There is a picture in Cathy Hawkins book "Return in the wake: The true story of a woman's adventures at sea" of their Twiggy prior to a race. The...
A vessel racing displacement of 3200 lbs, or 1.5 tonnes, should be revisited. I would say that once loaded for racing the vessel will be well over...
From the video the reduction was greater than roughly calculated resulting in capsize.
That is also my interpretation; for the G4 the combination of hull flying and foiling is without any safety margin.
Richard Woods and John Shuttelworth have online articles on design...
GT Best to get a second opinion, perhaps also a core sample of dented area
Hi Gt Did you have the boat surveyed prior to purchase? If not it might be a good idea to seek professional advice. I would be concerned as to...
The economic boom hasn't been evenly distributed hence a few very expensive maxis and far less mid sized yachts. Multihulls have been hit by...
G'day Twiggyman IMO the corrosion on the alloy plates is caused mainly by the interaction with the s/s fasteners - you need to ensure that there...
I'd forget the tiller, by this stage it's losing relevance. Sheets are paramount in particular the headsail as the sheet is direct to the clew...
These little tenders are easy to row, light to handle and very stable. http://surfski.com.au/gallery/main.php?g2_itemId=3644
http://www.sail-world.com/Australia/index.cfm?SEID=0&Nid=13742&SRCID=0&ntid=0&tickeruid=0&tickerCID=0
The one in Port Stephens (if its the same one that I'm thinking about) was sold on and the new owner was going to restore it. Even had a boat...
No it is the same design built in NZ in foam composite.
The title of the study indicates the limits of the study ie high speed catamaran ferries in two specific locations. It does not include all...
For more information and some dwgs go to "Search" and type Twiggy.
AFAIK there were 2 later Twiggy versions built, for arguments sake you can call them MK1.5, the one with composite beams and furniture grade...
Thanks Corley They seem to be aggressively buying business which is good for me.
Stan Honey discusses ocean going mono and multihulls, "multihulls are much more sensible" http://www.nemasail.org/pdf/Spring2011Newsletter.pdf
I can understand and fully sympathise with Kiwi angst, they developed the foils and made them doable and at the last moment their thunder was...
