Is he likely to be sailing before winter? I'm being presumptuous in assuming that if I could get over there I could get a guided tour or even a sail???????????...
... get by with ... do you mean ... a ... G'day, Bunk covers are the decks, sorry. Lee hull decks would be built in the same mould as the sides and bottom,...
We live in hope. Bain has been busy both working for me and on other things since the funds dried up. He is working on the mast at the moment and wants to...
Rob, Someone on the electric boat group proposed the novel idea of eliminating the electric motor between the wind generator and the propellor! Do you think...
I don't know anything about Rob's windmill cat, but since I coincidentally happened to be looking at another windmill cat last week, I thought I'd post the...
Excellent idea, ask them to send me a cheque (sign it, don't bother filling in the amount) and I will get started :-) Carbon would reduce the weight, but the...
I am wondering what is happening to the Elementarry camper. Last I checked, Multicascos still had only renderings of the boat on their web site. If I...
G'day, Multicascos keep getting other build jobs, the camper keeps getting backburnered. We have sold a set of plans, not sure where the builder is up to at...
Robert Thanks for your interest. I know we're late, and that was due to a lot of work in our little boatyard, with 3 cats of a new model, as well as the design...
-I think it imperative that Mr Fox gets that camper version going for Mrs Fox as a reward for putting up with the building work. Robert ... backburnered. We...
Hello all, It is with great sadness I inform you that Johnny Richards died last Saturday evening after a two month battle with lung cancer. John was a very...
Oi Raul, So, you will be building a 60ft. Visionarry? Thanks for giving us this good news. This makes two Harrys' beeing built in Brazil in not too distant...
Hello Mark, I feel sorry about this sad news. Best regards, Peter ... last Saturday evening after a two month battle with lung cancer. John was a very close...
My condolensces to family and friends. From what I have heard, he has been a person of courage and loyalty. All those interested in the boats owe him a debt...
Fala Peter ! Yes........... is a bigger Visionarry with a new bi-plane rig. We're just waiting Mark, that seems to be with a lot of work. Check the details at...
Grande Raul! it is good to hear that you will be building such an outstanding design. Innovative in multiple aspects. Wow! I'll be following. Hope you feed us...
É claro Peter Just waiting to start for to register in images all the work. Cheers Raśl www.multicascos.com Message: 2 Date: Wed, 19 Apr 2006 20:12:21 -0000 ...
... The Bruce number is simply the square root of sail area divided by the cube root of displacement. The numbers caclulated from metric or imterial units...
Visionarry figures come in pretty close to that of the harry. What also is important is the amount of sail that the boat can carry before tipping, and the...
Thank you for that. Excellent answer. What do I want? A boat as fast as anything on the harbour with decent accomodation for practically no money. It's not...
<<Personally, I wouldn't recommend much more than that unless you either sail a boat small enough that a capsize is a mere nuisance, or you are an adrenalin...
Bruce No. is a very blunt instrument for comparison of just about anything, even light weather performance. It takes no account of righting moment, heeling ...
To Michelle and Mark, I saw Rob today, and paid for the Elementarry plans. Can I get at least materials list as soon as you read this, because I'll be shopping...
Um OK so you're weekending. How about Monday morning? Kiri sizes and quantities, so I can go to Highpoint Timbers. Kind of in a rush - Mum's coming back from...
It will take a couple of days to build the strongback, cut out the frames and get the frames accurately lined up. Plenty to go on with for the weekend....
Robert, Yeah, I am liking thenew look at Rob's house - I can see the single wing mast going welll with the cruising accomodation. How far could you cruise in a...
