[MHml] Catamarans (seagull strikers)

[Frank Russell]

I'd like to call it a Cormorant Striker and mount a
shotgun on it.

Date: Tue, 17 Oct 2006 20:16:21 -0700
From: "Bill Gibbs" <billg at gibbsCAM.com>
Subject: Re: [MHml] Catamarans (seagull strikers)
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Out in SoCal they've always been gull strikers

Bill 

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Of Clifford 
Bradford
Sent: Tuesday, October 17, 2006 7:24 PM
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Subject: Re: [MHml] Catamarans (seagull strikers)

Is the term "seagull striker" a European thing? I've
always thought of 
them
as "pelican strikers"? BTW there was a sweet article
on this very topic
about the all carbon forebeam arrangement (dolphin and
pelican errr...
seagull strikers) on the Gunboat 48.

On some smaller boats (Tornadoes, VX40 and I think the
Firebirds) there 
is
no strut the strikers simply connect a short distance
up the forestay 
which
messes up your ability to roller furl and splits the
forestay into two 
(i.e.
the tension's not the same throughout) but ti is dead
sexy.

Cliff

Chad Greene wrote:
> Thanks Tom,
> The pictures are indeed "worth a thousand words".
> Chad
>
> Tom Henry wrote:
>
>   
>> Chad...
>>
>> FWIW there was a nice solution implemented by a UK
builder for his 
>> Woods Strider design -- he simply used two striker
posts instead of 
>> one - separated by enough distance to accommodate
his furler 
>> drum/gear. Wicked (yes we still say that here in
New England) slick!
>>
>> I posted two pix I dug up from my archives to a
temp location 
here...
>>
http://www.tomhenry.us/tbs3/meta_c123/index123c.php?id=30&show=id
>>
>> HTH,
>> TomH
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