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11-24-2008 | 11:33 AM
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RE: trimaran plans
Some more pics. File size limits what can be sent at one time. The boat sails great. It is very quick to accelerate and has minimal tendency to bury the bow. It tacks very well, as long as you maintain a little boatspeed going in. I wish I had taken some pictures on the water but it will have to wait now until spring since my local sailing site is as hard as rock right now. The sails were made to my spec by Rod Carr of Carr sails. He did a great job and the workmanship is first class. The sails measure in at about 1100 sq in. All the rigging is from Midwest Model Yachting and is predominantly Sails Etc hardware - again first class. Over the winter I will be experimenting a little bit with different size fins and rudders. The current rudder does have a "wing" to help drive the stern down and bows up on acceleration, but I will be making several other shapes (mostly longer) and probably try some without a wing. The boat is not "superlight" and comes in around 5.5 lbs fully rigged. I will be building a couple of other new boats over the winter as well including the Nightmare Mk VII and I will be looking at possibly making a series of moulds this time versus the glass over balsa that was used on this tri. That way I can experiment with different cloth weights, including carbon fibre. Looking forward to the next series of builds.
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