ScottiE 174 Posted May 8, 2016 Share Posted May 8, 2016 Posted on another forum but worth of repeat here! Aparantly located on a Lagoon. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
madyottie 82 Posted May 8, 2016 Share Posted May 8, 2016 It's hard enough getting the family onboard! I think that sticker might just be terminal Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Ed 143 Posted May 9, 2016 Share Posted May 9, 2016 I think virtually every 8.5 needs a sticker like that Quote Link to post Share on other sites
erice 732 Posted May 9, 2016 Share Posted May 9, 2016 ^ only the cats Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ScottiE 174 Posted May 9, 2016 Author Share Posted May 9, 2016 and green tris! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
MartinRF 52 Posted May 9, 2016 Share Posted May 9, 2016 Been there, done that -- because we ignored the manual and used self-tailing winches for the sheets. Long time ago, 40 ft French former racing cat. Another very successful French cat, a racers-cruiser was named "inoui" beccause it reads the same upside down. I don't think she has ever capsized. Owned by a family who had built her. Teachers from Bordeaux and very enthusiastic sailors. Sailing to Norway on summer vacation? Sure, why not? Crossing the Atlantic? Absolutely! Met them in Gonthenburg in the early 1990s. /Martin Quote Link to post Share on other sites
erice 732 Posted May 9, 2016 Share Posted May 9, 2016 and green tris! 8.5? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Marshy 30 Posted May 9, 2016 Share Posted May 9, 2016 8.5? Not that one no, through some miracle given how hard it was pushed! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
erice 732 Posted May 9, 2016 Share Posted May 9, 2016 creepy, GDT, hurts, stealth, lucifer?, mamatri does the 8.5 rule ( more generous in w i d e than tall) lead to more stable/safer tris than cats? or has it just been conservative costs, design, sailing + luck that has kept them all pointy side up? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Clipper 343 Posted May 10, 2016 Share Posted May 10, 2016 Lucifer has been over.... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
erice 732 Posted May 10, 2016 Share Posted May 10, 2016 ^ didn't know that anyone remember the details? wind strength, what sails were up, point of sail, sea state etc? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Ed 143 Posted May 15, 2016 Share Posted May 15, 2016 I seem to recall the owner wan't on board at the time Quote Link to post Share on other sites
erice 732 Posted May 15, 2016 Share Posted May 15, 2016 she certainly looks powerful enough more float buoyancy than capricorn, so none of the weta-like "float buried" warning Quote Link to post Share on other sites
B00B00 306 Posted May 15, 2016 Share Posted May 15, 2016 Yes Laurie was on board at the time. They were in the coastal classic and got a huge puff, bobstay broke and prod ripped off which put the screecher out to the side and dragged them over. They righted it quickly with some help from the coastgard and suffered very little damage. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Ed 143 Posted May 15, 2016 Share Posted May 15, 2016 Looks like I was mistaken. Thanks for the info booboo Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ScottiE 174 Posted May 15, 2016 Author Share Posted May 15, 2016 Which reminds me - where is JT's one? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
GregW 28 Posted May 15, 2016 Share Posted May 15, 2016 Which reminds me - where is JT's one? http://www.morrellimelvin.com/brokerage/listings/mamatried/ Shame we never saw Stealthy, Lucifer and MT line up............. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Clipper 343 Posted May 15, 2016 Share Posted May 15, 2016 Apparently it has sold and is lining up for the race to Alaska. Just awesome an 8.5 is going to do that race. Www.r2ak.com Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Clipper 343 Posted May 15, 2016 Share Posted May 15, 2016 We haven't even see lucifer and stealthy line up.... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
erice 732 Posted May 15, 2016 Share Posted May 15, 2016 before going to alaska pete melvin bought it and had his own ac72/a-cat type floats put on re-named it mama tried and won the 2013 nationals it just pointed higher (light wind year cat's couldn't unstick a hull?) no buyers here at $75k? so he took it to california and won the 125nm newport - ensenada race http://www.sailingscuttlebutt.com/2014/05/04/pete-melvin-mama-tried-ruled-newport-ensenada-race/ In 2012, while in NZ working for Emirates Team New Zealand, I decided to buy an 8.5 meter multihull class boat so that I could race and cruise with my wife and three sons. We looked at a few boats and decided that we preferred a trimaran configuration over a catamaran, mostly due to the limited interior space in the 8.5 m (28’) cats. This was to be our cruising yacht for our stay in NZ! We looked at a few boats and liked a trimaran designed by John Tetzlaff (JT) and Tim Clissold and built by JT for his own use in 2010. We negotiated a deal that included JT building some new floats that I would design. I wanted to increase the volume of the floats and also experiment with some hull shape concepts that I had been thinking about. now sold, in new hands in seattle preparing to go to alaska https://www.facebook.com/MAMA-TRIED-227259010948110/ Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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