Lunada Design http://www.lunadadesign.com Boat Design, Boat Building, Kayaks, Sailing, Canoes, Multihulls, Catamarans, Trimarans Sat, 17 Jul 2010 12:54:06 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Europa 20 Beach Trimaran
A trailerable, demountable, high performance multihull
 
 
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 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.

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]]> http://www.lunadadesign.com/europa-20-beach-trimaran.html Solo16 Sport build underway Tom Raidna, the well regarded owner of the http://buildboats.com/ web site, has begun construction on the prototype example of the Solo16 Sport trimaran in North Carolina.

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You can follow his progress as he builds this exciting new design on his web site through the…

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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…

]]> http://www.lunadadesign.com/athens-gato-build-update.html XCR Canoe-Trimaran Versatile Adventures
On the bank of the Macatawa River
On the bank of the Macatawa River

 

On the bank at Lake Powell

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…

]]> http://www.lunadadesign.com/xcr-canoe-trimaran-versatile-adventures.html Gato Especial… Cabin Interior Details  Just about ready to enclose the cabin

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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…

]]> http://www.lunadadesign.com/gato-especial-cabin-interior-details.html Kellan Hatch’s XCR has been going places My friend, Kellan Hatch, has been busy this past year making his boat a lot more dialed-in for his personal adventure interests.

 

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Kellan and Lily Hatch glide past Mount Moran in their XCR

 

Kellan recently returned from a wonderful, but all too short, cruise…

]]> http://www.lunadadesign.com/kellan-hatchs-xcr-has-been-going-places.html Gato Especial build in Greece 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…

]]> http://www.lunadadesign.com/gato-especial-build-in-greece.html Neo 21 Sliding Beam Catamaran Modern design, enhanced stability and creature comforts, along with remarkable utility make for a stunning trailerable beach camp cruiser for passionate multihullers.

 

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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…

]]> http://www.lunadadesign.com/neo-21-sliding-beam-catamaran.html An XCR Vaka Hull Launched in Michigan Checking-in with Ben Algera as he builds a boat for a future Watertribe event

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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…

]]> http://www.lunadadesign.com/an-xcr-vaka-hull-launched-in-michigan.html Gato Goes Upright 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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