ronnie simpson
Peterson 34 "QUIVER"
i was my first time.
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Beach Cat in Singlehanded Transpac?
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Theres a procedure to self right an f27. Fold one ama and flood. Slack shroud by releasing tensioner to tilt rig. Once upright , unfold, , retension, bail IIRC. google should find it..here it is http://www.f-boat.com/pages/background/capsizearticle.html
It also reminds that Urs (Bridgerunner SL33) put a self inflator on his masthead.
One safety note for multihull speed is to use it to avoid bad conditions. In the case of Transpac at night- advice of Peter Hogg is to reef down main so you can release headsail sheets to depower- also remember you wont be sailing DDW so heading down is depower too.
Here's Peter on a beach cat
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=95c5ZM_y79U https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=95c5ZM_y79UGino and Pete Melvin were on board too (and Stan?)- probably will be up for RBBS. Worth trying to chat with them- they do small cats too
https://www.google.com/webhp?sourceid=chrome-instant&ion=1&espv=2&ie=UTF-8#q=nacra+morrelli+melvin
cheers
bob
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Stilletto 27 works http://www.stilettocatamarans.com/stiletto_27_catamaran_specifications.htm
Survived DHF 82 when the Moore 24 and Ranger 23 (27?) was lost. sailed up on the beach
http://www.nwas.org/digest/papers/1993/Vol18-Issue1-Feb1993/Pg2-Duckworth.pdf
Ironically boat and one crew (Madigan) was lost in 84 when hit junk in the water and capsized ( I saw the helo from my SC27)
Thread with some ocean references http://www.cruisersforum.com/forums...stiletto-27-experience-79960.html#post1050081
You might want to read the DHF99 stories. F31 lost (and made it to the channel islands). Wild ride on F25c . Cruise on Seawind. Harvey Schlasky (you won the memorial in 2012) was lost. http://www.sfbama.org/fs/index.html
Also DHF95 when Peter lost Mama Shama's Aotea
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Here's a local TIKI 21 design by Wharram thats logged 3100+ miles http://tiki21littlecat.blogspot.com/
Wharram boats have crossed many oceans and have withstood test of time http://wharram.com/site/
and in between the stiletto and wharram a seawind 24 . well proven oz boat https://www.google.com/webhp?source...&espv=2&ie=UTF-8#q=seawind+24+catamaran+specs
crossing the pacific http://seawindcat.blogspot.com/
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Philpott
Cal 2-27 Dura Mater
t.s. eliot again?
To defend my misquote above. I was reading the latest edition of Classic Boat Mag. and the editor in the opening editorial used the same quote that Nightmare used only attributing it to TS Eliot. Now who can blame me for trusting the editor of Classic Boat over some bilge rat that belongs to SSS. I think it was Classic Boat, maybe it was Better Homes and Gardens, I also have subscriptions to Poke or is it Thrust, I don't know, I get mixed up
Steevee
New member
Is your point Robert Crawford at 63 was old?...and a Cal 20 is a far cry from a Beach Cat. Anyway, Peter has just forgotten what it was like when he was young and bold and sailed half way around the globe in a 100 year old wooden boat. I believe he misquoted T S Eliot then. In the end it doesn't matter who said it as long as they're dead.
