I'm too lazy to search, and cant remember - has *Project Interrupt* been mentioned? He's made it to Bass Straight, so already doing better than...
I'm intrigued, what was "Sebago's" self righting method/mechanism? [IMG]
Reminds me a little of the "X-Wing Racer" that Sean Langman said he was going to build for the Sydney to Hobart years ago, possibly before the...
Barink posts on Sailing Anarchy as "he b gb" and has posted lots of photos and information on "Cactus Island" and shared plenty of other tidbits...
The...
I don't think it was saved or reconstructed... I do seem to recall that it was a bit of a frankenboat, having originally been built using donor...
I remember the red (Catapult) one pictured featured as a concept drawing in an early newsprint "Multihull World" - she was going to set the world...
Unfortunately she was lost at sea a few years ago after a collision with a UFO I believe.
I strongly doubt any sailor, French or otherwise, has ever ever attempted solo records on an ORMA with the level of (in)competence that Donald...
The only thing Donald's disappearance should teach the world is the likely outcome when people go to sea in equipment that vastly exceeds their...
Yes, you picked it. He seems happy with it, there's also a video of it sailing reefed on the page. Looks very effective.
"Proa sailing and construction" on facebook has some good experience. A couple of posters have actually built very similar rigs to what I have...
You just answered your own question. Poor execution of design and build, combined with a dose of reality from comments from others probably...
Also - I remember reading in a Multihull magazine about a Len Surtees trimaran that was launched upside-down, was self righting, and may have done...
I've drawn similar sketches, and the proa seems the best candidate for a self righting multi, especially with a buoyant mast. Rather than a...
