No one is sailing on the Waitemata harbour, conditions are perfect but the place is devoid of any marine activity, very strange but also...
Gave the Skimmer away a couple of years ago (see photographs) to an enthusiast in Putiki Bay on Waiheke Island ... but Mickey hardly used it ......
Went rowing today in my 5 plus metre skiff, just for a change instead of sailing, simple, carry skiff to water, climb aboard, row. 3.6 metre tide,...
Have been reading Joe Farinaccio's very excellent "More Small Trimarans" and impressed by the Mailiette, Granger, Henseval and especially the...
A difficult thing to achieve but here is my main hull ideas for a 10 x 8 metre trimaran, a blown up and inflated Sid type with single but long...
Since the multihull equivalent thread has proved quite popular, here's a new one on monohulls, with a slant to light displacement. Here is the...
Since I'm sifting through my collection, thought I'd start a new thread. Here is Pen Duick IV at Marsden Wharf, Auckland. Eric Tabarly doing the...
Discovered these old prints while sorting through my back shed collection looking for stuff on Des Townson designs for a forthcoming biography...
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From Yves Parlier; never timorous when it comes to diving into new directions. This translation from Foilers site: "This year of 2010, I...
check this out: http://www.routedurhum-labanquepostale.com Thomas Coville leads in Sodebo @ 23.9 knots, Oman, Sidney Gavignet second @ 23.5 k,...
Yachting: Oracle set to shun US as hosts 12:09 PM Thursday Aug 19, 2010 The next America's Cup looks likely to be a multihull event. Oracle...
The B24 has created huge interest among multihull people wanting a decently fast, simple and inexpensive trimaran design with enough...
Thought you people might be interested in this "taster" from Jim Young's upcoming biography relating to sailing when the Waitemata was a little...
New inverted Y foils for the Flasher, work very well and I'm sure will halt the crashing I used to experience with the earlier deep and angled...
The big, big, astonishing hard sail rig on BMWOracle - and now Hydroptere has just covered a mile at an average speed of just over 50 knots .......
Groupama 3 has just achieved 824 nautical miles in 24 hours - 34.3 knot average speed during her attempt at a new Atlantic crossing record - this...
Banque Populaire V and Groupama 3 at the starting-blocks this year in the Mediterranean and Atlantic – and also Around the World, Trophée Jules...
Venturing into dangerous territory here, but why not? This is Feral Cheryl, a sort of C Class trimaran foiler that I'll begin next southern...
Some people here might be interested in this download.
