Sailing and upgrading our performance catamaran, a Catana42s named Paikea
What would you do if someone was going to throw a piece of Team New Zealand Americas Cup history in the bin? You couldn’t let that happen right? Especially if you had the skill set to make it into something really special. Any loyal kiwi would have done the same ( see what I did […]
Recycling a TNZ America’s Cup mast into a rotating rig Read More »
If you have been following us on YT you will have seen our upgrades so far. One of the most major structural modifications has been replacing the front beam arrangement with a carbon fibre longeron and new front beam. It has been a monumental undertaking and Shayne’s carbon fibre skills have been on display for
Designing a stowable anchoring system for our cruising catamaran Read More »
How to do a professional job of fitting a trampoline to a catamaran. Not all multihull trampolines are created equal. In this episode we are working on fitting the new spectra netting to make our trampoline. It is low stretch and extremely durable but a lot of work to install of course. Shayne shares how
How to fit a dynex trampoline to a catamaran Read More »
A detailed look at our carbon fibre bow pole. This is where we can now attach spinnakers and our Code 0. We have also decided to mount our navigation lights here so that they are unobstructed from view while sailing. As this recycled piece is actually the very top part of the mast, Shayne has
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It’s pretty dark inside a modern carbon racing yacht. Painting the internal structure would make the boat heavy so it’s all bare carbon finish. The care and attention to detail is impressive. Shayne talks us through some modern building practices used to create some of the world’s fastest racing yachts
Inside a modern carbon race boat Read More »
Does your laminate snap, crack and pop?! Do you know that you can tell a good lamination job from the way it sounds? Do you know how to hold your resin pot? Is it even a problem how you hold it? This video is a good solid introduction to fibreglassing for those who are just
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Work is continuing to progress and Shayne has made some beautiful carbon components for Paikea. We have decided to raise the attachment points for the new trampoline net we have purchased. It means we have had to remove and fill in hatches and glue on new tubes to tie the new net to. Shayne has
Anchor roller arrangement and navigation lights Read More »
Since we got rid of our original Catana built beam and put a new carbon fibre one in it’s place we need to rethink our forestay attachment point. Shayne also wants to add an attachment point for a staysail or trinket for us to use in heavier airs. The solution we have come up with
Staysail and forestay fittings in our carbon longeron Read More »
Learn how to service vetus hydraulic steering frames in this video. These Vetus rams are at least 30 years old. They are super heavy but apart from that they are still functioning perfectly. Of course we would like newer rams (actually Shayne wants cable steering) but these old beauties just need a service and new
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Vacuum bagging carbon fibre laminate into place where our forestay fitting will be. This is a short clip from our upcoming video about reinforcing the areas on our carbon fibre longeron/beam section where we will attach the forestay and inner forestay. As we will be drilling holes into the existing carbon structure we will need
Vacuum bagging carbon fibre laminate Read More »