Trimaran rig I put a cat junk on my little 10 foot seaclipper. http://smalltrimarans.com/blog/?p=6745 Cambered panels for decent windward...
Wavewacker, I just assume the widest immersed beam vs WL, so on a flared hull that would be right at the surface. On a Box hull like Eeek it...
Wavewacker, (2w? ;-) Planing wasn't the main emphasis behind picking that hull. mainly it was the minimal rocker/straight run that helps with...
small motor sailing cats I've been playing with tying together a pair of narrowed Eeek! hulls to make a small cat that motors well. If you read...
Very cool. looks like they've still got parrels on battens going around a shroud versus a mast. I've had ideas of using a bipod mast on a cat...
Gary Dierking played with almost the exact same sail i built on his Wa'apa outrigger canoe. he wanted the reefability as well for varying wind...
Baggy Cloth And High Wind I would imagine in 50kt winds the sail would be reefed down to the diagonal panels at the top. these are usually cut...
Not just stretchy Here is a link with pictures of "shaped" chinese sails. Don't care for it myself as I think it makes little difference. The...
Talking about super simple folding, the new seaclipper 20 Tri from Marples/Brown has probably the simplest system ever. I don't know if It could...