Hi Mike, feel free to ask any questions about Nusa Dua and I will try my best to answer them (she was launched in 1992 so it’s 26 yrs since I...
Wow, Nusa Dua is literally smoking! Thanks for the photo Farquire. Do you know Bill, the current owner?
[ATTACH] Hi All at Sea, thanks heaps for your compliments, my head swelled that much I had trouble getting my motorbike helmet on yesterday! I’m...
Thanks for that info Pil, will be interesting if Doug has any comments!, have a ball on root66. Hi ‘up on stands’, soon I will start a thread on...
PS. Have a ball on your new boat ! It looks awesome.
[ATTACH] Hi Pil, thanks for the compliment on Pork Chop. Yeh, I hang on Anarchy also but find it has too many armchair admirals, you get a few...
[ATTACH] [ATTACH] Hi all, just came across this thread accidentally while searching for some info on the new Chris White 70’ bi-plane rig cat. Is...
Yeah they're alloy tubes connected to the masts by spokes and then cold bent to make wishbones into fittings either end. They have guy wires from...
[ATTACH] Hi Wayne, I launched my twin balestron (aerorig) rigged cruising cat 4 years ago and couldn't be happier with my choice of rig. Rob...
Hi Gary, yeh the pod coming adrift was the main reason for abandoning the boat, I think I read that there was a six inch gap in parts of the pod...
I thought I read that the bow overhang problems were repaired (ie. strengthened) before her ultimate demise and the main reason for abandonment...
Most of the small trimaran builds nowadays, using existing cat hulls for floats, are building custom designed main hulls to suit whichever floats...
I would try to find some hulls that would have a minimum amount of rocker so as to suit the flatness of the kayak hull better. I think the large...
Hi Lane, Two Hobie 16 rigs sounds like a lot of sail area for a tri using a kayak as the main hull, but then that also depends on what you would...
Hi Rob, Hows things, long time no see. Are you back in Qld now? Yeh it's quite a mix of materials in the masts,I would have liked to do them out...