How to tie/bolt/ the beams together, or have them slide in boxes. Frankly, bolting the beams together is tempting, just to I don’t hear them clunking around. I also wonder about the floatation of the outside hulls once the middle hull is gone. Have you ever had your L7 up on one hull? If so, how much did it depress? I’d call up Mike and ask, but this is more a gedankenexperiment at this point. On the other hand, he was the one who mentioned it….. <_<
Been watching and rewatching all these vids including yours for more than a year.. Getting her use to the Hawaiian waters slowly(this place sinks modern designs), I been pointing up in big puffs when she starts to raise and ama submerges (which is painful to kill the puff) but keeping it safe for a while.. 15knots of wind we did an easy 15.7 knots speed on the garmin without the gen deployed.. Im replicating your tiller setup right now but wondering about..
Yes please share your mast raising setup Mahalo. Its nice that it has a beefy mast compared to a hobie of same size but the mast ball and mast base dont click/lock in so hand lifting and lowering the last 20deg or so there some kick back where you need a second person to literally catch the mast!! Also, havent tied in those 2nd set of shrouds on the center hull, do I even need them if I'm setting up the boat ama's out/lifting mast every time?
If you are going to do this often, that would be a lot of fuss each time (for me). But if only raise the mast once or twice a season...Here's an article about the basics of mast raising.
Pick up a collapsible speaker stand on Amazon or wherever. Set the mast on it and raise it up to 7 or 8 feet high. That way you're starting from above level and pressure stays on the mast ball during the entire process, up or down.
H18 and F18 experience: a helper on a 6 foot ladder makes raising simple. I do it solo regularly with a carpet-topped 10 foot ladder. With the ladder just forward of the balance point of the mast, it is easy to pin the ball/socket and that initial angle gets you past the hardest part of pivoting the mast, especially if the boat is on a trailer.
Certainly you could go with external supports, but the solution I chose was to alter the trailer and add a removeable rear mast support. Yah, you do have to remove the rear support prior to launch but that's no harder than finding somewhere to put your speaker stand or ladder. Did that for a hobie catamaran trailer. Trailer guy just welded a big U of steel cage tube at the stern and put a tube stand for the pinnable support. Also helped the mast stay flat during transport. Was worth the 300 bucks.
Oh that looks so good! If I was close I think I would buy it and then figure out what to do with itHere's another one.
20' Carbon Fiber Trimaran kayak with sail kit and custom trailer! - $6,500 (St. Petersburg)
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Perfect for the Everglades Challenge! Full carbon fiber hulls, the entire boat, fully rigged, weighs about 170 lbs and can easily be picked up by two people. Comes with fully battened main sail, roller furling jib, roller furling screecher (spinnaker), trampolines, skirts and covers, AND A CUSTOM TRAILER! My friend and I bought this a year ago with the intention of doing the Everglades Challenge but life got in the way, our loss is your gain. The boat is in great shape and ready to take you on any adventure you can throw at it.
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