A tidbit recently brought to my attention, that I thought you would enjoy. Three 24 foot Strider Club catamarans were sailed from Plymouth, UK to Tallinn, USSR. Imagine cooking and eating while under sail, without fear of loosing your dinner in the bilge!
Richard Woods, who is an occasional resident of the Salish Sea, offers his multihull designs at Woods Designs
More about Richard can be found here .
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Tallinn is not in the USSR. Even if the russians said it was. It is in Estonia.
ReplyDeleteBeautiful country. Been there on cargo ships.
Great Video, I was fascinated by their trip when I first read about it- some time in the late 80's I think - we've talked about buying a stryder or similar a few times but never got around to it.
ReplyDeleteIt so happens I have catamarans on my mind a lot lately. Been told they aren't good for inshore gunkholing, but I might have to debunk that theory.
ReplyDeleteI bought that video, then started building a Strider in my Brooklyn basement. Had the molds set up when a Bob Harris cat 27' cat fell in my lap. would have been a tough slog to build that boat in my little basement. Always liked the Striders.
ReplyDeleteSpace is the biggest consideration. Room to build, dock rental, getting the boat to the water when it's done...
ReplyDeleteThere is a Warren Tiki design in a boatyard in Port Townsend with an orange sign on it, meaning no one is paying the yard fees. Got me thinking...
Talking about space to build, I came across the case of one very intrepid sailor/builder who has built his new yacht on top of a self built frame pontoon alongside his houseboat in P.R. Very interesting process, he even flipped the hull rightside up by himself after the hull was stripped built...think its a 28 or 30 ft. sloop. Pictures/story on a blog called "Sailing on Arita" or similar...
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