I'm leaving my fiddly catamaran for the simpler, funner, Sunfish—but there's this thing nagging at me.
The very thought kinda defeats the purpose of a very simple hull and rig—and I've seen nothing on the Internet about it***.
But the idea still intrigues me. Two stayless rigs. Hmmm. Hmmm. Anyone tried it?
***OK, well, a Trimaran, maybe.http://www.boatdesign.net/forum/archive/index.php/t-2061.html
I think I might actually pay money to see a video of this going downwind in a decent breeze, maybe in moderate chop
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LOL! Excellent!Hydrofoils would be best, which are moved into place with a lever in the cockpit area. (Lever engaged hydrofoils, hidden within the hull or mounted on deck, lever tensions the hydro-halyards and locks in place to hold the hydrofoils in the water)
Hydrofoils would be best, which are moved into place with a lever in the cockpit area. (Lever engaged hydrofoils, hidden within the hull or mounted on deck, lever tensions the hydro-halyards and locks in place to hold the hydrofoils in the water)
I have though about a hydrofoil boat like the Hobie Tri-Foiler.I could make fixed foils on the bottoms of the daggerboards and push down and lock in place. Then fabricate a single foil rdder that adjusts at the tiller grip like a Moth. If planing doesn't go, I already have a book on how to design and build the foils.
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Wish I had known you we're taking that out, I would have come over to watch (about a 20 min. drive from my house).
Bet the Manchester Water Works folks are scratching their heads on this one. Sunfish aren't legal on Massabesic, but it's not really a Sunfish, or is it?
I didn't realize you were located in New Hampshire, nor that Massabesic Lake had a speedlimit.
It'd be legal on Lake Winnipesaukee.Wish I had known you we're taking that out, I would have come over to watch (about a 20 min. drive from my house).
Bet the Manchester Water Works folks are scratching their heads on this one. Sunfish aren't legal on Massabesic, but it's not really a Sunfish, or is it?
It'd be legal on Lake Winnipesaukee.
Hey, NH1-PAD...!
The tenants at my Lake Winnipesaukee (NH) cottage are leaving tomorrow—there's no tenants arriving until Labor Day weekend. It'll be empty.
I'd like to see this boat in action—so why not launch the Sunfishamaran just once up here, and enjoy it for the Saturday and Sunday of next weekend at no cost? Extend your lakefront stay—or the stay of any Sunfishamaran admirers bringing their own Sunfish—at only $100 a day. (Up here, that's a bargain in lakefront rents!)
Sorry. Busy both days. =-(
PAD