Free Resources
Everything here is free. No signup required, no paywall. If you find it useful and want to go deeper, the members’ technical library is where the detail lives — but start here.
Buying a Performance Multihull
Shayne and Anna’s framework for evaluating second-hand performance multihulls — what to look for, what to walk away from, and what actually defines performance in a sailing boat. Built from combined 50 years of professional experience across grand prix campaigns, deliveries, and commissioning work on some of the fastest production multihulls in the world.
Our Criteria for Buying a Second Hand Multihull →
What Makes a Performance Boat?→
The Performance Catamaran Tradeoff→
Paikea’s Refit
Full documentation of the Paikea build — a Catana 42 rebuilt from the hull up using salvaged America’s Cup carbon, grand prix sails, and professional composite engineering. The refit series covers the rudders, rotating carbon mast, carbon front end rebuild, composite interior, chainplates, stanchion sockets, and hatches. Everything is documented honestly and explained in full.
Paikea’s Refit →
Paikea’s Systems →
Paikea’s Sails →
Paikea’s Electrical & Power Systems →
Boat Building and Composites
Technical references and guides for working with composite materials — fabric selection, vacuum bagging, resin systems, and the tools behind professional composite work. Drawn from Shayne’s career spanning Southern Spars, C-Tech, High Modulus, two Volvo Ocean Race campaigns, and an America’s Cup Challenger campaign.
Boat Building and Composites Hub→
Performance Sailing
Guides on sailing a performance multihull — apparent wind versus true wind, polars, weight management, rigging tuning, and how to get the most out of a fast boat. Based on real data from Paikea and from professional delivery and racing work on Gunboat 66s, Gunboat 68s, and grand prix race boats.
Guides & References
Technical downloads, design software, and industry standards we actually use — for composite work, rigging and deck hardware engineering, hull design, and offshore safety compliance. This isn’t a curated list of things that sound useful. It’s the actual reference library behind Shayne’s engineering practice and Paikea’s refit.
Members’ Technical Library
The free resources cover the headline story for each project. The members’ technical library goes deeper — behind the scenes footage of the build, the engineering reasoning behind material and process choices, composite techniques explained in detail, and access to the technical forum where Shayne and Anna answer questions from members working on their own projects. One new deep-dive video every month, plus everything already in the archive. Join here.