I designed and built a sweet little sailing trailer sailer. She is a folding catamaran of my own design. I got the weight study and the hull lines...
Hello all Kankama is going geriatric - I am putting twin outboards on her in 7 weeks. I have the new pods figured out but I would love to make...
Hello all I have half a sheet of 40mm corecell I want to cut into 20mm thick pieces. Has anyone done anything like this? I have an idea of using a...
I am getting very close to buying hardware for my rig and am just about to order sails. Before I do I would like to know if anyone has any...
Hello all My little 23ft folder is getting a little closer. I really have to work out how much Dux to use on the rig. I have been trawling the...
Hello all Does anyone have experience with the calculations on sweepback on diamonds on a mast. I am building my mast now and can go out and...
I am about to start building the mast for my 7m trailer sailer cat. I have a nice alloy extrusion but I have to build the masthead, mast base,...
Gday all Had a fabulous day at Mrs Macquarie's chair watching the Extreme 40 racing in Sydney. The highlights were many and varied - watching...
Has anyone built their own soft loops instead of U bolts for a foam sandwich deck. I have a couple of ideas in mind but would like to see how...
Len was attempting to sail his little trailerable cat around Australia. He got hit by a big system of Western Australia and has pulled the pin on...
Hello all I have produced a little catamaran for myself in Freeship and Rhino. It is almost built and a friend is building one too. I have been...
Hey Cav - Come over to Oz for a bargain...
Gday all I am in the throes of trying to get a good mast for my 7 metre folder. I have pretty strong views on being able to lift the thing....
Gday all After looking at the capsize data I was thinking "I should get some of my mags and scan them". But scan them to where? So I thought of...
I got a Go Pro for Christmas so I made a video showing some of Kankama's differences from a more normal cat as I sailed her down to Broken Bay NSW...
Hello people I was very lucky to be help bring the ORMA 60 Banque Populaire from the Gold Coast to Sydney with new owner Shawn Langman - of...
In response to the thread on crossbeams I had a go at reverse engineering a Twiggy beam. Feel free to have a read and a comment. Cheers Phil
I liked watching this BBC program. It's about a family that sail an Atlantic 46 cat from England to Australia. It shows the struggles of sailing a...
Hello all I am looking at increasing the volume of my little cat. I would like to add about 300l to the 6 metre hulls. The displacement is...
Gday I am interested in some motion analysis software for a Rhino model I have. It has moving parts on it and I want to use software to refine...
