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POWER CATAMARANS ACROSS THE PACIFIC

TRIMARAN SHOWS CATAMARANS THE WAY

TRAWLERS ACCORDING TO KROGEN

WEST MARINE TRAWLER FEST UPCOMING IN POULSBO, WASHINGTON

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T R A W L E R W O R L D N E W S Number 106 Broadcast on the Internet 05/16/03 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ IN THIS ISSUE ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ -- Power catamarans across the Pacific -- Trimaran shows catamarans the way -- Trawlers according to Krogen -- West Marine Trawler Fest upcoming in Poulsbo, Washington -- How to reach us at Trawler World -- Read this edition online with photos at http://www.trawlerworld.com/twnews_106.htm ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ POWER CATAMARANS ACROSS THE PACIFIC ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Promotional voyages across oceans are becoming the rage in marketing boats. In the last year, a Willard 30 Pilothouse has made the passage from the mainland U.S. to Bermuda, a Great Harbour Navigator 37 has been delivered to Hawaii from Florida on its own bottom, and a Nordhavn 40 has become the smallest production powerboat to circumnavigate the world. http://www.trawlerworld.com/w30_bermuda.htm http://www.trawlerworld.com/travels_hookele_04.htm http://www.trawlerworld.com/features.htm#nord Now, TrawlerCat Marine plans to run a TrawlerCat 43 to Florida from its factory in China--a distance of almost 12,000 nautical miles, the longest voyage ever attempted in a production power catamaran. Not only will the voyage serve to test and showcase the catamaran's capabilities, but Captain Graham Pfister, TrawlerCat's founder and president, hopes the long passage will become an annual event for those purchasers of TrawlerCats who wish to experience ocean crossings instead of shipping their vessels home. Pfister has long been promoting catamarans as the wave of the future in passasagemaking under power. To date, TrawlerCat Marine has launched three catamarans. The designs of these boats trace their heritage to the 1970s, when Pfister was associated the late Lock Crowther, one of the leading early catamaran designers and proponents. Evolved and refined over the last six years years, there are now 14 distinct boats in the TrawlerCat design portfolio. The early TrawlerCats were produced in Canada, with the first one launched in August, 2000. The initial boats incorporated all-aluminum construction. As interest in power catamarans began to grow, it was clear to Pfister that finding a quality shipyard, capable of producing the boats in volume, was required. His search led him to Shekou, China, where a partnership has been formed with Jiangua Marine and Engineering. Jiangua produces its own line of boats for sale within the People's Republic of China, in addition to producing boats for companies such as Island Gypsy and TrawlerCat. The first TrawlerCat built at Jiangua is the 43-foot Voyager model that will be named Quiet Achiever and make the trip to Florida where the company has opened offices in Deerfield Beach. A 43-foot Island Hopper and a 54-foot Passagemaker model are also under construction at Jiangua. Here are the basic specs of the Voyager model: Length overall -- 43 ft Length waterline -- 36 ft Beam -- 22 feet Draft -- 3 ft Displacement -- 29,000 lb Fuel -- 1,000 gal Water -- 200 gal Black/Gray water -- 100 gal Engines -- 2 x Cummins 220 hp Claimed range at 12 knots/1,200 rpm/6 gph -- 2,000 nm Claimed range at 25 knots/2,400 rpm/24 gph -- 1,000 nm Price of base boat -- $440,000 Pfister hopes to launch Quiet Achiever by month's end and depart for Florida around June 15--just as the typhoon season arrives in the Pacific. Pfister originally wanted to depart in April, but there have been the normal delays associated with getting a new boat built. The recent outbreak of SARS has also slowed progress. Pfister will be accompanied by Sharon Fraser, TrawlerCat vice-president, and one crew. Their intended route is: Shekou, China Palau, Caroline Islands Majuro Atoll, Marshall Islands Nuku Hiva, Marquises Islands Galapagos Islands Panama Miami, Florida. If successful, Quiet Achiever will become the smallest powerboat and the first power catamaran to cross the Pacific Ocean from West to East. At almost 12,000 miles, it will be the longest voyage by a production power catamaran, and the 3,000-mile leg between Majuro Atoll and Nuku Hiva will be the longest nonstop passage by a production catamaran. "Clearly, TrawlerCat Marine will have considerable bragging rights once its smallest boat has completed the journey," Pfister said. "but at a different level, the trip is a representation of the company's coming of age. Until now, the company had produced boats on a one-off basis. Today, the company is positioned to compete with the leaders both in the traditional trawler market space as well as the growing power catamaran market." Heading up the new head-office operation is Bob Stevens, the company's new chief operating officer. He comes to TrawlerCat with 30 years of boatbuilding experience. Stevens has worked with John Alden and Ted Hood, and a decade ago was president and chief executive officer of Corsair Marine, the leading builder of folding trimarans. Most recently, he was director of engineering, naval architect and general manager at Palmer Johnson Savannah. http://www.trawlercatmarine.com/voyage_home.html ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ TRIMARAN SHOWS CATAMARANS THE WAY ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Quiet Achiever will not be the first power multihull to cross the Pacific. Although the trend in passagemakers is entirely in catamarans, the first trans-Pacific multihull under power was a trimaran. Yanmar/Baltek Endeavour was designed by Morrelli & Melvin for adventurer Steve Shidler of San Francisco. His design requirements included exceptional range--2,700 nautical miles powered with two 27-hp outboards--along with the ability to fit into a shipping container. Endeavour's mission, to make a record 4,443-nm run from San Francisco to Honolulu, Hawaii, to Sydney, Australia, was accomplished in 1989 with an average speed of 8.93 knots, burning only 1.86 gallons per hour. http://www.morrellimelvin.com/page73.html The first power catamaran to cross the Pacific was Wild Wind IV, a custom 60-footer that Dennis and Cam Raedeke brought into Seattle without fanfare last September, thus completing a 10,000-nautical-mile cruise from New Zealand via the islands of the South Pacific. http://www.trawlerworld.com/passagemaking_wildwind_01.htm Wild Wind will be on display at West Marine Trawler Fest in Poulsbo, Washington, on June 4-7 where Raedeke will make a presentation on cruising the catamaran way. http://www.trawlerfest.com/poulsbo/ Over the next several years, after exploring Southeast Alaska, the Raedekes plan to cruise their way home to Washburn, Wisconsin, on Lake Superior. Previously, they circumnavigated the world in a sailing catamaran. Wild Wind was designed by Raedeke, longtime multihull designer Malcolm Tennant and Dave Pachoud, the builder. http://tennantdesign.co.nz http://www.pachoud.co.nz/ A 56-foot sistership. Ice Bear, made the passage from New Zealand to Hawaii last year. Owners Tim and Karen Nelson eventually plan to return to the U.S. http://www.icebearone.com/ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ TRAWLERS ACCORDING TO KROGEN ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Kadey-Krogen Yachts has begun an educational campaign to acquaint the public with the Krogen take on what makes a proper trawler yacht. The Kadey-Krogen approach to building ocean-capable boats doesn't always follow what other builders proclaim as gospel for passagemaking. Take, for example, the matter of dry exhausts. Advantages stack up in favor of wet exhausts, says Jimmy Krogen, son of the late James Krogen. A naval architect and marine engineer, Jimmy serves as president of the James S. Krogen & Company design office while his brother, Kurt, is president of Kadey-Krogen Yachts. Jimmy Krogen is writing a series of position papers, entitled Trawlers According to Krogen, that can be downloaded from the Kadey-Krogen site: http://www.kadeykrogen.com/trawlersaccordingtokrogen.htm The first, on exhaust systems, makes no doubt where Kadey-Krogen stands: "Kadey-Krogen employs wet exhaust with heat exchanger cooling instead of dry exhaust with keel cooling because the system is safer, cooler, smoother, simpler, cleaner, greener, less odorous, allows lower air draft, quieter, provides shaft lubrication, factory designed and installed, not susceptible to air entrapment, not susceptible to marine growth fouling, less vulnerable to damage and provides continuous cooling flow." The second paper, on stabilization, comes down squarely in favor of active fins: " . . . just because professional fishermen outfit their craft with flopper-stoppers doesn't mean that they are the right choice for yachts. On the contrary, flopper-stoppers become a good choice for commercial fishing vessels because of characteristics which are inappropriate for yachts: Fish boats typically have a tall mast for the handling of the required fishing gear. Fish boats typically are staffed with paid crews experienced in the handling heavy and potentially dangerous gear. Fish boats have exterior finishes made to be hit and bruised by heavy gear. In conclusion, Kadey-Krogen most often outfits with fin stabilization because of their safety, convenience, usefulness in the navigationally constrained conditions of shallow water, narrow channels and low clearances, they do not clutter decks or detract from the yacht's appearance and they typically result in greater overall fuel savings." Krogen does allow that the fin system is not a silver-bullet solution and that flopper-stoppers do have their place. Of the 206 Krogen 42s launched, however, only three percent were rigged with paravanes. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ WEST MARINE TRAWLER FEST UPCOMING IN POULSBO, WASHINGTON ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Trawler World is presenting sponsor of the nation's leading series of rendezvous for trawler crawlers. Here's the schedule for 2003: Melbourne, Florida -- March 19-22 Poulsbo, Washington -- June 4-7 Grand Haven, Michigan -- August 20-23 Solomons, Maryland -- September 24-27 San Francisco, California -- October 22-25. http://www.trawlerfest.com Voice: 888-968-3378 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ HOW TO REACH US ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Trawler World News, an e-newsletter about trawlers and trawlering, is distributed free of charge as a public service to the trawler community. To subscribe, go <http://lists.samurai.com/mailman/listinfo/trawler-world-news>. Editor: Georgs Kolesnikovs E-mail: georgs@trawlerworld.com Telephone: 866-865-2628 Facsimile: 866-865-2729 Web: <http://www.trawlerworld.com>. This edition was broadcast to 4,135 subscribers and posted on the Web. You can read earlier editions beginning at <http://www.trawlerworld.com/twnews_101.htm>. If you see news in the making anywhere in the world of trawlers, please let Trawler World News know at <mailto:news@trawlerworld.com>. Items are selected for publication on the basis of the newsiness and interest to the readership. No payment is required or accepted. Trawler World Productions respects your time and privacy on the Internet. If you prefer not to receive further communications, please hit the reply button and send the word "remove." T R A W L E R W O R L D N E W S
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