It's a pretty cool boat It's amazing that a 19 year old designed it wish I knew the whole story.. but It's a solid boat and it weighs only 690 bls.
So does anyone want to RACE? hheheheeh https://picasaweb.google.com/113618646846617070054/November15201102?authuser=0&feat=directlink
Edited by soulofasailor on Nov 15, 2011 - 09:11 AM.
Did you get the one in Atlanta? Send photos.
Nice boat!
We had 12 people on one at Roosevelt Lake, after the full moon came up about 10 PM. The wind was about 6 knots, everybody had a frozen drink of some sort and the party was great!
Here are some Photos yes it was from Atlanta!
Edited by soulofasailor on Nov 15, 2011 - 09:20 PM.
Congrats on the boat man! That thing's cool as hell.
I'm Jon. I don't need a signature.
Yeap Thanks man! It was alot of work to set it up my head was spinning when the guy was showing us how to set it up! But i did video tape it! I want to take it up to Lake Erie in the COLD! But i am still pondering that thought a little! 🙂 Cant wait for spring! I am now hunting down any OWNERS i know there is not a lot of them!
Awesome cat! one thing that stood out to me is the way the tramp fits under the dolphin stryker, puts quite an indentation in the tramp, never seen that before. But a totally awesome cat, I'm up for a race... 😀
Turbo
On-The-Edge-Of-No-Control
Yes lets do it 🙂
Now i have to figure out where to dry dock it at! But it was cool we went out for a test sail! it was a small lake, it might have been blowin i dont know puffs of 4knots of wind! On my Droid GPS i got 7 knots! I was like freaking WOW"" it was cool cant wait!
You were smart to video the setup! An R21 has a bit of setup above and beyond the average beach cat. The guy that owned the one I sailed on rigged a head in the aft of one hull and a stove in the other. He would sleep inside the hulls- joking that he didn't mind sleeping at attention. Your photo makes it look roomy enough for a cozy twosome.
Sheet In!
Oh yes i took pictures too so this winter I can replay in my head all the little stuff! It's ok I'm am sure I will drink beer while rigging maybe even meet some new friends in this process.. but the net was the biggest thing because It's new! Crisp. It needs to be worked in. And it should be fine.. I got a reacher with the boat.. so it almost comes back to stern. He even showed me how that works also.. but the no wind sailing was just what i wanted to see. Makes it totally cool and why I say NO more mono here. :-
Nice pics and video. That looks like a lot of room on that tramp.
Yeap but i think i need to fix bottom of hull it has blisters, http://qik.com/45896796/ef346ec1
see if you can see them! its on both hulls
was this boat moored? If so a lot of those blisters will disappear as it dries out.
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So you don't think I need to do anything with it???.
Sand the hulls to open up the blisters. Keep the hulls warm and dry for a month. Coat with quality marine epoxy, 2 coats recommended. Sand lightly, and apply bottom paint. If the boat will always be drysailed you might get by skipping the epoxy coats, and using a couple coats of epoxy paint. I used Easypoxy if I recall. The key is to get the blisters opened, and allow the ALL moisture to escape. The warmer and drier the immediate environment, the faster that occurs. If it's not all out, the blisters will return, regardless of the quality/integrity of the barrier coat.
We're working on a hull this winter, and are going to open up the blisters, and build a box around the hull out of 2" styrofoam insulation, taped together, with a 1500 watt heater ducted into one end of the box, and a vent at the other end, and run the heater for a month.
Dave
im thinking in bringing in one hull at a time in my garage! to sand it fix it i could build something to craddle the deck so bottom is UP!
davefarmer wrote: Sand the hulls to open up the blisters. Keep the hulls warm and dry for a month. Coat with quality marine epoxy, 2 coats recommended. Sand lightly, and apply bottom paint. If the boat will always be drysailed you might get by skipping the epoxy coats, and using a couple coats of epoxy paint. I used Easypoxy if I recall. The key is to get the blisters opened, and allow the ALL moisture to escape. The warmer and drier the immediate environment, the faster that occurs. If it's not all out, the blisters will return, regardless of the quality/integrity of the barrier coat.
We're working on a hull this winter, and are going to open up the blisters, and build a box around the hull out of 2" styrofoam insulation, taped together, with a 1500 watt heater ducted into one end of the box, and a vent at the other end, and run the heater for a month.Dave
It is really the worst that can happen to grp, it means the boat was insufficiently cured, ie to low a temperature. this is why you got a good deal. search your complete boat for any types of blisters and get them fixed. I'd actually grind the complete boat down to the fibre beneath the waterline and coat the complete hull in a epoxy paint. Be sure with your repair now, or next winter you'll be doing it again!
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soulofasailor wrote: im thinking in bringing in one hull at a time in my garage! to sand it fix it i could build something to craddle the deck so bottom is UP!
Build a forward cradle by holding a 2" x 8" just above the deck about 2' forward or the main beam, and scribe the deck curvature onto the wood, then cut with a sabre saw. Cover with a couple of layers of scrap carpet. The rear cradle can be a straight piece of the same, carpetted. and it can land in the rear beam cradle of the hull. Then build these up to the heights necessary to have the opening nacelle just clear the floor, kinda like short saw horses.
The boatis quite stable in this position, it's easy to work on the hull below waterline, and when you apply the epoxy barrier coat and bottom paint, it'll have minimal tendency to run.
Dave
well my other problem might be how do i get the waterline correct and somewhat even? I can see it with the discolor line but i guess ill figure it out!
If it were me, today, I'd use a laser level. Set the hull upside down, check it is vertical and measure the WL heights above the ground at the bow and at the stern, adjust with shims until even. When painting you can then set up the laser level so it projects a line through those two exact points, the rest will be projected by the laser, make sure the laser is at the same height as the WL, ie: the light is not shining down from a huge tripod, particularly if set up close by!
Or you could measure and then use an aquarium air tube or regular hose (transparent) partially filled with water to set the line. Hold (tie it off or put a brick on it) one end above the bow and the other end up in the air. Fill until the water level is at the measured height. Use the loose end to mark the new water line wherever you please.
yeap trying to make room in garage this cold air is killing my energy level! i got to do this before the snow hits
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http://forums.sailinganarchy.com/index.php?showtopic=107933 wrote: reynolds 21
Most notable to Reynolds design credits is his R21 Cat. Reynolds, then age 22, built over 50 of these boats back in 1978 and 1979 before selling the company to pursue the windsurfing market.
Twenty years later many still actively sail the Reynolds 21 Catamaran. A successful design, the Reynolds 21 was clocked at 12 knots in 15 knots of wind at the PMA Worlds in 1978. Not bad for a 1000 lbs boat that had sleeping accommodations for 4 adults and was only 21 feet long.
stilletto 27
Stiletto was conceived and designed as a trailerable high performance coastwise cruiser, a concept that has resulted in unparalleled versatility. Trailering her is a breeze and two people can set her up for sailing in just over one hour. Her shoal draft (9 inches) and kick-up rudders means you can safely sail her right up onto the beach. With head, berths, galley. Sleeping tent and other amenities, Stiletto is a catamaran cruiser's dream.
Edited by klozhald on Dec 19, 2011 - 12:07 PM.
stilletto 27
Stiletto was conceived and designed as a trailerable high performance coastwise cruiser, a concept that has resulted in unparalleled versatility. Trailering her is a breeze and two people can set her up for sailing in just over one hour. Her shoal draft (9 inches) and kick-up rudders means you can safely sail her right up onto the beach. With head, berths, galley. Sleeping tent and other amenities, Stiletto is a catamaran cruiser's dream.
Says it all really 🙂
yes pretty much the same concept here, I am currently working on getting my hull in my garage! It is not to heavy but light enough and unbalanced for 2 people to walk it in of trailer so i have to figure out something else!
So i had to go get the trailer weighed before i can get it inspected to get it registered in PA. my truck weighs 6650, i took trailer with boat on it to get weighed they weighed truck and trailer,, that came to 7500 so 7500-6650 and that = 850 so boat from an ad i have said displacement is 690 for boat
so 850-690 is 160 so my trailer only weighs 160 lbs? WOW that just doesn't seem right, do you guys think that is correct?
No, use common sense. Displacement is not weight. If your anal about the trailer weight take the boat off and drive it to the scales. If you just want to get it registered, just give them a number. They will be happy with what ever weight you give them.
Philip
SO then explain it then!
Well displacment is the amount of water that your hulls move when it is in the water. Your boat does not sit on top of the water so the amount of water that is displaced or moved is displacement. So obviously weight of the hulls and displacement would not be related.
I know that is simple but that is how I explain it to my ninth graders.
Terry
Nacra 5.2
So how would you find out how much BOAT weighs?
soulofasailor wrote: So how would you find out how much BOAT weighs?
Soul, that question has already been answered. See my reply above. Take the boat off the trailer and get the trailer weighed. Once you know the weight of the trailer you will know the weight of the boat. (Clarification: Boat weight includes sails, running rigging, standing rigging, tillers, cross beams, spins, boards, rudders, etc. --EVERYHING) Another route is to completely set up the boat, put it on 4 scales and sum the 4 weights (must be no wind). That will get you darn close. There are other ways to weigh it (ie. load cell) but this process is the simplest most direct cost effective route.
. . .anyway, who really cares what it weighs, you're gonna have iced down beer, fried chicken and chicks on it aren't you?
Philip