Spy photos

Originally posted by Jack Sparrow Originally posted by timnoyce That is cheeky. I love the write up. Do you have any spy pics of your own Jack? Things are moving slowly at Banshee HQ. Due in part to some low life nicking my spanky new stainless trolley form the firm that was making it ( he'd taken a eon to make the thing as it is). Meaning that new cradles have to be made. The trolley loss is quite debilitating as I can't move the boat in and out of the garage, without another person around, and what will the weather we have been having it's been hard to do much! I will post some pics when I've got something that shows progress! In the meanwhile have a look at Stage 2 plans for a fast family cruising Trimaran. The boats adjustable racks will be removed and replaced with the outrigger hulls which in turn I am intending for the hull shape to be a reasonable Moth hull. I'll be making 2 hulls so I might as well make a 3rd! That's the plan anyway. Need to finish Stage 1 first!

So let me get this right, you'll have a singlehanded trapezer, a doublehanded hiker, a twin wire skiff, a tri, and the outriggers will also make Moths?

Is the plan just to have them Moth shaped so you have the hull mould, or will you actually have functioning Moths (remove from Tri, add rigs, add foils and tramps and go sailing) as the outriggers?

I have to say that is a massive, huge ask to get that lot to work properly and there must be a lot of compromises involved.  Trouble is, unless the trimaran structure is somehow compromising the Cherub with regards to weight or sailplan, which it does not seem to be, then I can't really see any reason why it won't work and that will be a truly superb bit of engineering.  It seems rally daft on paper yet at the same time genius...I hope you've patented it!  The possibilities for sailing depending on who is available and what it's blowing on what size water are almost endless.  If, and it is still a big if at this stage, it catches on, the open meeting possibilites are really interesting, kind of a multidisciplinary event like a triathlon, with the ability to shift the race program around depending on the forecast for the event, or even have a "sail in whatever configuration you want when you want" as long as you've done a race in each configuration by the end of the event.  My only concern (and I know nothing about multihull design) is tha the outriggers are too far back, I would have thought with a pitchy boat like a Cherub you'll be constantly burying the leeward float.

Only other thing left is to be able to unbolt the central hull and have a foiling cat! 

Good luck with it, I'll be following it with interest!

Wow Jack! It sounds increadible, I can't wait to see the finished product!

Good luck with it!!

fair enough, i wasnt trying to be arsy about it, just wondering why you chose ronstan thats all. the orbits are aparently amazing (and look great), i know what my next ratchet block will be......

maffioli swiftcord and harken carbo on a boat breaker!?!?!?!?! im jealous. the person who bought your musto must have been seriously pleased