The first Gato Especial has hit the water in Athens, Greece.
Alex and his father have done a sensational job building the boat. They can now begin using their comfortable, yet compact, 21′ catamaran to explore the Greek Islands of the Aegean Sea, do some fishing if they like and simply get outdoors on the beautiful blue waters surrounding their country.
Posted: October 8th, 2010 under Catamarans, Sailing Multihulls.
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The latest work on the Gato Especial build in Athens, Greece have just arrived. Alexis and his father have, once again, made significant progress on the completion of their crusing catamaran. It’s important to observe that they have continued their practice of doing excellent work with a creative set of adaptations on how they’d like to use their boat.
A cleverly built space for the porta-potti
Looking down into galley
Port Holes on port side
Foredeck anchor locker and access hatch
Posted: November 30th, 2009 under Catamarans, Sailing Multihulls.
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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
Posted: October 6th, 2009 under Catamarans, Sailing Multihulls.
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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.
Posted: September 18th, 2009 under Catamarans, Sailing Multihulls.
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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.
Posted: September 17th, 2009 under Catamarans, Open Bridgedeck Cats, Sailing Multihulls.
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Posted: July 12th, 2009 under Catamarans, Sailing Multihulls.
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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.
Posted: May 11th, 2009 under Catamarans, Sailing Multihulls.
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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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The construction sequence is moving along smoothly now in Athens, Greece as the builders are ready to join the two hulls with a set of bulkheads and the bridgedeck.
Posted: April 30th, 2009 under Catamarans, Sailing Multihulls.
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The Gato build in Athens, Greece has moved another step forward. I just received the second batch of photos of the boat in construction and Wow!, these guys are moving right along.
There had been a very small delay as they waited for their epoxy delivery, but now that it has arrived, they are cooking along with real pace.
The hull panels have all been assembled and they have the first three panels on each side of the hull in place and wired together within the building supports.
The joints of the lower hull panels have been filleted nicely and a layer of glass has been applied, as well.
The builders are now ready to wire-in the upper side panels of the hull and apply a thickened epoxy line to the joint between the lower side panels and the spray chines. They will then fillet the joint between the upper hull panels and the chine panels. After that, they are ready to glass the rest of the interior of the hull.
Before the port hull is set aside in order to build the mirror version starboard hull, a shear clamp is screwed into place on both upper hull panels and a series of temporary thwarts are installed to keep everything steady and in place.
Posted: March 25th, 2009 under Catamarans, Sailing Multihulls.
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