Stuarth44

as a builder, if I were building for myself, I'd put one in on anything up to 40 feet as I build in alu I'd use twin centreline bars aft leading into one but seein' as I had a stroke, cancer and major PE and jus turned 78, I think my building days are done, I still dream of a high lats sailboat built with 8mm plating

came close to travelling to view her, alas although she still is actively fishing, she is very tired below I thought I could world cruise but mod inside was too much for me now 13000 l of fuel is marginal but the African coast of Med diesel can be as low as 5 U.S cents a litre Argonaut_IV_001.webp

drew something easier, i could take flare out for people without ability to build, not selling, gifting, 13m, very stiff sailing boat, good entry, will not pound as some very expensive French offerings do 8mm plate 6mm deck, very long range tanks

not the dodger we put on, was canvas, i think, i'd buy her, trubble is i had a stroke

that is me with dark hair and Alan Paulsen one of my great men, the man missing in Ralph Fergesen an excellent man too we never had CAD generated plate developments in those days and more importantly we never had OSH the pieces of light strip are to temporarily space the frames

Nice to know this, thanks, John became a real friend, learned much from this brilliant engineer, he was a founder at Becker Carter Furneaux Hollings I was never ever a fan of stringers, neither was John . We built the Euro way

10% of the people catch 90% of the fishTrue enuff

The world is littered with old race yachts some in very very good condition but the limiting Factor is their deep-draft I can see her staying where she is for ever as an aluminium yacht builder I would never touch her with a 40 foot barge pole I know the work involved they built her 4 line honours but she was never competitive enough being that much shorter than the maxi's of the day I remember the day she left on a ship for England I also had my first yacht down there at Kings Wharf I think it was the day Outward Bound sailed for England I remember Wheels dropping a 4 litre pot of paint

Caper for John Hollings and Cape Providence for Tony Evens Caper was the smallest Lloyds yacht to be built in survey in NZ

this was my last build ALAN did most of the design, I did contruction dwgs, eng dwgs arch, cockpit, belting design sheer cap, which is solid from a die I had made in China Everything was done in house except rig Merv Green did the woodwork fitout I started her in 99,spec for the NA market She sold into Gold Coast #Got hammered in a Tasman gale blowing 35 plus for 3 days on nose At 18500kg at departure that is with her long range fuel tanks of 1500l she is not slow 8000 kg lead in keel scheel type The second owners report shen was always first into port in the Darwin to Indo rally a