to show the progress being made at Pacific Coast Boats on
Double-Wide, a humongous 45-foot power catamaran being built for
Listee Bill Fleenor.
Perhaps Bill will let us know what the latest word on a launch date
is, and maybe he'll explain what the name Double-Wide is all about.
As most of the list is probably aware, Graham Pfister built the first
TrawlerCats in Taiwan and did not produce the product he desired. Those who
have been successful with Asian production had their own presence to control
the work.
Double-Wide is the first of the boats to be built in Oregon by Graham's
partnership with John Shaw, Pacific Coast Boats. John has been a successful
catamaran (and mono-hull) builder for many years. Since the LWL has been
increased by 2 feet (45-ft 9-inches) and the LWL by 6 feet (43-ft 7-inches),
there were no molds available. You can see the process by which John built
the first hull (port) in the posted photos. It is a slow but reliable
process and John was very deliberate since the mold for the second and
subsequent hulls is currently being built from it. John feels the mold will
be done and the second hull underway by the end of January.
Meanwhile the house is being built on top of the bridge deck so things will
be ready to be assembled when the starboard hull is completed. We still
hope to launch in May.
As for the name, Double-Wide, one has to agree that a width of 23-ft
2-inches is wide even for a 45-ft catamaran. However it also alludes to my
humble beginnings, although there were no such things as doublewides at that
time.
I try to post new pictures every week and have never gone more than two
weeks without updating so you are welcome to follow along, and I would
welcome any comments or suggestions from Listees. I greatly appreciate the
input I have received from my questions from this list and the
Trawlers-and-trawlering list.
Bill Fleenor
Double-Wide (under construction)
http://groups.msn.com/TrawlerMV/doublewide.msnw
>Georgs recently wrote:
>to show the progress being made at Pacific Coast Boats on
>Double-Wide, a humongous 45-foot power catamaran being built for
>Listee Bill Fleenor.
>Perhaps Bill will let us know what the latest word on a launch date
>is, and maybe he'll explain what the name Double-Wide is all about.
As most of the list is probably aware, Graham Pfister built the first
TrawlerCats in Taiwan and did not produce the product he desired. Those who
have been successful with Asian production had their own presence to control
the work.
Double-Wide is the first of the boats to be built in Oregon by Graham's
partnership with John Shaw, Pacific Coast Boats. John has been a successful
catamaran (and mono-hull) builder for many years. Since the LWL has been
increased by 2 feet (45-ft 9-inches) and the LWL by 6 feet (43-ft 7-inches),
there were no molds available. You can see the process by which John built
the first hull (port) in the posted photos. It is a slow but reliable
process and John was very deliberate since the mold for the second and
subsequent hulls is currently being built from it. John feels the mold will
be done and the second hull underway by the end of January.
Meanwhile the house is being built on top of the bridge deck so things will
be ready to be assembled when the starboard hull is completed. We still
hope to launch in May.
As for the name, Double-Wide, one has to agree that a width of 23-ft
2-inches is wide even for a 45-ft catamaran. However it also alludes to my
humble beginnings, although there were no such things as doublewides at that
time.
I try to post new pictures every week and have never gone more than two
weeks without updating so you are welcome to follow along, and I would
welcome any comments or suggestions from Listees. I greatly appreciate the
input I have received from my questions from this list and the
Trawlers-and-trawlering list.
Bill Fleenor
Double-Wide (under construction)
http://groups.msn.com/TrawlerMV/doublewide.msnw
