Historical multihulls

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Sorry, I didn't realise that you were so closely associated with the USNA that you'd know for a fact that there was "anti-multihull prejudice of the power structure".

Using terms like "prejudice", "ignorance crossed with stupidity" and "pearls before swine" to refer to people and their attitudes does seem to resonate of hate, or at the very least disdain and contempt.

And yes, there are some very talented sailors at USNA, but not all of them are like that.

 

Keep wearing those rose tinted glasses CT.

 

It's nothing about rose-tinted glasses - after yet another day dealing with the aftermath of sexual and physical assaults I wish my view of human nature was that optimistic.

It's actually about looking at evidence rather than making assumptions, and throwing around insults and abuse based on those assumptions.

 

Yes, well you keep running with your rose tints and your sniffy righteousness.
Haven't we gone through this same old scenario before?
So you go your way and I'll go mine. Salud.

 

Picture of a historical multihull being boat built and launched in Tonga during a joint venture with the King and I, also pictured in his bullet proof vehicle with his body guards at Auckland boat ramp while demonstrating a Myark folding trailer multihull.

 

Very cool, thanks for sharing that.

Steve.

 

Found this :

http://www.setsail.com/catamaran-history-the-early-days/

pogo

 

Marvelous, radical, free thinking multihull pioneers
Interesting that Rudy Choy was not at all happy (and he was also a pioneer) about the "new' breed of bamboo bombers - and this was way back in the 1970s.
You get the same sort of reaction from some, even today.
Double Bullet, the 55 foot bamboo bomber catamaran (a larger Myers' Sea Bird) sailed from US west coast to here in the Bay of Islands in the 1980s. I have a David Barker photograph; will try to find it.

 

I dare not try to imagine the synapses clicking when it comes to foilers...in my mind, the problem was and is "gov'mnt..."

 

What's this got to do with anything?

 

Well, with all the rejection chatter re multihulls, etc from the earlier comments here, it did occur to me that foils and foiling might be a tad more inciting, but then I recalled the beneficiary was the Naval Acad..."government" dimness at large, perhaps. Just a quick side-thought, after I had my coffee. Or, was it before. Make sense boyo?

 

I don't think this forum is the place to discuss politics, but I think it's only fair to acknowledge the role of the government (& the U.S Navy in particular) in forward-thinking hydrofoil development.

 

foils.org have articles page that has some entries by multihull hydrofoil developers Dr Sam Bradfield and David A. Keiper.

http://www.foils.org/pioneers.htm

 

Boyos, was just an off-hand remark...but...sailing foils and government seem far-fetched waltz to this old dodgers eyes.

 

https://youtu.be/rneMNTWESYw