Alternative to marvelous Buccaneer 24

Lookin' good Gary.

Perhaps the humidity (read "Rain") is helping the ply to conform more easily.

Fascinating stuff. Keep going.

Paddy.

 

very cool looking boat, will you be making plans for this available?

 

Wait until I finish it Cheesy, because I keep making changes as I go along, but will redraw it later; then I'll have the altered dimension figures plus weights for all the components, main hull, beams, floats, foils etc.

 

I've been holding my breath for more pics

 

Patience Captain, more coming soon - ps: didn't you like the wing mast??

 

I thought you were working on your boat as I haven't got any message about the wing mast!

 

nice work Gary.
Do you think it will be faster than Groucho?
Whats the main hull flare for?

 

hi Sam, the flare is to provide a wider support base for the single main beam, it will be reinforced with carbon inside and out - and also gives the (foolish) illusion of extra space below cabin. Also in the small flared area forward of the beam I can make two shallow bins each side for the lightweight anchor (from your work place) and the warp; similar setup as on Groucho.
Sid should end up lighter proportionately to Groucho with similar proportional sail area - but Sid will have a larger chord wing mast - so who knows?

 

Gary. I hope the weather is being kind to you and also to Jamez for you two building your Tris. It's been sunny and dry here for the last few days, but unfortunately I am not building a boat. I wish I was. I always found building a boat was such a creative activity.
Never mind ---the better weather is only a few weeks away now.
But then you will want to go sailing.

 

It's been like a mini Pakistan here, no, that's not true, but it has been real soggy - although I've shaped the two bunks for Sid and will fit them when the sun eventually shines again. I've been reshaping friends rudders in the meantime. because in the equinoctial winds and rain we've been having, their rudders have failed, either stalling out because of not enough depth or ripping off the transoms during savage gybes. Flash Harry buried four times up to the mast base in wind against tide seas ... so I need to put some reef points in. Insane not to have them in the first place.

 

In between squalls and thunder ........

 

Impressive-very good looking.....

 

Gary.
That looks magnificant. Is that glossy finish Resin or Polyeurethane.

 

woo, the wait was worth it, looking great.
i'm just curious on your take on the skinny stern, most trimarans have a wider stern, as I understand to mitigate hobbyhorsing... is the idea that the foil supported rudder does this instead?

 

Just epoxy oldsailor - the photograph makes it look better than it is. Actually a squall came through while I was away and lightly pockmarked it. Doesn't matter, sand it later. I'll be painting the interior offwhite before the deck goes on.
I've always liked finer sterns capt n. because the wake is smaller and cleaner - also the inverted T rudder foil stops the stern, and the platform, from misbehaving.