A trailerable, demountable, high performance multihull

 

 

 Regular visitors to this site know that in September of 2008 I got to spend an afternoon sailing out of La Trinite sur Mer, France on the 105’ French Maxi-Trimaran, Sodeb’O, with skipper, Thomas Coville.

 

Posted: January 18th, 2010 under Sailing Multihulls, Trimarans.
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On the bank at Lake Powell

XCR owners, Kellan Hatch and Ben Algera have been putting their boats to good use over the last couple of weeks. If you have been following this site, then you have already been introduced to both of them through previously posted pieces.

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Posted: October 14th, 2009 under Canoes, Paddled, Sailing, Sailing Multihulls, Trimarans.
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 Just about ready to enclose the cabin

Cabin interior from companionway

The builders of the first Gato Especial have mades some really inspired progress with the building of the interior appointments of their boat. They have also completed the stringers needed to support the cabin roof, allowing for a foredeck access hatch from the cabin.

The cabin's center panel framing is completed

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Posted: October 6th, 2009 under Catamarans, Sailing Multihulls.
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My friend, Kellan Hatch, has been busy this past year making his boat a lot more dialed-in for his personal adventure interests.

Kellan and Lily Hatch glide past Mount Moran in their XCR

Kellan recently returned from a wonderful, but all too short, cruise on Jackson Lake in Wyoming’s Teton National Park. Imagine a lake that is beautifully positioned at the foot of the stunning Teton range. Imagine primitive camping sites on the non-inhabited side of the lake with wilderness all around you in virtually the same state as it was when the area was visited regularly by the fur trapping mountain men of the early 1800′s.

Kellan had those images and much more running through his head when he joined his wife, Lily with their XCR, along with good friend, Mike Jackson and his Hobie Adventure Island, for a long weekend adventure of sailing and camping.

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Posted: September 18th, 2009 under Adventure Trips, Canoes, Power Boats, Power Tris, Sailing, Sailing Multihulls, Trimarans.
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A fresh photo update on the work being done in Athens on the Gato Especial Cruising Cat. With the boat upright, there are now bulkheads, cockpit seating hatches, cabin roof stringers and all but the last cabin roof panel in place.

Two additional stringers will be installed to stengthen the center roof panel. They will run from the mast stepping bulkhead (#4) down to the bow.

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Posted: September 18th, 2009 under Catamarans, Sailing Multihulls.
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Modern design, enhanced stability and creature comforts, along with remarkable utility make for a stunning trailerable beach camp cruiser for passionate multihullers.

Hobie Alter introduced the Hobie 16 catamaran in 1969 and the sailing world, as it was known, hasn’t been the same since. In 1992, with many of the beach cat lifestyle crowd having families of their own, the Hobie Cat company introduced a new boat called the Hobie 21 SC (Sport Cruiser) that was aimed at the more leisurely needs of beach cat cruising, rather than the well-known, hull flying beach cats.

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Posted: September 17th, 2009 under Catamarans, Open Bridgedeck Cats, Sailing Multihulls.
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Checking-in with Ben Algera as he builds a boat for a future Watertribe event

With the main hull now successfully launched and then paddled briefly with his wife and kids, Ben has taken the first important step towards the completion of his XCR.

Sailing and paddling trips await Ben with this boat as it can seemlessly morph from a straight-up decked tripping canoe to a very nice sailing trimaran in minutes.

There are all sorts of photos of Ben’s build progress at his Blog site.  http://www.bensboats.blogspot.com/ 

Take a few moments to scan through his entries and you can see for yourself how easy it is to build an XCR of your own.

Posted: September 16th, 2009 under Canoes, Paddled, Sailing, Sailing Multihulls, Trimarans, Uncategorized.
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Underside hull work is complete and the boat has been turned over, right side up. The pictures can speak for themselves.

The boat looks spectacular, guys!

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Posted: July 12th, 2009 under Catamarans, Sailing Multihulls.
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The Athens build team has completed the construction and installation of their bridgedeck, the forward bulkhead and the two transom bulkheads.

With the installation of the most recent elements on the Gato Especial,  the builders are now ready to fabricate the hull turning structure that will stabilize the boat for the big rollover.

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Posted: May 11th, 2009 under Catamarans, Sailing Multihulls.
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Latest photos of the transition from two hulls to one boat

The guys in Greece are serious about their boat building . They just keep moving along at a steady clip, working to complete their new catamaran. They have installed the bridgedeck installation support strip and fixed the hulls to the correct spacing for the complete joining of the Gato Especial hulls.

Posted: May 5th, 2009 under Catamarans, Sailing Multihulls.
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