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Forum: Multihull Sailboats 12-09-2021, 11:55
Replies: 105
Views: 42,357
Posted By owly
Re: Wharram Thoughts

[QUOTE=bdgWesternMass;3480253]Before calling it absurd one should consider why any knot with rope holds.
Ask what is the minimal number of wraps/lashes need to happen before a know is secure. If...
Forum: Multihull Sailboats 11-09-2021, 07:51
Replies: 105
Views: 42,357
Posted By owly
Re: Wharram Thoughts

The suggestion that the wrappings provide "redundancy" is absurd, though it seems highly unlikely that a strand would break on a properly done lashing. One broken strand renders the entire lashing...
Forum: Multihull Sailboats 03-10-2019, 07:38
Replies: 105
Views: 42,357
Posted By owly
Re: Wharram Thoughts

Jim:
It was not an LAR keel that fell off, but an anti vortex panel, and Pete then installed the LAR keels...... You will see that if you reread. The AV panel is a small triangular...
Forum: Multihull Sailboats 02-10-2019, 17:12
Replies: 105
Views: 42,357
Posted By owly
Re: Wharram Thoughts

I sure missed that one ;-) I thought I knew Bernd's designs fairly well but the Manta at 42 feet is above my "interest range". I love his philosophy of simplicity and ease of construction,...
Forum: Multihull Sailboats 02-10-2019, 11:01
Replies: 105
Views: 42,357
Posted By owly
Re: Wharram Thoughts

My guess is that it is one of the highly modified Woods Mira catamarans It has the right bows and stern, and appears about the right size. It was a very early Richard Woods design from shortly after...
Forum: Multihull Sailboats 30-08-2019, 07:10
Replies: 105
Views: 42,357
Posted By owly
Re: Wharram Thoughts

They did a beautiful job on it........... BUT..... they killed bridge deck clearance in pursuit of standing headroom........ that could be a significant liability....... pounding.



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Forum: Multihull Sailboats 30-08-2019, 06:58
Replies: 105
Views: 42,357
Posted By owly
Re: Wharram Thoughts

The latter sounds like a bit of an abortion...........
Forum: Multihull Sailboats 26-07-2019, 08:19
Replies: 105
Views: 42,357
Posted By owly
Re: Wharram Thoughts

Interesting....... It clearly is not intended to be a full weather enclosure... looks like a compromise to accommodate the independent hulls. In rough conditions, seawater would still sluice...
Forum: Multihull Sailboats 13-07-2019, 09:45
Replies: 105
Views: 42,357
Posted By owly
Re: Wharram Thoughts

I'm looking at cost............ What can I get for the money. Every dollar I spend on the boat is a dollar I do not have in my cruising kitty, and voyaging is what it's about, not competing with...
Forum: Multihull Sailboats 07-07-2019, 18:50
Replies: 105
Views: 42,357
Posted By owly
Re: Wharram Thoughts

The boat has that general simplicity you mention......... and I'm 100% for that.



Lashings offer only one thing....... demountability. They definitely are NOT simpler or lower maintenance...
Forum: Multihull Sailboats 07-07-2019, 17:41
Replies: 105
Views: 42,357
Posted By owly
Re: Wharram Thoughts

Great Stuff........ What a project!! I can't imagine doing what they did with what they started with..... at least they knew the boat, having built it originally.



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Forum: Multihull Sailboats 04-07-2019, 19:21
Replies: 105
Views: 42,357
Posted By owly
Re: Wharram Thoughts

Thanks for the links..... Sea People always makes good reading ........... It is exactly the kind of voyaging I want to do.........





H.W.
Forum: Multihull Sailboats 04-07-2019, 14:19
Replies: 105
Views: 42,357
Posted By owly
Re: Wharram Thoughts

Half full or half empty? I see Wharrams as a boat with "potential".... If we look at catamarans X, Y, and Z, .............And I won't name names, as it will piss owners off.... There is no room to...
Forum: Multihull Sailboats 04-07-2019, 08:59
Replies: 105
Views: 42,357
Posted By owly
Re: Wharram Thoughts

Is there a good reason for lashed rudders? A great low tech system, I've used this exact system in other structures that need to articulate. The key of course is to have the lashings spread along...
Forum: Multihull Sailboats 01-07-2019, 08:40
Replies: 105
Views: 42,357
Posted By owly
Re: Wharram Thoughts

"Improvement" is a loaded word here.......... Starting from a Wharram, there are lots of directions to go for "improvement". They all involve compromising somewhere.



A low profile...
Forum: Multihull Sailboats 30-06-2019, 16:24
Replies: 105
Views: 42,357
Posted By owly
Re: Wharram Thoughts

Jon:
A play on words..... it does describe may of us who think we are "tolerant". I find it easy to be tolerant when its not an "in my face" situation. I tend to lose it, when told how or what...
Forum: Multihull Sailboats 30-06-2019, 16:20
Replies: 105
Views: 42,357
Posted By owly
Re: Wharram Thoughts

That's a priceless statement...... Thanks for that, and by the way, take a look in the mirror ;-) You also can claim what you want but that does not make it so. It goes both ways, but what you...
Forum: Multihull Sailboats 30-06-2019, 11:39
Replies: 105
Views: 42,357
Posted By owly
Re: Wharram Thoughts

Strong words ;-)


While Pete's boat clearly is a ground up design, I don't know how a Wharram that has been rigidized and a cabin add is no longer a Wharram, though I'm sure James would...
Forum: Multihull Sailboats 30-06-2019, 09:36
Replies: 105
Views: 42,357
Posted By owly
Re: Wharram Thoughts

Arthur:
Two different boats............ It was Alan Barber's boat that used chain (video). The Sarasota boat, who knows?? Fiberglassed in or bolted through? It's anybody's guess without...
Forum: Multihull Sailboats 30-06-2019, 07:49
Replies: 105
Views: 42,357
Posted By owly
Re: Wharram Thoughts

Over on Cheap Multi's and Projects is a 40' Wharram made rigid, with a full bridge deck cabin that spans the hulls. Note that it really offers no more windage than a separate pod, as it is no...
Forum: Multihull Sailboats 28-06-2019, 11:20
Replies: 105
Views: 42,357
Posted By owly
Re: Wharram Thoughts

Here is a Utube of a fellow who build a Wharram.... his second... and used chain lashings, making it rigid. He was quite pleased with the results. He also built a centerboard with good results.

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Forum: Multihull Sailboats 27-06-2019, 09:41
Replies: 105
Views: 42,357
Posted By owly
Re: Wharram Thoughts

Changing the "design ethos"???? Spoken like a true Wharram Acolyte. Again, lashed beams add NOTHING of value...... It's merely an attempt to hold true to ancient technology, and has the sole...
Forum: Multihull Sailboats 26-06-2019, 20:06
Replies: 105
Views: 42,357
Posted By owly
Re: Wharram Thoughts

I'm no luddite, but neither am I addicted to the latest and greatest technology.


The rudder point is a good one.... Simple and reliable, and easy to repair. Rudder issues and dismastings, are...
Forum: Multihull Sailboats 21-06-2019, 09:18
Replies: 105
Views: 42,357
Posted By owly
Wharram Thoughts

James Wharram will have a place in history for bringing the Polynesian style catamaran to the attention of the sailing world, and inspiring many people to build and sail these double canoes with open...
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