[IMG] Well, that didn't work. Luckily, I didn't use any computer in designing the boat. Harry
Hi All I've done a few more races with the new boat, starting to learn how to sail her. Last weekend we went out in a forecast gale, thinking...
Hi Tunnels Thanks for your follow-up. I'm just as wise about the cracking bog. That means I haven't got a clue. That's why I asked. I'm quite...
Thanks Stove There was little wind so I didn't get much out of it. The long race (24 miles is long in this club) was going ok until about the 20...
Thanks for your advice. The radius I'm using to bond bulkheads is about 10mm, so not a lot of volume in Tasmania's cool climate. I use a 10 litre...
Hi Corley Thanks for bringing it to my attention. John has a history of frightening me with his proas and sidecars. I've probably sailed faster...
Hi All I've recently completed construction of a GRP trimaran so it may be a bit late to ask this question. Throughout the build, I had problems...
Hi Stove My forstay and side stays are 5 mm (just over 3/16"). The geometry means they're not heavily loaded. the backstay is not structural and...
Hi Stove The beams are made of curved, laminated oregan, 6" deep tapering to 4.5" where they meet the ammas. There are 1" wide laminations, capped...
Hi Stove and All The new boat has been in the water for a month but I don't yet have a clear picture of how it goes. I had a leak at the...
Hi I wouldn't think that October would be a bad time to be out there. I got beat up in July, about twenty years ago. At least three other...
I deliver sailboats on that coast, mostly to Tasmania across Bass Strait. There is nearly always a current flowing south, rarely more than 3...
Sprinkle sugar from a suitable container with perforations as a "salt-shaker". You can sprinkle it on pretty thick. The resin / gelcoat will...
Thanks all There's so much information in those replies, I'm going to spend a few days checking it out. I like the look of that Warren in the...
Hi All I'm planning to build a new main hull for my existing 27 foot tri, which currently has a Soling keel-boat hull as the main hull. I've...
Hi. You seem to have made the right decision. Stick with a tri. When tacking, mono, cat, tri, the bow comes through the wind and goes to...
My centre-board is cut from a pine bed-head, about 1.25" thick (including the two layers of glass), 20" by 40" deep, shaped by eye. The original...
Hi Marc I've posted a pic of my tri in Delane's "Hobie/J24 trimaran conversion, page 7". This season it has a taller mast (old one broke, too...
I have a tri which started life as a soling, a 27' mono. I raced it for a season as a mono, then as a tri, using the same rig and sails, against...
Hi Delane The work on your modification might be easier with the hull inverted or you could make a mould, using cheap junk ply faired with...
