Druas are shunting catamarans, both hulls the same length, but different shapes. Leleuvia Island Resort to Bay of Islands.... Sustainable sea...
UPDATE 9 Zero emission shipping things are starting to happen at CATD. Not least because we have usable boats in the water. One of the upshots...
Thanks, OM. That looks like the Maine Harry which was the first one built by us for a client. Underquoted both cost and time, nearly sent us...
Thanks Sol, I have emailed SOK. The Lexan product is interesting, could have all sorts of uses, possibly even small boat lightweight hull and...
Update 8 Following on from the village women's canoe building workshop, we got requests for more workshops and chose the village of Dromuninuku,...
Sorry I missed your post, Sol. The conversion is now done, (see next post) test results when we have them. The carcass is a 40 hp 2 stroke, I...
Thanks for posting. The web page is being replaced as I type, although none of the 'experts' could shed any light on 'Not Secure'. Some...
Groper, Cool project. I have another one you may be interested in. I can't get PM's to post here, so could you drop an email to me at...
The model is discussed on p2 of this thread. It could be used in the cruisers, but the lee hull would only be usable for storage. It's...
Manual righting is likely to end in tears, automatic/self righting is a whole lot better but the best solution is not capsizing. The...
No numbers, but some experience. Upwind without leeway resistors is awful with our hull shapes, both flat and rounded bottoms. It is a bit...
Mateo is an interesting person and a great client, full of ideas. Go a bit further back for a similarly in depth and interesting series of...
Thanks Old Multi and Sol Gato, I am playing with recycled plastics, but there is some interesting boat stuff being done with virgin plastics as...
Basically a pontoon, but with decent hydro and aerodynamics. No problem with aluminium as long as it is well insulated from stray currents,...
I am now, thanks. Fascinating project. There are 2 huge and expensive problems with recycling waste plastic. Cleaning and sorting. The locals...