Apollo
Hello everyone Apollo is in position .... Too bad we couldn't work full time on this boat. I still have a month left. I don't know if I'll make it by the end of June. Hopefully well bye
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[email protected]
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#8764
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Re: Eco 520 Study Plans?
An info sheet is provided at Bernd's site: https://www.ikarus342000.com/ECO520infosheets.pdf
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info@...
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#8763
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Eco 520 Study Plans?
Good day, I¡¯m intrigued by the Eco 520 and have added it to the mix of possibilities for next winter¡¯s project. Will you be making a study plan available? ?I¡¯m particularly interested in mast,
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Patrick.Gilman.56@...
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#8762
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Re: KD 122 voyager - A-frame
Those photos certainly highlight the twist in the boomless main when sailing with wind aft of the beam.
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Ivan
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#8761
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Re: KD 122 voyager - A-frame
Hello Thanks for the input. The Trismus shows a? nice adaption to the A-frame mast concept. The Voyager can be build of course with a center mast.. Patrick will do it anyway. What speaks for the
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Bernd Kohler
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#8760
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Re: KD 122 voyager - A-frame
http://les.trismus.free.fr/maina.html I know, this isn't a catamaran but trismus designs were once, considered the swiss army knife of sailing yacht. This particular owner pushed the concept even
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zxtian@...
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#8759
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Re: KD 122 voyager - A-frame
I think you lose some performance on any boomless sail, unless you can pull down hard right where you need to. Making the sails rather flat might help. Bernd has said that furling sails work well when
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voya12m
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#8758
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Re: KD 122 voyager - A-frame
> > When I compare fast sails on good performing multihulls with the SMG 50 > example, I am a little confused. It is a beautiful boat but the mainsail > seems far too full for a multihull especially
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David Mancebo
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#8757
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Re: KD 122 voyager - A-frame
Hi Domenico Yes, we are doing very well over all, thank you. Your drawing looks similar to what is in the plans, so it looks ok to me. It is a big thing to be an experiment, though. Of course the wood
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voya12m
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#8756
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Re: KD 122 voyager - A-frame
Thanks Cyril My idea was right you anticipated me ... ;-)
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[email protected]
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#8755
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Re: KD 122 voyager - A-frame
Hi Patrick how are you? I hope well.. Fot the construction is an idea. Is a mix of glass and carbon. As you see in the photo the cross bars are in an oval form like the mast and fixed on the mast.
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[email protected]
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#8754
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Re: KD 122 voyager - A-frame
One exemple here : http://www.sail-the-difference.com/index.php?id=16 ----- Mail original ----- De: "voya12m via groups.io" <voya12m@...> ?: [email protected]
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cyril.grenoble@...
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#8753
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Re: KD 122 voyager - A-frame
@catamaniac:?I have researched a bit the issue of battened main vs furling main. It seems, that there is no conclusive answer to which is better :-) It all depends on intended use of a boat. Of
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dariusz.snitkowski@...
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#8752
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Re: KD 122 voyager - A-frame
Hello Domenico It might be good to make the top the same as the bottom, not smaller, as it will need to be just as stiff as the rest. Will you add carbon or just glass? What will you use for the cross
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voya12m
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#8751
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Re: KD 122 voyager - A-frame
Hello Patrick I tought about this idea to build the mast for the Kd122 italy with this design As you see the two mastes have an oval form. The base is bigger and the top is smaller. I think is the
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[email protected]
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#8750
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Re: KD 122 voyager - A-frame
Aha, weight is 29kgs. S?awek
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sidziaszczyk
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#8749
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Re: KD 122 voyager - A-frame
Here in Poland (producer) composite mast/ flagpole 12m, lower diameter 145 mm, upper diameter 65 mm, with 10 year guarantee costs 263 USD.?Transport- Poland territory- 120 USD. On the EU no taxes,
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sidziaszczyk
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#8748
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Re: KD 122 voyager - A-frame
DIY carbon A-mast. How realistic that sound? In Australia we have number if flagpole suppliers eg. http://flagpole.com.au/flagpole-range/flag-pole-sizes/12m-external-halyard/ Problem is the are
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@catamaniac
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#8747
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Re: KD 122 voyager - A-frame
Yes, he does. ?But I think there was some issue with the stiffness at the top if you use tapered flagpoles as your base material. I decided on a center mast, so Bernd drew me a center mast instead
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voya12m
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#8746
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Re: KD 122 voyager - A-frame
Patrick,Does Berndt provide informationj/design for the A frame mast in the plans?CheersPhilip Malan
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Philip Malan
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#8745
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