G'day,

Elementarry 1 is in my garage in Perth after a 4,500 km drive across
from Coffs Harbour. I am in Europe but will be back in mid July.
Happy to take you for a sail then and discuss options. Send your ph
number to proa@... and I will call you when we get back.

I have none of my stuff here so cannot tell you a kit price, but
there is not much to the boat so it should not be much. Doing a
couple is an excellent idea, although I am not sure of the Perth
market yet. Should be reasonable though as there is no better
better small sailing boat for the coffee run across to Rotto.

My boat does not have an outboard but one could be fitted pretty
easily. I have an idea for using the rudder as a propulsion unit,
which we could also discuss.

Brief report from Europe: Blind Date looks gorgeous in the flesh,
and weighs 1,700 kgs/1.7 tons without rig and rudders. 2 tons in
sailing trim is not bad for a cedar/glass 15m/50'ter with 2
queensize bunks, toilet, galley, sheltered cockpit and full
headroom. I was one very happy (and more than a little bit
relieved) designer when I saw it floating. Full credit to Mark for
taking an idea and making it look superb.

Youri and Myriam are progressing well with the production
Elementarry. The components are built, the hull moulds nearly so.
There were a few holdups with the plugs which were cut on a 5 axis
milling machine. What a fantastic bit of gear! Unfortunately these
were the first big jobs they have done, and there were a few
teething troubles. Youri is a perfectionist, so getting the plugs
ready for moulding was never going to be quick. I am back there
next week, hopefully racing in Switzerland in mid June. I checked
out Texel and they could easily have carried out there threat to ban
us from the beaches, so we decide to do the Bol d'Or with all the
monster cats, French multihull legends and Americas Cup crews.
Should be fun.

More next time I get to a computer.

regards,

Rob--- In harryproa@..., "doha720" <doha720@y...>
wrote:
> Dear, Rob,
>
> Interested in seeing the real thing in action.
> Any craft going out from Perth?
> Also - how much estimate on an Elementariy kit supplied, or cost
of
> materials needed if bought myself, minus stuff like sails and pop
> top. This is for the camper model. Notice plans are $1000.
> I was considering doing a couple and selling one or both sort of a
> part time job and see if I could make a big one with the profits.
Is
> this a good idea?
> Is the plan to include an outboard?
> By the way, just starting to get the Trimaran you were looking at
a
> while ago of mine sailing. Moored near EFYC.
> Could show a photo if I could attach it.
>
> Doug HAines