I suspect you are correct on the naming. I came up with the term after reading a description somewhere. Here is an illustration of what is on...
I know this is a really old thread, but I can't resist... I may have bought the boat you were going to buy - was it a yellow/white Raptor 16 from...
Did you ever get it in the water ?
Rendering Stations/Bulkheads? I have downloaded some plans (http://www.multihull.de/forum/viewtopic.php?f=21&t=175) and can see that the "Unfold"...
Pix??? We eagerly await.....
My recollection is that seating comfort was not among the best aspects of my MO.... -) OTOH, there is Chris Grill's solution:...
A good practice that I stumbled on to a few weeks ago when the wife was about to dump this little Oreck cannister vaccum at the thrift shop: when...
You're using nitrile gloves, right? I wear the gloves and, immediately after finishing for the day, put my clothes in the wash....
Are you using Gary's scheme as per "Rolling and Furling" on http://tinyurl.com/btqucab ?
You got it backwards. I was supporting your 20 minutes. And, especially if all you have to do is un-fold the akas - instead of lashing them...
That being the case, if I were building another Mailbu Outrigger, I'd have to think seriously about replacing the spec'd dag with a Tornado...
Is that a pivoting centerboard that I see?? If so, dat be da bomb IMHO. My major reservation about my old Mailbu Outrigger was the daggerboard...
You've seen this, right? To: "malibuoutrigger@yahoogroups.com" <malibuoutrigger@yahoogroups.com> Subject: [malibuoutrigger] (unknown) From: Don...
I do not think you want more float in the ama bc IMHO there is more than enough already. I was about 190# when I was sailing mine and with me...
You've seen this one, right? http://web.media.mit.edu/~tim/pix/cuba.html I think it may be the same one he used here:...
I'd stick with it to the letter as far as dimensions go. I'm no engineer and maybe this says more about my limited brain power than anything...
Bump... I would offer up the following from my experience building/sailing a Malibu Outrigger in Hawaii a looooong time ago. Perfect beach...
