Thank you Bajansailor. I have found Freewing and sent them an email. I'm not totally convinced by the wingmast - sure it is more efficient when...
Hi All I am looking for a company that engineers an Aerorigg. I'm aware Carbospar is out of business and Forespar stopped all activities in that...
Hi Oldmulti, any idea, why the Solitaire 1740 didn't make it to a production boat?
I'm a bit confused, to be honest...I think these figured are correct for an unstayed mast? But a stayed mast is already compressed by the stays,...
Hi All I have been wondering why all modern catamarans have double purchase halyards? Except for the general trend of manufacturers using cheaper...
Hi All It's taken me a while (and I was distracted by other projects)... I made the hulls a bit wider (10.5:1) and shortened the battens of the...
@waterbear The hulls are designed to sail well while displacing enough to carry the boat fully loaded. They are long and slender (12:1 at...
Here is a comparison with the sail scaled down from 100sqmt to 70sqmt [ATTACH] Mast length reduced from 20m to 17m, airdraft from 19.3m to 16.3m...
@waterbear, let me start with the Bali 4.3: [ATTACH] I added the red lines: Buttom: Waterline (it is not at the edge of the transom as the...
@guzzis3, thank you for your explanations. You mentioned somewhere you suffered a stroke and you may be more limited than before, I think that's...
Guzzis3, I think tortured foam is a lot more than just not building a mould, it's creating a hull side "ready to paint" in one shot, avoiding all...
@bajansailor the 20 tonnes are on the one hand a figure derived from "comparable" boats like a Lagoon 46 and considering that cruising boats are...
Hi all After living a couple of years on catamarans I started to carve out what an good cruising catamaran would be for me. I have no intention...
Thank you for your answers, especially fallguy for all your explanations...It looks like I was seeing things to simple... I was "inspired" seeing...
Hi All I am thinking about all the work involved with taping, for example the hull to bulkhead etc. Assuming taping is secondary bond...
