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03/18/05 |
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A school project from 1983
Turbo (a trendy name back in the 80's heyday of the Porsche 911 Turbo) was my project one quarter. (School of Industrial Design, University of Washington. The Dean - James Hennessey, was way ahead of the curve concerning sustainable design. He wrote a book called
Nomadic Furniture in 1973 that was full of simple, light, resource/space efficient, and recycled furniture designs -- I couldn't have been LESS interested at the time... ). The project was mostly concerned with model making and presentation - and was fortunately never graded on whether the idea was actually feasible or not.
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03/08/05 |
Catamarans
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LOA: 23'
Beam (sailing): 12'-0"
Beam (trailer): 8'-6"
Weight (approx): 750 lbs.
Draft: 1'-11"
SA: 205 sq. ft.
Manu Kai [Bird of the Sea] is a voyaging double canoe: a sailing catamaran for raids, beach cruising, and coastal sailing. It's designed to be simple, tough, swift, safe, environmentally friendly, and economical to own and to manufacture. It is the sort of small cruiser that I wish were on the market -- that Hobie Cat® would make.
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