Malcolm Tennant, a tribute

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Paul Hotz
Sat, May 17, 2008 11:29 AM

In the summer of 2000 I went to New Zealand to see Malcolm Tennant
after reading in the PassageMaker magazine an article on the ?Erebus?,
a power catamaran designed by Malcolm Tennant.  The result of that
trip was that I built the "PH8", an aluminum sistership of the ?New
Yorker?, probably one of the few, if not only aluminum cats designed
by Malcolm Tennant and his friend Alan Walker.

Malcolm really believed in the efficiency of his power catamarans, a
goal he relentlessly pursued.  The PH8 fully met my expectations and
more and is now a tribute to his design.

The catamaran community has lost one of its foremost, uncompromising
designers.

We?ll miss you, Malcolm.

Paul Hotz
Tennant power catamaran ?PH8?
Lago Maggiore, Italy, waiting to be trucked to the seaside

In the summer of 2000 I went to New Zealand to see Malcolm Tennant after reading in the PassageMaker magazine an article on the ?Erebus?, a power catamaran designed by Malcolm Tennant. The result of that trip was that I built the "PH8", an aluminum sistership of the ?New Yorker?, probably one of the few, if not only aluminum cats designed by Malcolm Tennant and his friend Alan Walker. Malcolm really believed in the efficiency of his power catamarans, a goal he relentlessly pursued. The PH8 fully met my expectations and more and is now a tribute to his design. The catamaran community has lost one of its foremost, uncompromising designers. We?ll miss you, Malcolm. Paul Hotz Tennant power catamaran ?PH8? Lago Maggiore, Italy, waiting to be trucked to the seaside