Oh, rather than shrink photos to attach here, I've been posting photos as I go along at the Triak forum. You don't need to be a member to browse....
Thanks.
The forum limits photos in jpeg format to only 2 megs. That's pretty small anymore. But I will provide some if I can figure out how to reduce the...
Turns out that the barrier that they put onto the front/back of the standard board insulation is pretty easy to remove. It appears to be tyvek or...
I found some polystyrene in the insulation section of my local Lowes. One sheet per float will give the needed thickness. But, it is covered...
XPS foam I had thought of that method but was going to put the foam inside the two halves mounted on flanges, I hadn't thought of reglassing the...
Stitch and glue ama mod... OK, if I can substitute polyester whipping cord for the wire stitches, how to I tighten...or am I misunderstanding...
Thanks so much, I appreciate the help. The first time I did this over the winter, I rushed through it and didn't have a good idea of how to...
Thanks, but... I came to this forum because I can't seem to find any construction forums on clc...I see builders forums ... their website is...
Advice Needed--Modifying (not building) amas for Triak I would not have thought of the flange idea except for a local guy who has a long oven and...
The current modified float is the one seen in the video. The original floats are 8" tall, I added 6" for a total of 14". That increased the...
Thanks for the thoughts, but ... see the boat in action https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OwN18Pxt09Y The above link shows the boat and where I...
I own a trimaran kayak sailboat (Triak brand name). The manufacturer only put 80 pounds of floatation in the amas. That's not enough for the 20...
Wylie boats There are a few wyliecats in SF Bay, but the ones I know are 30 footers. All have keels for lateral resistance as does his wyliecat...
Well, Since the COE of the sloop sailplan is between the jib and mainsail COE's which ends up slightly in front of the mast usually and the COE of...
After sailing the heck out of a 24 ft trimaran for a decade, I've sold it and am thinking of designing/building my own boat after I retire next...
