Re: [bolger] Featherwind cheap fast cruising catamaran.
>Featherwind, an semi-obscure MAIB Bolger concept study, that I hadn'tFeatherwind?
>though about in a long time. Again, I am amazed, when I sort through
>and study the details, at PCB's ingenuity.
>
><http://hallman.org/bolger/featherwind/featherwind.png>http://hallman.org/bolger/featherwind/featherwind.png
><http://hallman.org/bolger/featherwind/featherwind.fbm>http://hallman.org/bolger/featherwind/featherwind.fbm
>
>22'6" long, 12 feet wide is a light, strong, simple, fast, economical,
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Here is one more rendered image, isometric.
http://hallman.org/bolger/featherwind/featherwind_iso.png
http://hallman.org/bolger/featherwind/featherwind_iso.png
Featherwind, an semi-obscure MAIB Bolger concept study, that I hadn't
though about in a long time. Again, I am amazed, when I sort through
and study the details, at PCB's ingenuity.
http://hallman.org/bolger/featherwind/featherwind.png
http://hallman.org/bolger/featherwind/featherwind.fbm
22'6" long, 12 feet wide is a light, strong, simple, fast, economical,
fun cruising/camping catamaran. Displacement seems to be around one
ton, so it would be maximally suitable for perhaps two adults and two
kids for a weekend or so.
I needed to infer a few details because the PCB 'cartoon' is sketchy,
but I see that it is clever in that the hulls are simple basic strong,
yet economical, streamline 'boxes', and the deck has all around
structural 'box cabin' which gives the requisite rigidity needed with
Catamarans. Giving tons of sprawling space plus good shaded options.
You could trailer it to the lake in pieces, as the 8 foot by 12 foot
deck structure would just fit snug on a utility trailer, with bolt-on
'pontoons' balanced atop. It's cat rigged with 200sf & sprit boom.
Not a completed design, but I bet it could be built from the cartoon.
though about in a long time. Again, I am amazed, when I sort through
and study the details, at PCB's ingenuity.
http://hallman.org/bolger/featherwind/featherwind.png
http://hallman.org/bolger/featherwind/featherwind.fbm
22'6" long, 12 feet wide is a light, strong, simple, fast, economical,
fun cruising/camping catamaran. Displacement seems to be around one
ton, so it would be maximally suitable for perhaps two adults and two
kids for a weekend or so.
I needed to infer a few details because the PCB 'cartoon' is sketchy,
but I see that it is clever in that the hulls are simple basic strong,
yet economical, streamline 'boxes', and the deck has all around
structural 'box cabin' which gives the requisite rigidity needed with
Catamarans. Giving tons of sprawling space plus good shaded options.
You could trailer it to the lake in pieces, as the 8 foot by 12 foot
deck structure would just fit snug on a utility trailer, with bolt-on
'pontoons' balanced atop. It's cat rigged with 200sf & sprit boom.
Not a completed design, but I bet it could be built from the cartoon.