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Forum: Multihull Sailboats 06-12-2023, 22:04
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Posted By Cavalier MK2
Re: Trimaran - Especially Searunner - Owners

Sorry for your loss I just saw this- late I know. It is better to bush as it will have more strength.
Forum: Multihull Sailboats 06-12-2023, 11:40
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Re: Trimaran - Especially Searunner - Owners

He'd do well to attach some pictures. The price is probably high for unassembled/ needing trailers etc...
Wood boats are already a challenging sale in a plastic world.
Forum: Multihull Sailboats 05-08-2023, 15:45
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Posted By Cavalier MK2
Re: Trimaran - Especially Searunner - Owners

Sure, good to see you sailing and trying things out. You might want to keep them. On my tri I use a center tackle for the main sheet and run a guy to each ama from the boom and lead them back to the...
Forum: Multihull Sailboats 05-08-2023, 14:15
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Posted By Cavalier MK2
Re: Trimaran - Especially Searunner - Owners

So if that is a single line mainsheet adjustable from either side leaving it set would give the same boom position on each tack. If it is 2 separate sheets you will have to adjust it each tack.
Forum: Multihull Sailboats 05-08-2023, 08:28
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Posted By Cavalier MK2
Re: Trimaran - Especially Searunner - Owners

Normally a Cross 24 would have a keel, if this one has a board using some would help.
I couldn't really tell from the video how the mainsheet is rigged,.can you take.a.picture showing the layout?...
Forum: Multihull Sailboats 01-04-2023, 14:57
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Posted By Cavalier MK2
Re: Trimaran - Especially Searunner - Owners

Also.... A masthead Spinnaker with your lightened boat and square top main should be thought of as a light air sail only. I think you'll find that big main has plenty of pull, downwind tacking should...
Forum: Multihull Sailboats 01-04-2023, 14:33
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Posted By Cavalier MK2
Re: Trimaran - Especially Searunner - Owners

I was actually thinking of the outboard side of the ama where the folding beam ends to give you more range of motion for the boom, what your folding beam can take is up to you to determine as you...
Forum: Multihull Sailboats 01-04-2023, 12:44
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Posted By Cavalier MK2
Re: Trimaran - Especially Searunner - Owners

Well look for the halyard and block, a chute needs lots of room for.motion so the block is usually on a extension/crane to clear the jib halyard and forestay. It can be either above the forestay or...
Forum: Multihull Sailboats 01-04-2023, 09:40
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Posted By Cavalier MK2
Re: Trimaran - Especially Searunner - Owners

Yes you can add a tang to the mast, check up on fractional rig convention for location, if you plan on running a masthead chute think about that, where the forestay lands is good, if the column is...
Forum: Multihull Sailboats 01-04-2023, 09:23
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Posted By Cavalier MK2
Re: Trimaran - Especially Searunner - Owners

Well, Jeff Turner is making Cross plans available again, you can contact him with the recent Cross plans posting email address. He is a busy guy but with patience you should be able to get plans.
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Forum: Multihull Sailboats 29-12-2022, 21:38
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Posted By Cavalier MK2
Re: Trimaran - Especially Searunner - Owners

I couldn't get a picture of this art that conveys the layered 3d effect of the original but it is cool. We went into Canada this summer and met my son and his long time girlfriend in Naniamo after a...
Forum: Multihull Sailboats 12-12-2022, 15:42
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Posted By Cavalier MK2
Re: Trimaran - Especially Searunner - Owners

I'm deference to Phil..... There are plenty of times I use drywall screws as temporary "clamps" till the epoxy sets.

Unless of course it needs bronze ring nails for extra deep fiber holding power.
Forum: Multihull Sailboats 12-12-2022, 14:04
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Forum: Multihull Sailboats 07-11-2022, 23:24
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Posted By Cavalier MK2
Re: Trimaran - Especially Searunner - Owners

I'll disagree Phil in some cases. Yes you can do it without nails.... The but.... is in large impacts and decay. I've fixed enough boats to see that the nails held in impacts and in boats with decay....
Forum: Multihull Sailboats 07-11-2022, 19:39
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Posted By Cavalier MK2
Re: Trimaran - Especially Searunner - Owners

I noticed I gave the ama skin estimate for the set. One ama would be about 4 sheets of 1/4". Both for and Meranti come in at about 36 pounds per cubic foot density.
Forum: Multihull Sailboats 07-11-2022, 18:31
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Posted By Cavalier MK2
Re: Trimaran - Especially Searunner - Owners

I like bronze ring nails, incredible mechanical holding power deep into the wood, not just the surface fibers like epoxy. Plus..... Call me lazy but I like skipping those extra pulling and filling...
Forum: Multihull Sailboats 07-11-2022, 08:56
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Posted By Cavalier MK2
Re: Trimaran - Especially Searunner - Owners

Make sure you don't use hemlock for the stringers or frames, not rot resistant at all. You can sometimes find decent grain in the Doug Fir 2x stacks at Lowe's for recutting if you want to skip...
Forum: Multihull Sailboats 07-11-2022, 08:40
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Posted By Cavalier MK2
Re: Trimaran - Especially Searunner - Owners

Well that's good, on the repair. I'm too busy to know the local boatbuilder scene, nice to know there is one, I do my own whittling when I can steal the time.
So at a quick glance it looks like 2...
Forum: Multihull Sailboats 06-11-2022, 18:00
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Posted By Cavalier MK2
Re: Trimaran - Especially Searunner - Owners

I've actually been wondering about the repaired ama. Were stringers used and if not was thicker ply substituted? If so you might consider making a set of amas if weight and shape between the 2 is a...
Forum: Multihull Sailboats 06-11-2022, 11:55
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Posted By Cavalier MK2
Re: Trimaran - Especially Searunner - Owners

You can get Marine fir at Hardell on the West side of oly, it is great but pricey. Meranti is about the same weight as fir and similar rot resistant. Okoume is light but needs careful coating as it...
Forum: Multihull Sailboats 09-09-2022, 09:13
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Posted By Cavalier MK2
Re: Trimaran - Especially Searunner - Owners

Thanks on the keel info. My boat was modified by a previous owner way back when with one exactly like that. John lived in Port Orchard back then, I'll ask him if he was involved. While it works the...
Forum: Multihull Sailboats 08-09-2022, 13:45
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Posted By Cavalier MK2
Re: Trimaran - Especially Searunner - Owners

So, the Marples fast cruiser being discussed has a keel, aren't the CC designs usually equiped with a centerboard?

For the project minded there is a CC44 on Seattle Craigslist with various issues...
Forum: Multihull Sailboats 06-09-2022, 20:53
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Posted By Cavalier MK2
Re: Trimaran - Especially Searunner - Owners

Nicol figured out the head location in the 60s, the stern cabin. Nice separation from the main cabin, we put in a composting head and it works great. Just did a 4 person cruise, everybody had elbow...
Forum: Multihull Sailboats 31-08-2022, 13:56
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Forum: Multihull Sailboats 24-08-2022, 20:37
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Posted By Cavalier MK2
Re: Trimaran - Especially Searunner - Owners

We did sail into Canada, you have to be at least this far away from the Nicol for the paint to look presentable. Brought back a list of things to do, lots done on the way there and back again....
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