I've been thinking about this option a bit. I've found a couple others as well. 6 Quality Mid-size Cruisers | Cruising World...
All, A quick update as I am still interested in this and wish to document my journey a bit. Over the past couple years, I have been reading the...
I feel the same way generally, but with the titanium boat linked by old multi that shouldn't be a problem. Welding characteristics should also be...
Do you have any idea of the cost of this in comparison to a high end composite? say Carbon Fiber?
I proposed something like this a couple of years back. See the below screenshots of my shitty design and the thread.....
I could see that for something in the 12-15 foot wide range. When you hit 25 feet and 60 miles to the nearest boat ramp..
I've been following their journey closely. It's still going to take them around 2+ years to finish the boat at the boat yard. I wouldn't design...
Before my now pending divorce, I had estimated about $650k - 750k for the waterfront house in my area with sufficient area to build a 40x60 shed...
The dream situation would be somewhere that I could pull the cat up a ramp and store it right next to the barn I built it in. My other love is...
I've been looking at that option as well. Unfortunately I live in a relatively high COLA location with lots of cliffs.
Thinking of logistics prior to a house purchase that will enable the build. My dream is a raku 52, but I'm going to start with some smaller stuff.
Was thinking about methods of transporting a homebuilt catamaran from somewhere not close to the ocean.. Seems like heavy lift helicopter might...
Like this on mobile.
I noticed that the VMV cat has a solid bridgedeck to the transom. Obviously not having a solid bridge deck at the bows is important, but how...
If you could happen to remember or have an article discussing this I'd love to see it. Been looking around for a while but I haven't found...
Thanks @Ad Hoc . I think I am following now. I hadn't been thinking about the load transfer in context of the beam. Will leave the designing to...
Mostly just my own curiosity. That image is an example of where I thought that potentially the bulkheads and longitudinal supports could be made...
If you had a hull made of fiberglass foam sandwich, but bulkheads and fore aft foam sandwich supports running made out of carbon fiber to decrease...
@guzzis3 how would you tack a crab claw on a non proa? A frame or over the top of the mast?
@oldmulti thanks for the information, I will do some more reading on it. It seems like it could be paired with either an A-Frame Mast or a...
