Pages

Saturday, February 26, 2011

Mast Raising and Lowering



New tricks : besides the obvious use, the wings are meant to assist ??? with mast lowering and raising, tent structure for the cockpits and safety rails. It would be great if most of the stuff on the boat would have multiple uses. As a crazy ideea - why not use the rudders as oars for the dinghy ?

Sunday, February 13, 2011

Saturday, February 12, 2011

Where


Where am I going to set up the bow anchor ???

BoxingUp

Simplified rearbeam attachement to hulls. Simplified rear beam, box section, easier to fit, easier to assemble, easier to build, easier to engineer. Stiffer connection to hulls ? Doubtfull, but seems like a good compromise for the moment. Rear beam sits 94cm over the designed waterline. I like the new cockpits, easy access into the hulls and easy to install convertible soft tops to get some shade and protection from weather. Also the flat decks seem to be better for installing solar panels ?!? or other attachments, like a possible removable extra bunk shuttle or long voyage storage shuttle, dinghy or whatever. I might take advantage of the flat decks and convert the mid beam to a box section too, no doubt it's going to make the build easier. I'm so looking forward to start building, however that may not happen on this continent.