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Edel 4XCat 33

 Just Launched  Catamarans

The Jan/Feb 2008 issue of Multihulls World includes a boat test of the Edel 4XCat 33 from ADN, which I happen to like quite a lot. The ADN design team is seeking that sweet spot between performance daysailer and luxury cruiser - a performance cruiser. It’s a niche currently dominated by folding trimarans and its nice to see this creative catamaran version.

Construction

The two hulls and bridgedeck nacelle are three separate modules…

Edel Cat 33

29 March 2008     0 comments.

Samwise part 3

 New Designs  Proas

The third (and hopefully final) iteration of Samwise the micro-cruising proa.

Some fairly dramatic changes since Samwise Part 2 (Part 1 is here). The biggest change is that Sam is now a balls out Atlantic proa - rig placed in the windward hull. No faux Pacific, “weight to windward” sham, an Atlantic proa is Sam I am.

LOA: 20’
BOA: 8’ - 12’
Windward hull beam: 2’-10”
SA: 180 sq. ft.
Mast height: 16’-2”
Rig height: 19’

Placing the…

Samwise 20

13 March 2008     0 comments.

Tornado wins Watertribe Everglades Challenge

 News  Racing

Via the Boat Design Forum: Tornado sailors, Steve Lohmayer and Jamie Livingston, going under the team name of Lumpy and Bumpy, have won the annual Watertribe Everglades Challenge in a record time of just under 36 hours.

The Everglades Challenge is a 300+ mile adventure racing event that runs from Tampa Bay’s Ft. DeSoto beach to Key Largo. The previous record for the event was set last year with a time of two days, 8 hours, 56 minutes…

05 March 2008     0 comments.

Canoes of Oceania

 Designers  Proas

Harmen Hielkema has joined the blogosphere at Canoes of Oceania. Harmen designs and builds proas in New Zealand with an artistic eye and an appreciation for prior native art. From his blog:

Every culture with very few exceptions, somewhere in its past has some connection with the sea and a technology for moving or sailing on it. The sailboat was the first machine to give men freedom of motion without harnessing muscle power. Few of us…

05 March 2008     0 comments.