Moving to the shed

June 12th 2011 I was ready to move to the shed from my container.

Hull bottoms

Pair of composit hull bottoms (5/8" Divinycell H80 core)

In my 40' shipping container
(temporary shed/part storage)





Sanded





Epoxy water barrier
(5 coats with black colourant added)




 



Daggerboards and cases
along the right wall







My power plant
(two deep cycle batteries
+ 1500W inverter)



My shed

Last March I built this shed (23'x42') in nearby marina.
It took me 30 hours or so from start to the end (includind plywood/wood framed soil).

About the boat

Some boat info:

LOA                                 10.75m

BOA                                 5.6m

DISP DWL                       4600kg

HULL DRAFT                    500mm

DAGGERBOARD DRAFT   2m

BRIDGE CLEARANCE       700mm

BEAM-TO-LENGTH           13:1

MAINSAIL                         50m

SELF TACKING JIB           20m

ENGINE                            twin electric outboards (TORQEEDO CRUISE)

BATTERY BANKS             2 x 8 deep cycle (12v)

DESIGNER                       myself

                                        (inspired by Craig Schionning’s Spirited 380

                                        and Tony Grainger’s Barefoot cats)

Let's get started

Hi guys!
Here is my first blog and it's gonna be about the building process of my custom catamaran sailboat (temporary project name is "Flip-Flops").
Many years ago (mid 90`s) I’ve extremely impressed by Catana`s catamarans from France and two years ago (August 2009) I've started to build my own 36 footer here in BC, Canada.
Two years flew by now and, unfortunately, I lost most of my pictures when my old laptop died, but last summer I went into next really exciting step. I’ve started to join together what I`ve built so far. It`s where my blog is gonna be started from.
Regards,
-Sergey