Sea Trials With Our New Mainsail Motor testing only tells you so much. To really know if a rebuilt boat is sound, you have to load it up under sail and see what happens. Paikea had already been out under motor to test the new front beam, longeron, folding propellers, rudders, flush skin fittings, and […]
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Designing a Stowable Anchor System for a Carbon Front Beam The challenge with a carbon longeron as an anchor platform is obvious the moment you think about it: anchor chain, stainless steel rollers, and a steel anchor bash around constantly, and carbon doesn’t like that. Every point where metal meets carbon needs protection, and that
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How to Install a Dyneema Trampoline on a Catamaran Most production catamarans come with polyester trampoline netting. It does the job until it doesn’t — UV degradation, stretch, and a surface that gets progressively less pleasant to walk on in rough conditions. What was required was a netting that was strong and sturdy enough to
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Carbon Fibre Bow Pole: Finishing the America’s Cup Front End The bow pole is the top section of the same America’s Cup mast that became the front beam and longeron. It had all its original halyard exits and fittings still attached when we got it, which created both opportunities and problems — some hardware was
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Carbon Anchor Roller, Nav Lights, and the Final Details on Paikea’s Front End The structural work was done. What remained was the detail — and on a build like this the detail takes as long as the structure. The trampoline tracks needed to move up. The original position was too low for the geometry of
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Forestay Attachment and Wet Preg: Engineering the Pin Into a Carbon Longeron Attaching a forestay to a carbon longeron built from recycled mast sections isn’t a standard job. There are no off-the-shelf fittings for this configuration — the geometry is specific to this mast, this boat, and this longeron position. Shayne spent a lot of
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