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Re: Other: for ET
By:John Monroe
Date: 5/28/2008, 4:48 am
In Response To: Re: Other: for ET (Bill Hamm)

: Hi John,

: Ok have a web search for you :)

: Years back there was a beach cat, one of the originals that had an A frame
: rig like that called an AquaCat. Still being made I think, if you do a web
: search you'll find pictures. It works well enough but isn't real efficient
: and tends too have too much weight aloft. Still it's very simple.

: Back about 45 years ago I built a boat with an A frame rig, it too worked ok
: but still had way too much weight aloft, also on a monohull it tended to
: roll alot in light winds. Hey I was like 12 at the time :)

: Bill H.

I remember the AquaCat I think Bill. I believe it had a big ball of floatation on top the mast about the size of a basketball and the trampoline set high in the air on what looked like ugly posts. That was the first catamaran I saw sailing and got me interested in cats. My first boat was a 10 ft racing boat called the Dragon Seed and the plans were from Glenn-L I believe when I was a freshman in high school 1948.

John

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Other: for ET
Bill Hamm -- 5/23/2008, 11:34 am
Re: Other: for ET
Pat Pierce -- 5/23/2008, 5:51 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 5/23/2008, 6:09 pm
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John Monroe -- 5/24/2008, 3:04 am
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Etienne Muller -- 5/25/2008, 7:05 am
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John Monroe -- 5/26/2008, 6:22 am
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Etienne Muller -- 5/26/2008, 11:07 am
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John Monroe -- 5/27/2008, 4:12 am
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Bill Hamm -- 5/28/2008, 1:37 am
Re: Other: for ET
John Monroe -- 5/28/2008, 4:48 am
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Bill Hamm -- 5/28/2008, 12:02 pm
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Mike Savage -- 5/27/2008, 6:39 am
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John Monroe -- 5/28/2008, 5:36 am
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Bill Hamm -- 5/28/2008, 12:01 pm
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John Monroe -- 5/29/2008, 4:01 am
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Mike Savage -- 5/28/2008, 9:09 am
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John Monroe -- 5/29/2008, 3:58 am
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Bill Hamm -- 5/27/2008, 1:14 am
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Etienne Muller -- 5/27/2008, 5:53 am
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Bill Hamm -- 5/28/2008, 1:32 am
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Mike Savage -- 5/28/2008, 8:52 am
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Bill Hamm -- 5/24/2008, 12:15 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 5/24/2008, 12:13 pm
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John Monroe -- 5/25/2008, 3:30 am
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Bill Hamm -- 5/26/2008, 1:31 am
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John Monroe -- 5/26/2008, 7:07 am
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Bill Hamm -- 5/26/2008, 1:17 am