That’s interesting as the green foam was a repair done after a previous lightning strike!
The second picture shown With the black bottom paint is not a core to glass fail, it’s a repair caused by a lightning strike. Quite a few pinholes...
Our old Cherokee 35 catamaran when anchored of one bow sat very well at about 10-15 degrees of the wind in any strength wind, no bridle needed....
We looked at Zingaro in 2014. What was interesting about her was the bridgedeck was glassed on the inside but not on the outside, just paint. Not...
Yes his names William Pack and we saw Josephine during the fairing/painting stage and also after completed. She is a stunning catamaran and priced...
There was a Hugo Myers Manta 51 built in Florida. Aluminum Ibeam crossbeams, rotating rig and cold molded hulls. The owner built a foam cored...
Thanks, I am usually pretty detail oriented but you are absolutely correct.
Yes, a full survey with thermal imaging was done after the lightning strike. All supposed areas impacted by the lightning strike have been ground...
The hulls, mast and crossbeam were thermal imaged and seemed to be pretty accurate pointing out the damaged areas.
Thanks for your input as well! The core was taken down to the inner skin in quite a few places and I could fully understand the type repair they...
Thanks for your reply. My thoughts were the foam cored hull wouldn’t be as stiff as the solid glass repair therefore putting undue stress on the...
Hi, first post here. We recently purchased a foam cored performance catamaran that has lightning damage. I told the yard I wanted the hull fixed...
