Here are some images taken from a chase boat. You can see more on our Facebook page.
Here are some images taken from a chase boat. You can see more on our Facebook page.
Little time for posting in the last few days. We have been working up the new A Cat prototype, venturing out gradually in stronger winds and pushing harder. This clip is more of the same: skippers eye view. Some images and footage from off the boat will be posted shortly.The programme so far has been […]
Another very satisfying milestone today: First sail of the new A Cat prototype. A grey day on the Harbour with light winds building toward only six to eight knots. Flat water and no traffic. Worked through the list of checks and maneuvers to prove the most critical structural attachments and fittings.That fantastic feeling of sheeting […]
Some sneak images of the A Cat prototype fitout… In house machined tramp buttons, gudgeons, foil bearings and other details. The rest is Harken.
Finishing and assembly phases on the first A Cat platform. Validating important choices both technical and logistical. As explained in the brief, each choice has several components and must strike a balance between performance, reliability, durability, cost and being repeatable in a scaleable production context. Building information into the tooling is vital to keeping production hours within […]
First A Cat prototype platform is now in one piece. Stay tuned for more…
The first batch of our new Swing Rig Blocks. They come in three different ‘flavours’ to accommodate different main boom angles for different clew heights between suits. As our regular followers know, we are always passionate about sharing lessons learned in development and explaining evolving methodologies. For Katana we engineered and prototyped moulds for making […]
First set of A Cat prototype hulls structurally complete. More detailed info about construction choices will follow soon.
I prepared this diagram for the last installment of the series on foils to be published in Australian Sailing + Yachting Magazine. It illustrates a great example of how rule spaces drive solutions that may differ to address the same problem. This a seminal time in the development of dynamically stable foiling systems for racing. Since the […]
More details from the A Cat build