I stand corrected. Sorry for the duplicate post info. New pictures though...
I thought I posted pics or videos about this before, but I don't see any threads specifically related to it. Anyway, I built a 20' copy of the...
I totally agree. I've owned a Windrider 17 and 16. They get moving OK, but then you realize they're pigs. Very slow to windward. The foot steering...
Total Boat WetEdge paint. Both boards aren't in the water when not in use.
Here's a pic of lengthening both the daggerboard and a rudder for my hydrofoil trimaran. I tapered the bottom ends of both, made divinycell cores...
That's a sliding mast track typically used for windsurfing long boards. It takes a proprietary mast foot that plugs into it. Looks like a vintage...
My friend also let me do some TIG welding on the brackets that support the track. First time for me. I fillet braze steel bike frames with brass,...
Even with the jib sheet (line forward to bow) taught, the car runs smoothly from end to end on the track with little friction. That track is...
OK, I'm going with 2 lines. Not sure which one would be called the sheet, but there will be the forward-routed one shown in my pics above (jib...
I did some tests based on what kapnD said, and that seems to work optimally. The first thing sheeting in does is to pull the clew of the jib to...
Maybe this isn't strictly related to multihulls, but it's on my trimaran so I'm posting in this forum. Someone suggested I convert my jib to be...
Good advice on tacking. Will try it next time I'm out. I really don't intend to fly the main hull. Too scary for me. Don't know what the boat...
I took the boat out a second time. Gopro video here: [MEDIA] Similar conditions to the first time. In the end, a bolt rope on one of my tramps...
Well, I took the trimaran out for its first sea trial a couple of days ago. Launched at about 4:00 pm on an incoming tide in north winds initially...
Well, it worked when it was a foil boat. It's pipe, not tubing. The wall thickness is probably 3/16". Pretty rigid pipe.
Upchurchmr, I don't have rudders on the amas, so I don't ever intend to fly the main hull. With the beam I have (boat is 17' wide), it's hard to...
The junction where the strut meets the hull is 9" above the bottom of the hull, and 4" above the scum line on the hull that shows the water line...
Upchurchmr, you are exactly right. I'm waiting on delivery of some sunbrella fabric and a zipper to make my jib cover, and I need to modify my...
Revintage, the waterline at the stern of the vaka is probably too high. In this boat's previous incarnation, the foiling T rudder it had weighed...
A friend let me use his industrial sewing machine and I finally got my tramps made and installed. Used mesh from this company: Trampoline Fabric...
