March/April 2005

On the Cover –
Arwinda is a 10-year-old homemade 38’ plywood catamaran.

Featured Products
– D-TX® Fuel Safe – A New Solution to an Age-Old Problem
– Simrad Launches New Monitor Sizes
– “Little Wonder” Watermaker is Now Better Than Ever
– Lock Out the Crooks
– New Traveller Range from Lewmar
– ACR Introduces Next Generation of Personal Locator Beacons

News Briefs
– Wells Marine Technology Founder Receives US Patent for TargetCharge Battery Management System
– Maine Cat 41 Wins Boat of the Year Award
– Neil Pryde Adds New Agents

Letters
– Dear Capt Menzies, by Tom LaMers
– Tremolino Designs, by Grey McGown

Corinnes Culinary Corner:
Don’t Toss that Stale Bread!
by Corinne Kanter
Bread pudding recipes.

Electrics: Bluewater Power Systems for Multihulls – Part I
by Kevin Jeffrey
“Will I have enough electrical power on board, especially when I really need it?”

False Alarms are No Joke,
by Wayne Spivak
Each year the Coast Guard and its Auxiliary have to deal with numerous false distress calls.

Second Life,
by Jeff Deziel
A Conser 47 and the weight and drag changes that it underwent.


Island Sonata,
by Jim Howard
Island Sonata’s owner was asked, “Why sail a multihull?” and his reply was, “Because it’s the intelligent thing to do.”

View from the Marina – Life’s a Cruise,
by Barb Hansen
What is it about the beach exactly that so strongly attracts us to it?


Not Just Another Hinckley,
by Miri & John Skoriak
The gentle winds, warm weather (in the summer), and hundreds if not thousands of picturesque places to visit make the coast of Maine a sailors’ haven. Not to mention the lobsters…

Raekved’s Pacific Roundtrip,
by Trygve Rushfeldt
Raekved continues its journey through Panama and onto Galapagos.


There are Guardian Angels ...Yes, Indeed!
by Jeanne Pickers
We had made it. We had survived the Tsunami.

Reflections from the Eye of Charley,
by G.O. Douglas
Under any circumstances, predicting the path of a hurricane is a difficult business, and people had taken every precaution to protect their boats.

The Dazcat 1040,
by Derick Reynolds
One of the D1040’s great features, not often found in boats of this size, is the option of having dual helm stations.

You Gotta Have the Fast Cat 435, If you Want It All! – Part 2
by Seymour Friedel
Part II takes a look at the layout and the systems throughout the boat.

Extensive New Web Resource Dedicated to Multihulls
Multihull Maven has launched a FREE new Web site that makes information on multihulls easy to access.

South Africa – The Other Land of Multihulls,
by Flo & Gregor Tarjan
The key to South Africa’s success story is the excellent construction ethic inherent in all local boat builders due to the severe weather conditions experienced.


Rush 10,
by Claus-Christian Plaass
More than filling a gap – The cat Designed to offer beach cat fun plus daycharter comfort!


Arwinda Dismasting,
by Tom Cox
BANG! it sounded like a 12-gauge shot gun blast at close range. the next moment I lifted my head, peering through a haze of blood, and checked that both eyes worked & that my teeth were intact.

The Saga of Tom & Cindy,
by Tom Cox
Arwinda is a 38-foot home-built one-of-a-kind catamaran, home to Cindy Finch and Tom Wilke.

The Gale,
by Jim Cash
I am an advocate of the ability of a well-designed cruising cat to be able to stand up to almost anything the sea could deliver, but never had any first-hand experience… until now.

SCAT
SCAT, the lifting foil-equipped trimaran, completed her first ocean race at the Miami-Nassau Feeder Race.


High Speed Folding a F-31,
by Kim Alfreds
The adventure of Cheekee Monkee at Round the County 2004.

Cheekee Monkee Development
A look at the transition that Cheekee Monkee underwent from 1995 through to 2004.

Outremer Finishes 1st and 2nd in ARC 2004 Transatlantic Race,
by Gregor Tarjan
The ARC takes 200-plus entries on a 2,700-mile passage across the Atlantic to the Caribbean, to Rodney Bay in St. Lucia, taking on average between 12 and 24 days.


Raiders Lost in Archipelago,
by David Scully
Follow team Twin Wire as they navigate their Nacra F-18 through the Baltic.

SheGatta 2004,
by Lisa Kizer
With 15 women teams in attendance, the charity event was a true success!