David, thanks a lot for your reply. It's really a small world. I'm also an American, but I've been in Asia a bit over 30 yrs now.
About 25 years ago while working in Japan, I belonged to a forum called Pinoyboats.org. All my interaction with the group was online since I lived in Japan, but I did have several years exposure to in-depth discussions about boatbuilding in the Philippines.?A lot of the members were based at the Taal Lake Yacht Club and sailed on the lake there.?Now that we live here (10 miles from Taal Volcano), we often drive?down to the lake on weekends to see the volcano. But, I've still not been to the yacht club -- they've been closed due to the pandemic.
I haven't decided where to go boating yet, but maybe Laguna de Bay in the Sta Rosa, Laguna area. It's the largest lake in the country, about 20 km from us. The Tagaytay-Sta Rosa road is one of the main arteries for visitors from Metro Manila and it's been undergoing a major widening project for about 5 years, and now about 75% finished.
Frankly, I have zero experience in boatbuilding and after I sent that email to Bernd, I started thinking -- maybe the whole idea of asymmetric hulls vs daggerboards doesn't even apply to power cats. That's how little I know about it. But I'm ready to learn and start building sometime in the next one year.
Thanks for your welcome, David.
Regards, Brad
