November/December 2004
On the Cover:
The new Maine Cat 41.
Featured Products:
– Mini B300TM ILS H2ON is Water Activated
– Deck Wash-Down has a New Twist
– Solar Sunshine
– The Most Useful Household Accessory Ever
– Barrier Coating Additive Protects Against Gelcoat Blistering
– Nobletech’s Next Generation InSight Radar
– Blast It Out® Clog-Clearing & Flushing Kit
News Briefs:
– Intracoastal Waterway Message Board Provides Local Knowledge
– Newick Nautical Design, Inc. to Expand
– Aquisition of TECMA S.R.L. by THETFORD
– CE – Mark Certification Awarded to Island Spirit 400
Letters:
– Just One Gripe, by Rolf Nilsen
– Pristine Waters?, by J. & P. Hochenedel
– RE: “The Importance of the Point About Anchors,” by Will Menzies
Warning! Scam!
Someone is trying to use our classified ads as the basis of a scam!
Be Wary of Inexperienced Salvors
Contact your insurance company before a salvage is made.
Corinne's Culinary Corner:
Secret Ingredients
by Corinne Kanter
– Super-Special Pancakes
– Tangy Meatloaf
– Boiled Dinner
– Stuffing the Big Bird
– Rice
– Pickles all Gone from Jar
– Easy Dessert
– Leftover Chicken or Turkey
– Topping Casseroles
– Simple Combinations
– Potato Salad
Electrics: Batteries –
Storing Electrical Power – Part IV
by Kevin Jeffrey
In this part we’ll focus on selecting and sizing batteries for your house loads
on board a multihull.
RHIBs Built for Rescue
by Wayne Spivak
Find out what exactly an RHIB is and how it is in action.
A Brief History of RHIBs
by Armand L. Chapeau
The author describes how RHIBs became popular in the Coast Guard.
The Block
by Iain Young
Earthlight has carried Iain and his family along for 40,000 miles through the
Pacific... and they’re off again!
“Well, That’s Gonna Take Two People!”
by Ken Harland
That was my neighbor’s response when I went to put my mast back up.
Rudderless Recovery
by Ralph B. Pears
I was returning from two idyllic weeks of cruising Maine’s Penobscot and
Muscongus bays, and I was just five miles away from my homeport when disaster
struck.
Where the Classics Go...
by John Franta
If you have ever wondered where all the multis from the ‘60s and ‘70s have
disappeared to, a number of them seem to have ended up down in this quaint town
on the beautiful Sea of Cortez in Mexico.
Northern Launch
by Laurie and Dawn Corbett
As we turned to face the boat and our future, a double rainbow touched down on
Cat Tales.
Raekved in the Caribbean
by Trygve Rushfeldt
The journey continues for Trygve and his family as they leave unfamiliar
territory into something unknown.
Trip from Mayotte to Phuket
by Jeanne Pickers
Having spent six months cruising the Islands of Madagascar aboard Katrine,
we decided that instead of heading east for Africa, we would make our way to
South East Asia because the season was right.
The Maine Cat 41
by Charles K. Chiodi
There is no other 41 - 42-foot cat on the market that would measure up to the
Maine Cat’s quality, workmanship, and pleasure of ownership.
“Te Marama,” a 22m “Commuter Cat”
by Jim Antrim
This is the answer to the mystery boat featured in MM July/August issue.
Palmetto Breeze 55
Sea Island Boatworks launched Palmetto Breeze, a 55-foot-long by 30-foot-wide
Kurt Hughes-designed sailing cat for the day-sailing charter business.
VPLP Presents the Safari 73’
Outfitted with watermakers, solar panels, and not one... but two... autopilots;
this cat was designed for a client who wants to voyage widely and be
self-sufficient.
Hehi Wa’a (Size Does Matter)
by C. Armitage
What I needed was a single-seat, lightweight, human-powered multihull... so I
built one.
Hurricane Charley Storms Across
Southwest Florida
by Doran Cushing
The fast moving monster crossed the Florida coastline at Sanibel and then Pine
Island, home to dozens of large multihulls.
Transat 2004 Skipper Interview with Sodebo’s Thomas
Corville
by Tom Cox
Cox had the chance to catch up with Corville while he was taking a break from
repairs on Sodebo, following the Transat Race.
Transat ‘04 Skipper Interview with The Gallivanting Gourmet:
Dominique Demachy
by Tom Cox
Demachy’s Gifi is remarkable because it appears to be a cruising catamran , but
still bettered the 50-foot multi record set by Herve Cleris in ‘92.
Tullo Brothers Win US Youth Multihull Championship
For the first time in history of US Sailing’s Youth Multihull Championship, a
pair of siblings won the event.
RORC Cowes – Dinard – St. Malo ’04
by Richard Roscoe
Although 126 boats entered the traditional 164-mile race, only 50 finished.
Transat Québec - St. Malo
Karine Fauconnier, the first-time female skipper to have won the Québec to St.
Malo, has had an exemplary race with her crew.
2004 Great Lakes Multihull Championship
by J.R Watson
This multihull invitational held at the Bay City Yacht Club in michigan, was
host to a field of 14 multihulls.
Cat Fight Sailors, Older and Wiser
by Jill Nickerson
The Muskegon Cat Fight, an annual event, attracted 65 catamaran sailors from
around the country with a variety of boats, including: F-18s, Inter20s, Nacras,
Hobies, Prindles, and Tornados.
Ogletree and Lovell win Olympic Silver for the USA
by Charles Ogletree
What a year for Johnny and me! To finish off our season with a Silver Medal in
Athens was just too incredible.
BBR 2004
by Charles Chiodi
The 32nd running of the event has seen the most entries so far: 460 boats in 16
different classes.
The Annapolis Boat Show 2004
by Charles Chiodi