-4 seconds in the video. Has a Hobie rig for the main and mast, but would really like to see more of the boat.
That what going to be my reply. I would look at the two blocked patent applications and approach one or both about selling or liscensing the...
From the LR2/LR3 site: After sailing the LR3 at Lake Hartwell we found there were issues with the boat going downwind. It just wouldn't go wild...
You should talk to either Retired Geek or John Lindahl, designer and builder respectively. The have done some pretty serious tests with both the...
You know guys, I am not a designer, but do build boats for my own enjoyment. I come to this site to get current thoughts, design ideas and to...
I applaud this move!
I am rebuilding a tornado right now. Most of the issue is in the beam boxes. Quite a few A-cats are bonded and it seems to work out great for...
$650 does seem about right. I suppose you could shop around and you might find $50-75 savings, but you might not either. Are you pulling out the...
Nice looking with West and fairing compound on the bow. Some of the a-cats use striker-less main beams and others do not. I think that Fred uses...
The LR3 won the Spring fever regatta with matt struble on the helm. randy Smyth on his boat came in second. he did not sail two of the races so...
I will not argue the boat=speed end of it, but in the 30's Vanderbilt did quite a bit to control the escalating costs of the AC. Ranger, being...
It is Gougeon, almost right. You will loose quite a bit of weight with the changes you are making. What mast, beam and boom are you going with?...
First, what is your a-cat? Second, post this same message through these 4 links. There are many builders, sailors and designers on these sites...
John Lindahl and designer Richard Roake (Retired Geek) have built and respectively updated the design. Matt Struble has done some of the test...
There was a point in time late 80's and early 90's that the class was in trouble. It came from what we termed throw away boats. These were built...
My first Boat was a Tornado- Tortured Ply construction. My second boat was a 40' Chris White designed trimaran, Skyhook and the third was an...
Doug, I would be happy to elaborate on the foils on another thread. I will make the time to soon.
Doug, I am neither for or against the foils. I will vote on the issue and I am not sure how I will vote. Right now the class is active,...
