January February 1997 Issue

Multihulls Magazine

January/February 1997

On the Cover - Strictly Sail – Miami is the new name for this 10-year-old boat show, conveniently held in sunny Florida when the north of the country is snowbound. Although this year’s show had less boats and visitors, they were better (and smarter) than in previous years.

Contents:

News:
• Meade Gougeon wins North American DN Iceboat Championship
Gougeon bested 47 other Gold Fleet racers, many half his age, to reclaim the title he last held in 1980. The Gold Fleet included this year’s World DN champ, Karol Jablonski of Poland.
• New Talent at Bob Rice’s Weather Window
Meteorologist Lee Bruce is a new addition to the forecast and consultant staff. Lee recently retired from the U.S. Air Force with 20 years of experience.
• Neil Pryde Sails has New Agent
Tim Walker has joined the Neil Pryde group as an agent for the San Diego area. Tim has an active participation in the San Diego sailing scene.
• The Catamaran Company Fills a Void
The Catamaran Company, formerly known as Catamaran Charters & Sales, deals only in cats. The management team is the same group that founded Sunsail in the U.S. in the early 1990s. The company consists of two primary divisions:
Catamaran Charters offering bareboat and crewed charters throughout the world, headed by Linda B. Ambrose; and Catamaran Sales, for thesale of new and pre-owned catamarans.

Featured Products:
• NEW spiral bevel gears
    Sillette Sonic Ltd introduced optional spiral bevel gears with their MkII Catamaran Drive, now used on Prouts, Geminis and other production multihulls. The new type gears reduce noise levels and have what is known as a “hunting tooth,” so that with every revolution the pinion meshes with a different set of teeth on the gear, giving rise to an even “running-in” process.
• PDQ 36 Mk.III has significant changes
    With the delivery of hull #54, PDQ Yachts has introduced some 16 significant changes on its PDQ 36 catamaran. In an ongoing pursuit of innovative extensions to the comfort and safety of their owners, the Mark.III has many new features.
• Lifeguard Hat Saves Skin
    The Original Lifeguard Hat by Headhunter Hats offers superior sun protection for the sun-sensitive. Since 80% of all skin cancers are found on or around the head, wearing wide-brimmed hats will dramatically reduce the risk of overexposure.
• Trapeze Cleat Improved
    Clamcleats Limited improved its CL253 Trapeze Cleat with revised rope guides, coupled with a special link in order to give perfect rope alignment. The result is quicker cleating and easier release of ropes.
• F-24 Class Association Newly FormeD
    The association is intended to foster communication, cooperation, and camaraderie and be involved in regatta promotion and class events.

Letters:
• Teasing Your Neighbor, Heh? Jim More, GA
• Racing Sailors: Keep The Battle on the Water, Keith Burrage, NJ
• Respected Editor, Rev.Q. Collins, CAN
• ...of Power & Stiction, Allan Woods, UK;
• Sirocco Searching, M. Queen, WA
• The Best Yet, Len Martin, FL.

Profile of an MM Reader: Ernie
A salute to Ernest Bouchard, who sailed for 70 years and learned the subleties of tides, wind and fog until they became ingrained in every fiber of his being.

Corinne's Culinary Corner: Quick Tips, by Corinne Kanter
• Making yogurt cheese
• Many uses for egg slicer
• Quick garlic oil
• Tomato concentrate
• Stuff your manicotti
• Rehydrating dried foods

Cruising:
1934 Ford motoring across Clear Lake in Texas
But, what’s it got to do with multihulls?

Trailer Sailing to the Emerald Coast
Gougeon 32 catamaran sailors from North Carolina enjoy sailing to the islands off Pensacola, Florida. By Mike Phillips & Kim Speck.

Cruising Cattleya: Our Search, Our Goal
We decided it was time to go cruising rather than wait until we retire! We performed the methodical evaluation of our options and became solidly convinced that a multihull would be our choice. By Jean & Mitch Leavitt.

A Cruise to Cuba, “The Forbidden Land”
A group of doctors take medical supplies to Havana and find the Cubans friendly and very poor, but they don’t complain. By Dr. Ferdinand Manlio.

Design:
Windriggercat
Folding hulls, simple surfboard rigs, by Ian E. Smith

Possible Rig Variations:
Hypothetical multihull rigs, Kite lug, Staysails flying, Split lug rig, by William C. Mantis

“CARGO” THE MODERN WAY,
A Victory 35 goes overseas via an unusual way of transportation, by Len Feldman

BIG, NEW DAY-CHARTER CAT from Crowther Multihulls

FIREFLY 850,
A high-performance, 28'6" demountable catamaran from Down Under, designed by Mark Pescott

THE CAPTAIN’S KETCH, another Australian design, a 45' catamaran from the board of Peter Brady Associates

Technical:
AH, MY NEW DREAM TRAILER, by Roy Mills
Mike Guthrie trailered boats for the past 25 years, over 200,000 miles and here he shares with us all that he learned about state laws, hull damage, maintenance, towing, speed and salt water.

The effect of weight and bottom fouling on performance.
Some statistics on boat performance with empty boat/clean bottom, loaded boat/clean bottom and empty boat/fouled bottom.

Electronics: AC Power from Gen-Sets
Kevin Jeffrey continues his column on marine electricity with a special emphasis for use on multihulls.

Wallpaper on a boat... Attractive only to rot!
Lisa Suhay tells about her 37' Searunner trimaran that had tiny Laura Ashley flower patterns over rotted bulkheads.

Navigation::
YOUR BEST FRIEND, THE COMPASS, by Earl Hinz
The most user-friendly device on a boat, second only to the old cedar bucket.

Racing:
Multis at Cork, by James Hallman
...a day-by-day report on the Canadian Olympic Regatta at Kingston

The Miami-Key Largo Regatta, by Roy Laughlin
Sunny, warm, windy...Yes! Hundreds of boats of all sizes pirouetted around the starting line. Some mishaps were inevitable...

Sea Spray N.A. Championships, by Allan J. Arnold
Man and his wife in the same race, different boats. Man wins all races, wife capsizes and still finishes 4th.

Clearwater Cup Regatta, by Glenn Steinkey
Once called the Kahlua Cup, this 19-year-old overnight race is popular in the Gulf of Mexico despite some heavy weather. Plenty of wind, at times too much.

Port Huron to Mackinac Race, by Mary Sterling
Some big name monohulls and their famous skippers have to endure the humiliation from smaller (and much less expensive) multihulls, one that took Finish Line Honors for the second year in a row, and now also the Corrected Time prize.

Coming up Races:
• The Worrell 1000 is back. Iron Men in Plastic Boats! A raw, gruelling 1000-mile race from Ft. Lauderdale, Florida to Virginia Beach, Virginia; with 11 stops on the way
• Olympics 2000 at Sydney. New German team formed. Report by Claus-Christian Plaass
• Marblehead-Halifax Ocean Race. The 27th event, sponsored by the Boston YC and the Royal Nova Scotia Yacht Squadron
• Round Europe Race. The 7th, since 1985
• The Swiftsure International Yacht Race
• International Multihull Meeting, July 17-20, in Norway

Boat Shows:
London boat show, Earls Court, England
“My Cat is My Castle” – Report and photos by Claus-Christian Plaass.

Düsseldorf Boat Show, Germany
Super Yachts & Catamaran Symposium – Report and photos by Claus-Christian Plaass.

Fredericia Boat Show, Denmark
Promoting Danish Dynamite! – Report and photos by Claus-Christian Plaass.

Strictly Sail–Miami, Florida
Smaller Crowds, Bigger Bucks – Report and photos by Charles K. Chiodi.

Bright future
A Report by The Sailing Company: Multihull production is up by 47% in 1996! One out of every eight new sailboats is a multihull.

Symposium:
The Guest Speakers, 1st day:
Brett Crowther, Crowther Multihulls, Sysdey, Australia;
Derek Kelsall, Sandwich, England;
John Marples, Searunner Multihulls, St. Augustine, Florida;
Kurt Hughse, Kurt Hughes Sailing Designs, Seattle, Washington;
Gino Morrelli, Morrelli & Melvin, Newport Beach, California;
John Shuttleworth, Shuttleworth Desins, London, England;
Eric Arens, The Finish Line, Stuart, Florida;
Allan Tait, Corsair Marine, Chula Vista, California
Cam Lewis, Sailor, Maine
Simon Slater, PDQ Yachts, Whitbey, Canada
Tony Smith, Performance Cruising, Inc, Mayo, Maryland;
Richard Ward, Seawind Catamarans, Sysney, Australia;
Len Feldman, Victory Catamarans, Brooklyn, New York;
Dick Vermeulen, Maine Cat, Waldoboro, Maine:
Eric Bruneel, Fountaine Pajot, Aigrefeuille, France.
(The Symposium Report will be continued in the March/ April issue.)

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