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Old 02-28-2007 | 02:25 PM
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Default RE: RC multihulls?

Thank you all for the welcome.

My original (Prototype) 1 Meter trimaran was given to a local home-town friend who wanted to get into multihulls - but didn't want to build. Since it was a prototype for me (first off from my design) and a way to experiment with shaped foam for plugs for main hull and floats - it had pretty much served it's purpose. I removed sails and radio gear and gave it to him. He has since fitted the boat with a rig from an old, 36/600 (inch) monohull and it has a strange looking main. That class - popular here in the US allows a triangle area of up to 600 square inches, but allows unlimited roach up to 2 inches from the triangle which is unmeasured. Thus, it is probably close to 800 sq. inches or so - similar to an older Marblehead. Anyway, he is using my old boat for fun sailing, and I am building a newer design with a bit more buoyancy in the floats. No changes to initial drawings yet - as I want to see how well it works out. As noted - the design was called "IMPULSE" and the idea was to build a trimaran using a main hull and two duplicate floats. OR - if one has such an "impulse"
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