Well after alot of jigery pokery I was able to set the boat up and glue the fiberglass sockets to the float .I now have to put it all apart and...
I find so many threads end in a dead end with one not knowing what ended up happening . So I'll add a few pics as I finish this beam part of the...
Hi Bruce, could you describe how the beams are attached to the mainhull and floats on your dragonfly with fixed beams maybe a photo or 2 would be...
I'm looking at a fairly simply attachment plan something like in the pic of Dragon fire
Hi Ivan, no I don't know what alloy it is but the mast was built by a professional so I'd assume it a suitable alloy/temper The majority of the...
An update on progress: I brought 2 sections yesterday both over 6.2mtr there anodised as well but have quite a few 4mm rivet holes and couple of...
At Bell Bay they only make Aluminium they don't sell it, that done through retailers like carpal. Most of it is probably exported .but good...
Seaclipper 28 beam and good example of a simply constructioned counterlever beam
Thanks again OM
Oldmulti, in another thread by myself i asked about timber epoxy beams for my trimaran i'm building 30ft x 22.5 ft 2200lbs and being similar to a...
Nice boats the m80 ,a "farrier like " folding tri but a much simpler build I considered building one at one point, the orange one in the picture...
Some good ideas Russell. I made up another section , larger at similar weight
Ive had a good look at your plans pictures now, Tim those beams are so light with only 4mm ply and small corner cleats no wonder waterstays were...
I made 2 samples it's always good to get a feel for it . The first one is 170x170mm o.d. ply box with 38x38mm in each corner The second pic is...
Russell ,the tri is 29'6" long ,22' beam weight I'm hoping sub. 1ton the floats are 110kg there 29ft long ,the beams I was hoping to get in at...
After some more thought, I think this design has promise,not as light as I'd like but no one wants broken beams. The idea and ply/wood...
Thanks for your input OM, your dead right regarding simplicity thats what I'd like ,I only plan to demount the boat every couple of years and...
Thanks Russell, oldmulti has done amazing job compiling all that info. I've looked though it quite abit and surprisingly ,trimarans with seastay...
As a reference to future readers the 2 pictures attached are, pic 1 the seaclipper 28 beam this is a counter lever beam therefore with no...
