[MHml] Multihulls Digest, Vol 61, Issue 37

Sun Jul 19 13:09:46 EST 2009

We have been using inflatable Stearns kayaks while cruising over the past 5 
or 6 years.
These are about 8' long with a fiberglass strake along about 2' of the bow & 
a small fin aft.
Despite their light weight (about 26#), they track amazingly well even in 
15-20 k wind.
They are neoprene with a nylon cover & quite durable, even for river running 
over rocks. We often cruise with them inflated, one on each aft deck of our 
Seawind 1000.  We love them & wouldn't cruise without them!

Miked
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> From: Evan Gatehouse Diane Selkirk <ceilydh at yahoo.com>
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> That was the approach we used on our first offshore cruise - slow rowing 2 
> piece dinghy.  Eventually got a small outboard for longer trips.
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> But the lure of distant scuba dive sites cried to us, and now we have a 15 
> HP.  So we added dinghy wheels to roll it up beaches.  And 2 inflatable 
> kayaks.  (and a dive compressor and 3 tanks).  Sigh.  There goes the 
> waterline.....
>
> Evan
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> --- On Thu, 7/16/09, Gary Pearce <gary at thepearces.com> wrote:
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>> From: Gary Pearce <gary at thepearces.com>
>> Subject: Re: [MHml] Lightweight Tenders
>> To: "Informed discussion of multihull issues" <multihulls at steamradio.com>
>> Date: Thursday, July 16, 2009, 11:27 PM
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>> On 17/07/2009, at 4:24 PM, Evan Gatehouse Diane Selkirk
>> wrote:
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>> > The problem with lightweight tenders is that they have
>> to deal with?
>> > the real world - beaching on rocky beaches,
>>
>> But if its light enough you just pick it up in the shallows
>> and carry?
>> it. Worked for us :-)
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>> Gary
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> Evan,
> I've been considering an inflatable kayak.  Can you share a little info 
> about brand and advantages or disadvantages?  Some of them are very light 
> and I would think they would paddle better than the inflatable dinghys 
> especially in wind and chop.
> thanks,
> buehn
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>>
>>That was the approach we used on our first offshore cruise - slow rowing 2 
>>piece dinghy.  Eventually got a small outboard for longer trips.
>>
>>But the lure of distant scuba dive sites cried to us, and now we have a 15 
>>HP.  So we added dinghy wheels to roll it up beaches.  And 2 inflatable 
>>kayaks.  (and a dive compressor and 3 tanks).  Sigh.  There goes the 
>>waterline.....
>>
>>Evan
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> Anyone have any experience with AB and Carib Inflatables?
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> The problem with lightweight tenders is that they have to deal with the 
> real world - beaching on rocky beaches, rubbing against concrete piers 
> that have rusty bolt head protruding, etc.
>
> You can build a very light tender but point loading against a rock as you 
> beach it will puncture your thin glass or carbon skin. I want a tender 
> strong enough for the local kids to jump into it when I'm not around.
>
> So I built mine from 1/4" marine ply with a layer of biaxial glass on both 
> sides and some foam / glass ribs. It's heavy (about 120 lbs) but will 
> plane me at 26 knots with a 15 HP motor and will plane with 4 average 
> adults. Planing bottom pressure loads also make your tender heavy - if 
> you're going slow you can build much lighter.
>
> Evan Gatehouse
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> --- On Wed, 7/15/09, Gary Pearce <gary at thepearces.com> wrote:
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>> From: Gary Pearce <gary at thepearces.com>
>> Subject: Re: [MHml] Lightweight Tenders
>> To: "Informed discussion of multihull issues" <multihulls at steamradio.com>
>> Date: Wednesday, July 15, 2009, 12:21 AM
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>> On 15/07/2009, at 4:29 PM, hugo at lebreton-yachts.com
>> wrote:
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>> > African Cats does a 2.75m carbon bottomed RIB which
>> weighs only 18kg.
>>
>> ....... and kevlar and basalt and divinycell just a touch
>> expensive?
>> but what isn;t these days:
>>
>> http://www.africancats.com/resources/documents/ALite-CataLiteRIBspec.pdf
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>> Gary
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> On 17/07/2009, at 4:24 PM, Evan Gatehouse Diane Selkirk wrote:
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>> The problem with lightweight tenders is that they have to deal with
>> the real world - beaching on rocky beaches,
>
> But if its light enough you just pick it up in the shallows and carry
> it. Worked for us :-)
>
> Gary
>
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> Date: Fri, 17 Jul 2009 12:32:01 -0700 (PDT)
> From: Mark <mark424x at yahoo.com>
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> How about a translucent hard bimini
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> ----- Original Message ---- 
> From: Clifford Bradford <clifford.a.bradford at gmail.com>
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> Could be good for making decks.
>
> Gary Pearce wrote:
>> Now this is an interesting site.
>>
>> Might just be a neat way to make some very light weight craft. Or
>> structures.
>>
>> Note that there is a set of downloadable DVDs with full instructions.
>>
>> http://www.sheldrake.net/cardboards/
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