Capsizing is a dangerous big catastrophe on large non racing catamarans. The cat I was looking for, was foreseen for family sailing with younger...
I am a true hearted sailor my whole life. I almost grew up on my fathers 21 meter wooden Abeking & Rasmussen Yawl on the North Sea and in the...
I have never sailed such a rigg but I estimate it would be very weather helm with high rudder pressure. Second, there will be a lot of weight...
Dear Brian, Honestly, I am not a big friend of catamarans. As a true hearted sailor, I always loved sportive sailing but my present wife is very...
I was only asking for the power to weight ratio, because member wiredup wrote, an IPS sportfish would not have enough power to get over the hump....
So, what is a good power to weight ratio of a perfect sportfish yacht?
As I have no experience with sportfish type yachts, I have a question. Would a sportfish yacht with dual Volvo IPS make sence?
In my humble opinion, the Nordhavn 80 is a very well designed and beautiful boat, except maybe for the crew quarters. But the NH 80 is not a long...
Attached the newest version of the 50 meter cat project, Mikael just send me. We are coming very close to the final external design. According to...
The Naval architect had calculated the supporting structure and the upper and lower bearings for the twin mast Dyna Rig. In contrast to a...
Update On strong advice of the Naval Architect, we have given up the idea of a twin mast Dynarig design for the large sailing Catamaran. Too much...
Carl, this picture above is exactly the reason, the admiral is forcing me to build a catamaran, if I want to continue sailing (with my family)!...
That "Thing" reminds me on that ugly daycruiser "Sonnenkönigin" on the Lake Constance. Very similar in ugliness and both of them most likely not...
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I was onboard Octopus, when she was moored at Malaga recently and I had the opportunity to have a close look at her from the inside and outside....
As of yesterday noon, Octopus is moored at the Lloyd Yard (Lürssen) at Bremerhaven for a longer refit. She needs it, she has several external...
When looking at larger sailing trimarans, there are not very many examples that please Your eyes. The only one I found, may be this one. It even...
Sorry, the Rapido 60 which was mentioned above may be fast but it meets all criticisms we wrote above. With 60 feet LOA of the center hull, it has...
When my present wife decleared my large monohull cruiser racer out of bounds for her and our small children (she hates slooping floors while on...
I personally believe, cars like the Mercedes AMG one, 1.063 HP or the Bugatty Veyron, 1.000 HP are just collectors items without any practical...
