Recently I started building a Scarab 350 trimaran, a small boat designed for two people (ideally one adult and one child). Before I was finished I had many comments on the look of the boat and thought this could be a popular small trimaran to teach kids how to sale. Originally it was built to use as a tender for my dream catamaran. There is a need for a small trimaran to sail in local clubs in this area (SE Queensland) to rival the beach cats. The water of the Great Sandy Traits is conducive to small boat racing and the competition is high. The clubs at Hervey Bay and Tin Can Bay could be great places to race small trimarans. It is not economically feastible to build these boats commerically as a one-off. Ray designed a new boat the same length but round bilge with a folding system similiar to the Scarab 16 http://www.teamscarab.com.au/scarab16/pictures.html. This boat will be built using moulds so we can speed production. The name of the new boat is uncertain;we will have to reach a compromise. The plugs which will be used to create the moulds are partially built.
Saturday, November 7, 2009
Small trimaran
A few years ago Ray designed a small trimaran to be sold as a kit using plywood. It was 3m long and met the international 3 metre rules. It was designed to carry one person and sailed well.
Tuesday, November 3, 2009
Scarab 18
I have been busy with many projects lately. The Scarab 18 has been painted and Ray is finishing the boat himself. If you want to see more pictures http://www.teamscarab.com.au\construction\scarab-18.html
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Scarab 16 beams part 3
I painted the beams to match the rest of the boat using 2 pack epoxy primer and Jotun Imperite (Home Yellow). The aluminiu...
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I have been busy with many projects lately. The Scarab 18 has been painted and Ray is finishing the boat himself. If you want to see more pi...
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A few years ago Ray designed a small trimaran to be sold as a kit using plywood. It was 3m long and met the international 3 metre rules. It ...
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One more beam finished (two down – two to go). I’ve been asked to provide more information and more pictures, so here we go. The mould was b...