I have been asked to give some capsize recovery talks and demos at this years Port Townsend Wooden Boat Festival which runs Sept 9-11 The first...
Patrick G posts on this forum. I just got this email from him reporting after his 4th(?) sail "we achieved 9 /10 kt to windward, 16 kt broad...
They say that a picture tells a thousand words. Well, a video can do even better. It is very difficult to get a good idea of a boat from a...
I just saw this news report http://m.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-31809231 RW
This is a link to the post I just made in the Boat Builders section as not everyone reads all the different parts of this forum...
I am also posting a link to this on the multihull forum I have a potential, but very serious, order for a new 38ft Transit catamaran, see here...
I'm trying to move the discussion on from the concept to details, as they may help other small boat sailors, not just those interested in the...
I didn't race this year, it is still in progress as I write. http://www.swiftsure.org/ It is an interesting race as it allows multihulls and...
This is being held Sept 6-8th and I'm posting here because, apart from showing my Skoota 28 powercat I am also giving a couple of talks The...
Sailing catamaran moulds available Due to retirement a boatyard is changing hands and we have to clear out the moulds for a number of...
In the summer time we live on a small island off Vancouver Island in Canada which is 12 miles by ferry to the nearest town. So I wanted a water...
Friends of mine have been building their 12m home designed catamaran for some time. Sadly they have had to abandon the project due to ill health....
I had a great sail at the weekend in San Francisco Bay on board Greg Carter's F27 trimaran. Also in the crew was Phil Thompson, aka Catsketcher....
"Catamarans don't have enough load carrying capacity for serious cruising" Like many other people I have also made that statement many times....
It appears that there is no real definition of a "habitable" boat. That is, a boat with accommodation that you can "live" in, although I'm not...
Or put it another way Self righting or unsinkable – which is better?? One of the perennial arguments between supporters of multihulls and...
Many months ago there was a debate here about the damage caused to carbon masts by lightning. Some people believed that a carbon mast would...
I read it everywhere: If you make a catamaran wider it will pitch pole Now where is the evidence to back that up? It seems to me that this is...
This has come up on another thread so thought I should post this as a fresh topic. First visit www.marinelightning.com see the photo on the...