In my opinion the Aussies, especially Craig Schionning and Tony Grainger are streets ahead with their powercat and sailing cat designs..... just waiting for a client so as I can build one. Our rate in Thailand is much less than $50 per hour. Geoff Reid Thai-Kiwi Marine Co Ltd http://www.thaiboating.com ---------------------------------------- From: "bill benson" <bb8176@hotmail.com> Sent: Sunday, January 10, 2010 4:43 AM To: power-catamaran@lists.samurai.com Subject: [PCW] shionning vt950 shionning sell a powercat "prowler vt 950. /check out 'shionning designs' . Its fast, shallow draft, and I think more fuel efficient then the 34 pdq. [henry, owner of sno-dog, I would like to hear your thoughts on this model.] It comes in a kit that sells for $175,000.00. 3000 man hours to build. [does that mean $50 per hour, so an extra $150,000 to build it?] Anybody out there who has any thoughts good or bad, I would be interested to hear them. The seles yacht has even better fuel economy but it is a smaller craft. Is Australia a step up on power multihulls then over here? > From: power-catamaran-request@lists.samurai.com > Subject: Power-Catamaran Digest, Vol 57, Issue 5 > To: power-catamaran@lists.samurai.com > Date: Thu, 7 Jan 2010 00:00:00 -0500 > > Send Power-Catamaran mailing list submissions to > power-catamaran@lists.samurai.com > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > http://lists.samurai.com/mailman/listinfo/power-catamaran > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > power-catamaran-request@lists.samurai.com > > You can reach the person managing the list at > power-catamaran-owner@lists.samurai.com > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of Power-Catamaran digest..." > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. Welcome aboard (Gary Bell) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Wed, 06 Jan 2010 06:39:59 -0800 > From: Gary Bell > To: power-catamaran@lists.samurai.com > Subject: [PCW] Welcome aboard > Message-ID: <4B44A0BF.6030606@earthlink.net> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" > > > > All hands-- > > > > > > Join me in welcoming Robert Franklin to the List. > > > Gladly Georgs. Welcome Robert and Patty! > > > > > > >> > > My wife Patty and I live in Lynchburg, Virginia and are certain to > >> > > be the most inexperienced and least knowledgeable members of the > >> > > list. We have never owned a motor boat. > >> > > > > > > > >> ...in a former life I was a > >> > > chemical engineer and still do some consulting... > I challenge the least knowledgeable part. You will be surprised at how > useful your chemical and engineering experiences will be on a list where > fuels, lubricants, paints, building materials (particularly composites > like FRP), etc. are common topics. Most of what we all learned about > how to live on land extends onto the water as well: finance, cooking, > relationships, insurance, health care, etc. etc. etc.. > > > > > > > > > >> > > Since we are both in our 50's and are coming to boating late in life > >> > > we will probably only buy one boat so we want to make the most > >> > > informed decision possible. > >> > You certainly can do that, but instead of a single momentous decision on > which so much rides please consider that real experience is the only way > to develop and understand your own capabilities and preferences. The > only way to learn to ride a bike is with both feet on the pedals and a > couple of Band-Aids in your pocket. I strongly suggest instead that you > get a progression of boats from the smaller, simpler and cheaper working > your way toward your ultimate goal of a coastal cruising power > catamaran. And don't fixate on just one single unchanging final goal > here, feel free to re-evaluate as you go. You will need plenty of help > and advice along the way, and these lists are great places to find it. > You will clearly find that there is seldom a single choice that everyone > would make the same. 'Different boats for different folks!' Get lots > of different advice, evaluate it with your own experience and keep > moving ahead. And get out on the water as soon as you possibly can. > Charter crewed boats at first, then take bareboat chartering classes > together. Charter boats you are attracted to. You couldn't possibly > have too much real, personal, on the water experience to inform your > important choices. That way you can get the mistakes over with earlier > in the game and minimize the risk of finding that single huge decision > was somehow wrong. > > I also suggest paper magazines, two of my favorite about the cruising > lifestyle are _Latitudes and Attitudes_ and _Cruising World_. Actually > you can score Lats and Ats online for free I'm told, and I kinda recall > that CW is available online as well, although I think a subscription > price is involved there. Save a tree. Both mag.s extensively cover > long term cruising and liveaboard lifestyle. Recently there are a spate > of new blogs about everything, including those from cruisers of every > sort. Check them out. > > So feel free to meld our opinions and experiences to form and guide your > own, and again, welcome, > > Gary Bell, sometimes known as that old drone Mister Science. > > > ------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > Power-Catamaran Mailing List > > End of Power-Catamaran Digest, Vol 57, Issue 5 > ********************************************** _________________________________________________________________ Reinvent how you stay in touch with the new Windows Live Messenger. http://go.microsoft.com/?linkid=9706116 _______________________________________________ Power-Catamaran Mailing List