Thanks for that, I don't remember ever seeing that craft before. I am looking for more of a a sit-in boat to use in open water. To that end I...
Summer 2013 I got to spend quite a bit of time pedalling the Chameleon pedal cat. The performance was a little less than desired (underwhelming...
I suspect I may be a bit late with this health warning but.....mixing pedal drives and propellers on HPBs is clearly unsafe. I built and enjoyed...
Sorry, I did look at the Trika 540 when you suggested it and again last night. A beautiful boat and well suited for some kind of pedal drive. I am...
All good points for sure. The loads are somewhat arbitrary for the windward ama since one must decide how many people might be out on the ama or...
I think the maximum length boat I can manage is 18 feet and that is more of a weight issue than anything else. I do have the space to build to 22...
Not sure of the places where I read that. I did see a comment about the SeaClipper and the mounting point of the sea stays. The author thought...
I sure will, but I still have lots of question! For example, some boats use the rig from a beach cat but I see lots of warnings about mast failure...
Very good point, extending the foredeck outward would mean making it strong enough to stand on since someone is sure to be up there. Tramp is a...
Turns out my nice light little cat actually weighs in a 220 pounds when set up for one rider....I was shocked!! And that is without any gear on...
The dreaded all purpose vehicle, does lots of things and none of them well.....I do have an HPB that I am mostly happy with. The idea of human...
I have been looking at the Cross 18, Strike 18, Drifter 17, Scarab 18, Sea rail, Discovery etc and all seem to have potential. The yellow Strike...
I don't care about speed!!!! Okay, that's not quite true....... The further I look into this the more designs keep popping up in the 16 to 20...
I do love the way the floats move back and inside on that video! From an asthetics point of view there is something elegant about curved akas and...
Thanks, I guess there are several things that attract me to multihulls, and trimarans in this case. I want to be able to go a little further...