Thank you all for the information. As I said before, I am pretty experienced with the ply/fiberglass method of construction, but not at all with...
at the end of the day it sounds like trying to do out of anything aside of the ply is a time consuming expensive risk...
Also, with the foam core density, the denser the foam, the stronger and therefore less glass needed?
Alik, Thank you for that advise. I am attempting to do this project in Portugal and for this have a couple of supply issues to deal with. I have...
Fall guy, thank you for your input as well. I am well versed in plywood/epoxy construction and know nothing at all about honeycomb construction,...
Alik, Thank you very much for your helpful post.
I have been thinking about building a tiki 26 and am stuck on whether to use plywood, or to attempt it with polypropylene honeycomb. I am thinking...
Catsketcher, Thanks for your input, especially the part about building vs buying. I don't have a burning desire to build a multi, but am looking...
Richard, Thank you very much for your reply. You make somegood points, especially about straight line sailing and docking a multi. I had a look at...
Phil, As you can see from my previous posts, I am new to the multi world. I am still in the research phase of all this. I am looking for a multi...
Jamez, Thank you very much for that article, that was an awful lot of information packed into a short article!!
I am new to multihulls, so might ask a few dumb questions. While i agree that there is no sense in having more boat than you need, I don't...
Sailing in mid latitudes and tropics. mid 40s is looking like a good size. I spoke with a local boat builder and he said that a multi-chine would...
wow, i just reread my first post, i guess i left some info out. I am looking to sailing cat designs
Sorry, 40'. As far as speed goes, something that could get to 12 knots or so without much effort.
I have been looking for designs for a Cat in the 40 range with a bit of speed to it. My main reason for wanting to work with aluminium is because...
Sounds an awful lot like steel with mono hulls, under 50' it doesn't make much sense. So if looking at aluminum over 40'is better. As far as...
Hmm, big difference to the 100 mile a day monohull sailors use! I see the guy building the 36 footer is using foam and vacuum, not the suggested...
Thank you very much for the links. I have seen your blog in the past. Those are pretty cool looking tris. I requested to join your mate's FB...
Thank you very much, I would like to see the thread. . Is this'd your boat?
