A friendly hello to everybody
A friendly hello to everybody!
My name is Michel and I live in Wilhelmshaven, Northwest of Germany. Iam sailing since I was 12years and in the moment helmsman and co skipper aboard “EEASY”, a Dehler 34 for Racing. My own boat is a Waarschip 730 for cruising and local races. I run a part time workshop for boatbuilding, making rudders, boards, parts, tenders and repairs
Currently in the built for myself is a Racer-Cruiser 30’ Trimaran of my own design. It is built in Plywood Epoxy with tortured ply amas, and strip plank / sheet ply vaka. Basic dimensions: 9.20 x 8.20 x 0.28 / 2.10m, 980 / 1350kg, 58m² working sails.
Iam a Amateur Designer for 15 years with a preference for Ply Epoxy, s&g and tortured ply for for simple, fast and cheap construction. I always look for low costs-, but high quality solutions. I like fast, light and simple equipped boats for pure sailing pleasure.
My paragons are Dick Newick and Kurt Hughes
My interests in Proas is simply the possibility to get a good and beautiful boat with the least amount of work and money. Currently on the drawing board is a series of 3 coastal cruisers for single- and double handed sailing and basic cruising. In the pipeline is a inland wavepiercing Raceproa for Regattas on the Lakes in Europe.
So, thats it, Michel
Michel, welcome to the forums. Do you have photos or drawings of your trimaran online? I am always interested in ply-epoxy multihulls, fast, light and simple - any number of hulls. Feel free to post them here!
Do you have photos or drawings of your trimaran online? I am always interested in ply-epoxy multihulls, fast, light and simple - any number of hulls.
I will post some drawings next week, when Iam back home. But dont expect to much. I designed the boat with a pencil and fairing batten, so the drawings are on millimeter grid paper and this gives very poor photos. But I will do my very best. I started CAD design last summer, all my previous works are on paper.
If you are interested generally, you can follow my threads i made for my last sharpie winter project that I realised as a RC Model.
You can find one thread in englisch starting with my entry here: http://www.boatdesign.net/forums/boat-design/30-plywood-sharpie-30029-32.html
Or here in german, much more complete and a lot of photos: http://www.boote-forum.de/showthread.php?t=118247
I wish you well reading
Best regards, Michel
Hi, as wished by Michael, I post some photos of the drawings and the built of my project, my own 30’ Trimaran.
Sailplan and Hull in profile
main bulkhead scetch and TP Amas stem and inside
inner bow structure and temporary bulkheads
Thanks for showing us the pics, Michel. Looks like a great project, do you have a projected completion date, yet?
do you have a projected completion date, yet?
Hi Michael,
yes I have. Launching will be in spring 2013. We want to have one sailing season for training trimming and modifications to be ready for the two handed Round Britain and Ireland Race 2014. To take part in this race is one of my livelong dreams.
The main hull will be set up as soon as my Waarschip 730 leaves my workshop next spring. The amas are ready for final reinforcements and the decks. The mast profile is here and some of the sails. The Beams (aka?) will be simple aluminium profiles with waterstays, like the old (unfoldable) dragonfly 800 has it. My cellar is crowded with equipment and sails .. one of the advantages if you have a long building time ... ebay (*smile*).
Construction of my proa will be after that, if I build it. But there is so much time ahead, who will know what will happen and where the priorities will be then. But I would like to have another small boat lying on the meadow at the beach where the cats are stored. The trimarans berth will be behind a lock and you loose more than one hour if you want to sail and another one afterwards. To much time for a one or two hour after work sail.
By the way ... what do think of a thread called “proas of the future” right under “proas of the past”. It could be a place to introduce new designs, ideas and concepts from pro’s, amateurs and dreamers alike. The pro’s could help avoiding serious mistakes ... if they find some.
Best Regards, Michel