The Boat Design & Boatbuilding Site
Seven Sisters tri, with wave-piercing amas
- Thread starter ImaginaryNumber
- Start date
Doug Lord
Flight Ready
- Joined
- May 26, 2009
- Posts
- 16,679
- Reaction score
- 354
- Location
- Cocoa, Florida
Seven Sisters
From Scuttlebutt Europe today:
Nearly three weeks overdue on a passage from El Salvador to Acapulco, the unusual 40-ft 'hybrid wave-piercer' sloop Seven Sisters was recently found by the Coast Guard, upside-down 400 miles southwest of Acapulco. Thomas Kardos, the boat's owner/inventor, aka 'The Kite Man of Berkeley', was nowhere to be found. There were indications that Kardos, described as being "in his mid-50s," may have tried to strap himself to the main hull of his overturned boat.
Seven Sisters was a very unusual design in that she had a main hull like a monohull, but little if any keel. She also had two wave-piercing amas, thus the 'hybrid' name, but wasn't particularly beamy. She had no boom, and had an electric outboard for auxiliary power.
Kardos was as unusual as his boat. Flying a hang glider, he stunned the 76,000 spectators - and both teams on the field - during the second quarter of the 1979 Cal-USC football game at Berkeley's Memorial Stadium by landing on the 10-yard line.
www.latitude38.com
Video of the 1979 stunt: www.youtube.com/embed/pED8hx3lXn8
From Scuttlebutt Europe today:
Nearly three weeks overdue on a passage from El Salvador to Acapulco, the unusual 40-ft 'hybrid wave-piercer' sloop Seven Sisters was recently found by the Coast Guard, upside-down 400 miles southwest of Acapulco. Thomas Kardos, the boat's owner/inventor, aka 'The Kite Man of Berkeley', was nowhere to be found. There were indications that Kardos, described as being "in his mid-50s," may have tried to strap himself to the main hull of his overturned boat.
Seven Sisters was a very unusual design in that she had a main hull like a monohull, but little if any keel. She also had two wave-piercing amas, thus the 'hybrid' name, but wasn't particularly beamy. She had no boom, and had an electric outboard for auxiliary power.
Kardos was as unusual as his boat. Flying a hang glider, he stunned the 76,000 spectators - and both teams on the field - during the second quarter of the 1979 Cal-USC football game at Berkeley's Memorial Stadium by landing on the 10-yard line.
www.latitude38.com
Video of the 1979 stunt: www.youtube.com/embed/pED8hx3lXn8
I don't trust http://www.latitude38.com/lectronic/lectronicday.lasso?date=2014-12-01 : 'Photo Courtesy U.S. Coast Guard' under the old photo from Polish newspapers...
btw, have a look at http://www.cruisersforum.com/forums/f122/boat-seven-sisters-found-capsized-137041.html and some opinions about 'seven sisters'
btw, have a look at http://www.cruisersforum.com/forums/f122/boat-seven-sisters-found-capsized-137041.html and some opinions about 'seven sisters'
Forum posts represent the experience, opinion, and view of individual users. Boat Design Net does not necessarily endorse nor share the view of each individual post.
When making any potentially dangerous or financial decision, always employ and consult appropriate professionals. Your circumstances or experience may be different.
When making any potentially dangerous or financial decision, always employ and consult appropriate professionals. Your circumstances or experience may be different.
Advertisement:
