...showing the first tack ever of Geodetica after the launch
https://youtu.be/PuuVRUe6bfo
...showing the first tack ever of Geodetica after the launch
https://youtu.be/PuuVRUe6bfo
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
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:
Anybody interested? Ask for the full list!
Currently Geodetica is stored for the winter but we need to do a few adjustements in time for the new sailing season.
In the early afternoon we launched Geodetica. Several friends gathered at the beach but we had to wait the lunch break of the X-Cat World Championship which had been organized just in front of our beach!
And finally we did it. Here's a pic of Geodetica sailing with 4 people aboard: Cinzia (friend, colleague, co-builder e co-owner), Raffaele aka "Mummolo", Filippo aka "the Commander" and yours truly.
The boat is fast even with a payload of about 300 kg, tacks easily and has a very light helm.
Thanks everybody from Cinzia e Pippo!
We spent the whole day today at the beach to rig the boat. The christening and launch will be done tomorrow. Wish us fair winds!
In this week end we cut to size the forestay, shrouds and bridles
Luckily enough the designers allowed for using ties in various places in order to compensate for difference in sizes and to allow for adjustements. One nice addition were two fancy Sta/Master turnbuckles that I had purchased many years ago for our F18 cat and never used.
We would like to warmly thank our friend Filippo Vena, aka "il Comandante", boss of Basilicata Vela (the local sailing club), who assisted (and I'm using the term loosely) us in the rigging phase.
We will soon replace all the temporary ties using Dyneema.