...showing the first tack ever of Geodetica after the launch
https://youtu.be/PuuVRUe6bfo
Diary on the construction of a Seaclipper 20, a plywood trimaran designed by Jim Brown and John Marples. Our boat's Sail No. is 50. The boat has been named GEODETICA and was launched on september 28th, 2024.
Monday, October 7, 2024
Thursday, October 3, 2024
A video of Geodetica sailing
Here's a nice video of Geodetica's first sail taken with a drone by our friend Vincenzo.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_N4T5nNH0Z4
Unused plans for sale!
During the (many) years I've accumulated a lot of original boat building plans which were never used to build a boat, so I've decided to sell those at 50% of their value. Among these, there are building plans (original, I repeat) to build the following boats:
- Tiki 26 (James Wharram)
- Haiku (Iain Oughtred)
- Ness Yawl (Iain Oughtred)
- Navigator (John Welsford)
- and several others...
Anybody interested? Ask for the full list!
Wednesday, October 2, 2024
First impressions after the launch
Currently Geodetica is stored for the winter but we need to do a few adjustements in time for the new sailing season.
- The tiller needs to be shortened a few cm since it interferes with the rear aka: no big deal
- The cockip needs two scuppers (as recommended in the plans) because sea water enters from the daggerboard trunk
- the daggerboard needs to be strapped down in place because it tends to raise in the trunk due to the flotation
- we are considering the possibility of the replacing all the steel stays with dyneema.
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