Hi 44C
It's John Kehoe here. I've only posted a few times before, but I follow the forum a bit. We sail a 42ft Simpson Liahona tri and are based at Lake Macquarie.
An Oram44C, has come up for sale in Sydney and I wondered if you are familiar with the boat and it's history. As an Oram44C owner from Qld I'm guessing that you may be. Is it the one that you said recently in a post that you helped apply a coppercoat antifouling some years back? That ties in with my understanding of some of the boat's history.
Looks like the boat has had a sad few recent years, but we are going to have a look at it. If you are familiar with the boat would you be prepared to spare me a little time to discuss it?
Pete here. I see you have an Oram44. Partner and I have been looking for out first Cat. Maia has just come up for sale. We have plans to sail Perth coast for a few years (learn Yacht and upgrade what is needed), then sail Oz coast with plans of Indo etc and Pacific. Scuba is our passion (partner instructor/Manages a shop), so we would load a compressor and dive gear. Is this a realistic option for the 44c. Is she cable of blue water passages? Hard to find this info. Hope you can provide some realistic advice for a couple of very green but keen future Cat owners Cheers Pete
Thank you for posting the build photos. I can see you think for yourself by your choice of core material. I'm about to really start building a catamaran and I'm looking at between 38'-44'. Popular talk is that 44' is crazy compared to a 38' build. I'm wondering what your opinion is having built a 44' catamaran. Can you see any wisdom staying closer to the 38' length?
Hello, back in 2009 I bought a set of Oram Plans 48C. nothing ever happened and now I am trying to kick it off but I see Bob Oram has retired, Good for him, Can you help me out with Rudder Information Pics, drawings etc to gt me in a direction there. Before I pull the Trigger have been modeling it all up in CAD and thats how I strated to find things I am missing. Cheers DeWayne and Trang Young
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Hi, I loved your advice and comments on kit catamarans and read that you knew of a cheaper supplier for peel ply. As I am planning to start building a cat later this year could you please let me know. It’s a challenge getting affordable materials in Oz - looking at importing a pallet of S-glass from China...
Thanks again for your advice. I’ll be building in Sydney, but am often in Brisbane.
Kind regards
Brian Franki
Hi - it is a 1993 - was very nice...but too small for our plans. We sold it last week! We're currently shopping for a 40-44' cat with better equipment. I guess I need to update my profile!
wheres the build photos? if someone sees them send me a message with a link? very curious
never mind i figured it out! jesus christ nice work! im meticulous by nature and i can tell you are too... you probably only see the mistakes! but its wonderful! wanna make me one!? hehe
id like to touch base.. ask you how you went about it, and the time frame you had.. im sure loads have before this
I noticed you have had a coursmaster autopilot at some point and were experiencing problems, i have had the exact same issue with the vessel been offcourse and the pilot holding the opposite helm on or none. could you tell me what the outcome was? many thanks in advance.