====== Please give your opinion and leave a message in our Guestbook ===== This link will bring you to the actual guestbook Lars • 1:07pm 12-11-2012 Respect !!! Your still Going...scott emmons • 12:55pm 11-12-2012 greetings from harrisonville,missouri - midwest usa Rob Thompson • 7:58am 08-24-2012 I just discovered your site and have read it all this morning. Great site and congratulations with your innovation using resin infusion on a hull. This is something I have been looking for information about for some time. I am planning an F-32A for trailering around Australia, so I may have some questions for you. In fact I definitely have some questions already! When I have my thoughts together I'll email you. Nick Sargent • 4:40am 05-02-2012 Henny: Just paypaled for the RI instruction/ starter kit. I have just purchased an f-25c which is basically sound but has a few delam issue...plus a further issue that my wife just clipped it with the car, thankfully near an area that needs repair. I think she feels worse than I do. I assume that RI would be a better way of fixing the delams. At the moment I intend to:Paul Verhoeven • 5:49pm 03-18-2012 Henny, I am reading your blog with pleasure and admiration. How in hell do you find the time to do all this? Building a super-ocean-going tri and maintaining this blog while having a real job too! Jorge P • 4:41am 02-27-2012 Excellent documentation of your build. I am already feeling comfortable with infusion technique and I have just ordered your kit. My learning project will be a 20' flats boat. Im considering the possibility of infusing inside and outside at the same time ... If I can figure out how to keep corecell in correct shape.Rob • 7:39pm 01-18-2012 Thanks for the great work. Still struggling with the decision of hand layup, vacuum, infusion. You have helped a lot. nathan • 3:25am 11-01-2011 i'm looking to start building a F-82 this spring, sooner if i can get the build space ready. your f-39 looks good, hope i can make mine as well. i've done a few coaoes and kayaks, but nothing over 17ft. any tips i havn't already got from youe web sit would always be welcome. Steve • 3:39am 10-01-2011 Any Idea what a fair price would be for 80% complete main hull and floats? no cross arms or equipment? These is one on ebay http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Farrier-F-36-trimaran-sailboat-sale-/120758233539#ht_500wt_1182 Eddie Malate • 11:23pm 09-19-2011 i could hardly slept at night after reading everything you wrote and some very helpfull pictures on your task to build a fiberglass trimaran by vaccum infusion method. i feel i wanna build build my own dream boat (trimaran) using your method. I love boat, ships anything that floats and move, that's why i became a seaman (deck officer) now retired. I might purchase the vacuum infusion kit just for small boat, just to experience if i can do it myself, before i make a big on the pacific island where i came from. so, i might order soon and i might need your favor if need help. and, lastly, im a begiiner.Rev. George Taylor • 7:50am 08-13-2011 I have always worked with wood as you have stated you have, however I have a concern of increased cost. Although I do realize that the weight would be much lower and strength would be much better. My main concern is having a closed in area in order to do everything properly and cleanly. You however... have inspired me to the point to try a different way of doing things, since I have been researching everything I need to build and fit out a descent tri-cruser that I can easily trailer and bring home during extreme weather, I can find no better way than you are showing. God Bless you and your family.... Thank you so much for the inspiration ! Marnix Munneke • 11:14pm Beste Henny, Tyler • 6:49am 04-28-2011 You are inspiring, I keep on finding myself distracted from studying for my exams by this amazing site. I hope that one of these days I can partake in a similar project. Thanks for the great site! Ad Meeuwsen • 1:04am 04-10-2011 Dank voor de fijne leesuren ! Sy MOUETTESailorman Ed • 4:47am 03-01-2011 the magazine article was great and I enjoyed your high speed video. Wish I could understand the Dutch. Santiniki • 6:47pm 02-28-2011 Your work has definitely pushed me in the direction of building my own boat, just a 21 feet fishing boat for starters... Wiebe Pronker • 9:30pm 02-25-2011 Succes!!!! David Grove • 2:59pm 01-07-2011 Thanks for maintaining this excellent, entertaining, and very informative site. A very elegant solution to your stern tube and bracket. We are two Australians touring Europe; eventually we will buy our next boat here, a catamaran this time, and sail it back to Australia. Bob Hauser • 5:49pm 01-03-2011 Great site I have been visiting once a month for the last few years. I own a OSTAC F31 and would love to have the time and energy to build an F39. Gerald Sheble • 2:53pm 10-29-2010 Have F28CC, would like F33. Thanks for the detailed information. Wicke • 12:16am 10-04-2010 Greate job, keep it up. Jan Wiersma • 7:40am 09-09-2010 Ik ben al een tijdje bezig met het idee om een F-32 te bouwen. Maar nadat ik de Trimax 1080 van binnen heb gezien ben ik nu bezig om een ruimte te zoeken voor het bouwen van een F-39, die toch wel heel wat meer ruimte heeft dan de F-32 Rob Kline • 11:49pm 08-25-2010 I will be purchasing your information and kit for building a Trimaran and I assume that one can build a boat of almost any length if one is able also to get a design for the boat. Do you design trimarans? James Barton • 11:16am 07-31-2010 What a great site! And fantastic work, you are building my dream :-). (tough about the anchors yesterday) Ik woon wel in Nederland, en will graag langs komen (oude kleren inbegrepen). Mag ik a.u.b address en tel nr.? Groeten, James Barton Klaas-Jan Knoppers • 1:03am 07-27-2010 Hallo Henny, Geoffrey M • 2:51am 06-25-2010 I've been here a few times as I would like a F-32 some time in the future and it is great to see others' progress and get some good ideas on both boat building and on the water (eg. how not to use a small inflatable..) Sigrid Boersma • 9:14am 05-29-2010 Hallo Henny, michael d • 1:35am 05-21-2010 just reading your stuff here, interested in building a tri maran mike lee • 4:33pm 05-02-2010 Fram. Well done. This is a fascinating and very instructive site. I have built four multis. so far, in 'traditional' ply, cedar epoxy strip plank etc. and now want to do a 10m. cat in corecell/epoxy. Knowing very little of this method I learned more in an hour by going through your beautifully clear and well illustrated site than many hours of research on commercial pages. You have given the confidence boost needed to believe it can be done! Whether the build will be to your very high standard I much doubt. You have set the mark very high. Will keep up with your build as it goes along. Best wishes for it all. Many thanks. Jade Smith • 4:47am 04-28-2010 I eat trimarans as snacks.Tom Brandewiede • 4:59am 04-21-2010 i love your blog!!! I cant wait to see the finished product!!! I eagerly look every week to see what progress you have made. i'm even starting to dream of my own build, albeit, still dreaming!!!! but, As i have seen watching your blog, plot a course! the shoals and reefs will show themselves!!! Just plot a destination and you will get there!!! THANK YOU FOR PLANTING THE SEED OF A DREAM!!! SOON TO GROW!!!! Sigi Stiemer • 6:48pm 04-18-2010 Henny, charley ghanem • 9:27pm 03-10-2010 Hello....very nice website. I am building a Ray Kendrick Avalon 9.0 trimaran.louis de lassus • 8:18pm 02-02-2010 mistake.. louis de lassus • 8:17pm 02-02-2010 why didn't i know your site before making my tri!!! so look at the lod fashion way to make sandwich.. Warren G Rosenkranz • 7:32pm 01-28-2010 I look forward to working with your experience and knowledge. As a neophyte I have learned so much from you. Keep up the great work. luca • 5:54pm 01-13-2010 I would like to get in contact with you, please let me have your e-mail and phone n. Dr Jim McKie • 7:14pm 11-12-2009 I have looke through just the flot building section. jeeten hurloll • 7:06am 11-08-2009 hi,Anneee • 9:25pm 11-07-2009 Haaaaiii papaaaHugh Stewart • 5:29pm 11-04-2009 Good to meet you in Chicago, Henny.John Hoaglund • 7:53pm 09-24-2009 Great news about the dream house. I hope it all works out as you hope. I'm a long-time follower of your site and have learned a lot. I'm even messing around trying some vacuum infusion on a project. Best wishes. selvin jones • 3:59am 08-29-2009 wonderful information you go friendAlan Smith • 11:54pm 06-23-2009 I want to congradulate you on your hard work and intelligence. I spent an hour reviewing your website. It taught me one thing....the work is very complicated, requires a great amount of time and energy, and would cost me a blockquoteorce. If I attempted this project my beautiful F-39 would actually become a submarine. Thank you, Sir, for your excellent documentation of this fantastic project. Respectfully, Alan jamie feren • 12:11pm 05-09-2009 Oh, WOW.... what an informative site... thanks... I am considering building a farrier design... and person job. Of course I am not going larger than 28 feet.. at the most.. and maybe less.D.M.Callahan • 6:20am 04-16-2009 Dear Sirs,Jeroen • 4:16pm 04-14-2009 Happy to see you at it again!marco wildt • 3:25pm 03-02-2009 Congratulatons on your decision and courage. I keep looking over your pages over and over but still it looks a quite complicated enterprise.MIKE BALLARD • 12:32am 02-18-2009 im looking at a crowther tri built in 1985 40ft long it is foam sandwich construction do you considerLee Bunzel • 2:15pm 02-16-2009 Great site. I am looknig at a 7.7Meter folding cat and wnat to use infusion. I am trying to complie as much info before I tackel the Job and appricate the info you give.Pentcho Bodegom • 1:54am 02-04-2009 Dag Henny,Paul B • 7:50pm 02-02-2009 So sorry to hear about the loss of GerryDino • 11:31pm 01-09-2009 Few minutes ago I saw tragic news on your site. Feel sad. Don't know proper words in English, but all I can say is that life should go on. Your brother will be in your mind forever, that is all he needs.Jeroen Wittock • 2:40pm 01-07-2009 Bij deze wens ik je veel sterkte bij het verlies, hoe moeilijker het afscheid hoe mooier de herinneringen.Andrew Gilbert • 5:36am 01-07-2009 Henny,Johan • 7:06pm 12-31-2008 Hallo Henny,Marian van Oortmarss • 3:43pm 12-23-2008 Hoi,nathan • 3:54pm 12-12-2008 i hope to have the luck that you have had when i build my next boat by resin infustion this time.Guido Drost • 6:34pm 12-01-2008 Hallo botenbouwer,DINO JURELA • 8:42pm 11-28-2008 Forgot to thank you for all informations you are giving to us, unleaded sailors.Arno Molenaar • 10:13pm 11-22-2008 Hi Henny,Mark Runnels • 11:04pm 11-13-2008 Love your site and willingness to share insights and inspiration.Steven D Chatman • 5:38pm 11-09-2008 Great site. Thanks for sharing your experiences and knowledge.Rob Wissema • 11:13am 11-06-2008 Naar aanleiding van een gesprek met je broer Ben keek ik op je website en ben diep onder de indruk, zowel van je prestaties als van de site op zichzelf. Ik hoop voor je dat, als het project voltooid is, je ja dan kunt overgeven aan safe sailing bij following winds.Manfred • 9:21am 10-28-2008 What a great homepage this is. Have to come back later in the evening to fully read and understand all about your adventure building the F39 Tri! Thanks for putting it all up.John Alexander • 8:05pm 10-13-2008 Hi Henny, I have purchased your starter kit and am excited to get started. I had not used my Pay Pal in years, so the address was incorrect. I changed it and e-mailed you about the change. I hope you get it in time to keep the kit from going to my ex-wife. My current address is 206 Wildwood Pl. Allen, TX. 75013. If I had your phone number, I would gladly call and talk to you person to person.Jack Johnson • 4:07pm 10-13-2008 Way to go!Mark Caviezel • 7:58pm 09-16-2008 Wow! What a great and super-informative site! Thanks for putting it up, I am in the process of learning more about this process.bert • 7:41pm 08-10-2008 Hii leuk hoorBen Bouwhuis • 11:26pm 08-05-2008 I visited you from my home in Norway because I am looking for a maritime simulation program for a trimaran. I am working on the design of a long distance tri hull kayak.Rob Andrews • 5:13pm 08-05-2008 a good readKlaas Buizer • 9:16pm 07-29-2008 Wow, wat een project en wat een doorzettingsvermogen. Ik zou toch al snel willen zeilen. Ik heb 15 jaar geleden stages gelopen bij blockquoteerse kunstof jachtbouwers en gewerkt met prepreg, hand lay up, chopper gun gewerkt met e glas en carbon, vinylester, polyester en epoxy. Jouw methode ziet er erg clean uit.Wanneer verwacht je klaar te zijn?Andre Venter • 7:45pm 07-15-2008 I have built a few steel boats but nothing like this. Soon I will be building a few canoes and Kayaks to learn a bit more about composites, then I will probably follow your lead and build what you have here. Everything I build is to help young people around the world, so you may be getting a few e mails from me soon. Keep well and all the best..Ronald • 8:16pm 07-07-2008 Dit is wat je noemt een uitdaging. Bedankt voor de zeer informatieve site.Greg Sutherland • 8:23pm 06-24-2008 Nice site. Keep up the good work.Dallas Babineaux • 5:07pm 06-18-2008 Awesome website - Fantastic job on your boat!! Can't wait until it's done - hoping you do many postings on performance, good points and bad points. Best Wishes!!Rick • 2:32pm 06-13-2008 Excellent web site. I've read every page and watched every video clip. Thanks for those. I would like to buy your video CD but unfortunately I don't need the entire starter kit. I already have all that stuff. If you can see your way fit to sell just the CD I'll be more than happy to order one. Regards Rickjohn ireton • 4:20am 05-11-2008 I have enjoyed your web site. You have answered a lot of questions about resion infusion. Thank-you for your informative site, you have given my mind little windows of info.Thanks-JohnEddy • 1:47am 04-20-2008 Hey dude,Eddy • 12:22am 04-15-2008 Fram needs to be built- I would like to visit you and demonstrate my fiberglass chopper gun. I can spray in a day what has taken you years. Yes, I have real trimaran experience: I work with Corsair Marine- so that makes me an expert. I like cheap diluted resins to shoot through my chopper gun; epoxy resins are for airplanes. Trust me, at Corsair Marine we get boats on the water- fast. With the amount of effort I've seen on this project, you could have built three by now, and all fitted out. E-glass and cheap diluted resin look just as good in the harbor, so why go bother around like your making a space ship? I can say this because I'm in the businessAnswered at 7:59pm 04-17-2008 Dear Eddy,d.h. w. daniels • 8:35pm 02-17-2008 Prachtige site. Veel informatie en duidelijke uitleg met beelden die veelal voor zichzelf spreken.hsh • 2:03am 02-16-2008 Hi Hennie,Answered at 11:39pm 02-17-2008 Yes and no. But a countdown timeline would spoil all the fun, and besides of that, there are more things in life than building alone. Sailing for instance, however temporarily not with the own boat (for the known reason), but with the advantage of sailing in other parts of the world out of range for...Chris Bennett • 4:38am 01-09-2008 Excellent site! My congratulations to you.William deNiverville • 10:57pm 01-06-2008 I have built my own boat a plywood 26' Thunderbird. I admire anyone taking on a boat building project.Henny • 12:01pm 12-25-2007 Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year to all and many thanks for all the encouraging comments in my guestbook !John Reed in Alaska • 11:39pm 12-20-2007 Wonderful web site: well organized and full of great information- a compendium on composite trimaran construction. I found your caution on "extreme heat build up" as to CVI quite instructive.Sepp Lerchenmüller • 12:59pm 12-15-2007 Hello Hennie, hope, everthing is going forward with Your project. Your website is one of my most frequent ones since start of it. My best wishes for cristmas from Austria and don´t stop telling us sometimes about your successes an disasters. Sepp (only owning a Dragonfly800SW)Campana Luca • 12:01am 12-12-2007 Tanks a lot for these pages.....
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Robert Warrington Name: Eduardo Leal Homepage: http://n/a City: Salto, Uruguay Sent: 14/09 03:47 Felicitaciones, Una muestra equilibrada de tecnologia y capacidad didactica. La lectura de su pagina ha significado un empuje hacia una actividad (la nautica) que estoy comenzando a comprender y disfrutar. Un saludo cordial. Eduardo Leal Salto - Uruguay Name: Philip Schlump Homepage: http://www.pschlump.com/ City: Denver, CO, USA Sent: 13/09 00:22 Very interested in the process! Considering buildng a F-32AX. Name: Narsi Homepage: http://www.tex.in City: Chennai, India Sent: 02/09 09:33 Hello! It was good going through your site. I dropped in to your site rather accidentally, but I liked it. Life’s like that, isn’t it! Thanks for providing this resource I guess it is always possible to make improvements to any resource…in the case of this site, I think a slightly more user-friendly design can make the site even better! But the content presented is quite good…Thanks once again. Cheers, and all the best! N S, Tex.in Name: tony ruiz City: greenville, south carolina USA Sent: 02/09 01:19 Excellent site, I'm looking into building same tri, very interested on the controlled vacumm infussion system, need to learn more about it, hoping to hear from you Salud....Tony Name: Nick Evans Homepage: http://none City: Victoria, British Columbia Sent: 25/08 02:28 I admire your pursuit! I've looked at these designs before and have been much impressed. Got your site from the electric boat list - best wishes for success in your project - interested to know why you turned your thoughts from the Smart diesel to eletric. Name: Jim Louvau City: Lincoln, NE Sent: 21/08 06:42 Great site. Thank you for sharing your wealth of information. Name: Fred City: London Sent: 28/07 10:25 Hi Henny. Thankyou for your taking the trouble to give us your most excellent site. I eagerly await your updates and am most impressed with your photographic record of construction. I am currently sitting on some F39 plans and hope to be able to get going at some point in the future Best of luck with your build project Fred
Name: John David Brunner City: Cheltenham Sent: 06/07 17:03 I am a member of PB and have just finished the round channel race. My own boat is wavetrain. See wavetrain.net if interested. Just signed in to wish you well with your hard work as I have found at times it is difficult to see the end of such a project!! Name: Bob Wilhelm City: Cairns Australia Sent: 06/07 12:02 Hello - I have been doing a costing to see if I can afford to build an F-39 (looks possible) and it has been exciting and very useful to be able to see your work. Finding a building site is my current priority. I built a 10.5 meter catamaran between 1998 and 2000. I will write more as I get further along in this process. Name: John Dunbar Homepage: http://none/ City: Chico,California Sent: 08/06 21:25 I have no message really other than thank you for sharing your work. I have been watching for some time and finally today decided to sign the guest book because I am feeling guilty - kind of like a "Peeping Tom" watching without permission. I may build an F32 someday or I may decide to just buy a Corsair. You project is fascinating to me. (I too am a Structural Engineer - steel and concrete hotels, office buildings and parking structures) I am very intrigued by the vacuum infusion method you are using. I will watch the web site some more and may buy your infusion starter kit to try it out. It seems like an excellent method to optimize the quality of the work. You are obviously an excellent Engineer and craftsman. That first float is beautiful! Congratulations to you and best wishes for you and your project. Thanks again, John Dunbar Chico, CA Name: Paul Salmond City: Wellington, New Zealand Sent: 27/05 11:32 Excellent website! Like you did, I have to finish renovating the house before any other projects.(sigh) I have your website at least! Name: Steve Cleary City: Portland, ME USA Sent: 23/05 01:14 Saw your site today for the first time. I'm in the consideration stages of building a F-32. I love boats and love to build. (Also love the Internet! My wife and I own a startup software ocmpany and Internet marketing agency.) Your site is fantastic. Love the detail you are putting into it. Not sure if I will join the many "madmen" who build their own boats, but will certainly want to keep an eye on your site if I do. My friends keep reminding me what the two happiest days of a man's life are. (The day he buys and the day he sells his boat.) I don't even want to print what they are saying about someone crazy enough to actually build it! Steve Name: Tom Honan Homepage: http://www.scrumble.com.au/ City: Darwin, Australia Sent: 02/05 13:53 Great Site, Thank you for putting it up and sharing so much. Name: Franco Bertozzi City: PIsa -Italy Sent: 14/04 23:12 Surfing in your site i felt in love with your previous boat Senta: she looks terrific and very marine By the way, has'nt she got any age problem with her alluminium hull? Many compliments for your interesting site and good luck for the new boat construction Name: Peter Boyd City: Adelaide South Australia Sent: 05/04 07:06 Wow. love what you are doing. I am the proud owner of an F9A called "Bushranger" an aussie term for "outlaw" which i bought second hand. Previously I built A Trailer Tri 720 which was highly modified. I'm getting the building bug again but it will probabaly be a cat. Good luck. I'll watch your progress with great interest. Cheers Peter Name: Capt.Ed Wojtecki City: St Catharines, Ontario, Canada Sent: 11/02 01:24 Inspirational site.I watched in amazement how the infusion process works. The energy level it takes to complete a project as big as your is huge.Keep up the great work and thank you for sharing your project with the world.Capt Ed (F25C # 25 Knot Krazy) Name: Lennard Mokveld City: Breda Sent: 03/02 13:12 Mooie overzichtelijke site en leuk om zo te kunnen volgen hoe de bouw vordert. Zelf heb ik ook in mijn achterhoofd om nog eens een tri zelf te bouwen en dan is een Farrier-model ideaal. Veel succes ermee. Name: Ayhan Þahin Homepage: http://i%20have%20not/ City: Ankara -Türkiye Sent: 01/02 00:01 Beautiful,exstra-ordinary....... Name: Morten Smed City: Copenhagen Sent: 21/01 10:52 Very nice page indeed! lots of good info and encouragement. I will follow you close and hope to see some sailing reports soon. best of wishes Name: Tom Millitzer Homepage: http://www.com-broker.com/ City: Milwaukee Sent: 06/01 18:30 Learned a lot ---- also will hepl me in maintenance. Name: Mark Stowers Homepage: http://none/ City: Austin, Texas Sent: 15/12 04:21 Awesome RI technique using the tremel tool and microballoons - very nice. Great Job Name: Peter Whiteley City: San Diego, California, USA Sent: 25/11 03:19 I love your website. It has a wealth of information for amateur boat builders. I am fascinated by your use of controlled vacuum infusion. I recently contacted polyworx for detailed information on their software. I was hoping you could give me an insight into whether it was cost effective. The software is quite expensive to lease, at 4000 EURO for a 3 month lease. Did the use of this software justify its cost, especially when only building one boat? Did the software significantly reduce costs and/or man hours to justify the cost? Any further information would be appreciated. Much Thanks, Peter Whiteley, D.C. Name: Mike Hayden Homepage: http://www.whalercentral.com/ City: St. Paul, MN Sent: 16/11 01:00 Very nice website and great information too. I saw a refernce to your vacuum infusion page and looked around the site a bit and I am impressed. Now pack to the site for some more reading. Name: Roger Self City: College Station, Texas USA Sent: 22/10 12:17 There is nothing more pleasing to the eye than the graceful lines of a beautiful boat. Except one built by your own hands. Thanks for your inspiration and great website. Could you provide the product name for the mat used to distribute resin in the vacuum infusion process. There are many and I would appreciated your input. Name: MAURIZIO mina City: brescia Sent: 22/10 07:31 what has happened? it is from some of time that does not modernize more these pages. they have been progresses? I am constructing a moth Australian with hydrofoils. I will make you to have of the photos as soon as I end. still good luck and Bravo! Name: beppe venditti City: roma Sent: 15/10 10:22 very very interesting; I learned very much about thinks you can't see in the net! good luck Name: Andrew Gilbert City: Kaneohe HI. Sent: 03/10 04:46 Wonderful site. Thank you for letting us peek in on your project. Eagerly anticipate the next update. Cheers Andy Gilbert Name: Pete Peterson City: Reno, Nevada, USA Sent: 17/09 18:45 Thank you so much! I recently got into sailing and have been doing a lot of research into building a boat. As a man once said "I have a dream!" Your web site has been very enlightening and helpful. I have always loved Trimarans. Seeing your site has been a real eye opener, especially when it comes to the Vacuum Infusion Process. It makes me feel like I might be able to pull this off. Still a lot of research to do and money to save though. Thank you again, for posting such good information for us beginners. Pete Name: Pat Martin City: Denver Colorado USA Sent: 08/09 14:00 I am thinking of building the F-39 and appreciate your web site very much. I don't have any plans of yet but what are the living dimensions of the F-39. Also, what size of workshop would a person need. Pat Name: Gesine Homepage: http://www.multihull-maven.com/ City: Southampton, UK Sent: 08/09 06:15 Excellent website, Henny - the pictures, videos and description are fascinating. How do you find the time? :) Good luck with FRAM, I'm sure she will be an absolute beauty. Best wishes Gesine +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Gesine Kernchen Multihull Maven Ltd http://www.multihull-maven.com 1 Charles Gordon House t +44 (0)23 8033 0397 5 Rockstone Place m +44 (0)79760 48885 Southampton SO15 2EP United Kingdom +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Name: Emil Buencamino City: Philippines Sent: 29/08 21:25 CONGR _AT_ UL _AT_ ION!!! I been reading a lot of column about the Vacuum Bagging and Vacuum Infusion Process in the internet. Your explanation about this subject is so concise and easy to understand. Now I think, I haved enough knowledge on building my own boat which I am going to pattern on the Farrier and Corsair design. I am not in a position to invest in their Full Plan because the exchange rate in our Peso denomination, the cost ($1,800.00) of the plan will be a worth of fortune for me . Please continue your FRAM building and sailing pages, for I will be eager to read every episode you post. Would you mind if I can consult you regarding on boat building in the near future? Thank you for your great site, Emil Buencamino Philippines Name: Benjamin Homepage: http://www.mesnavigations.com/ City: Puteaux Sent: 28/08 14:15 Very good web site, congratulations! Private message:Click here to view Name: Powis Thierry City: Jakarta Sent: 09/08 10:05 Just a simple message to say that this is a good site that I bookmarked right away. Name: trus Sent: 08/08 13:41 i want data of trimaran.if you have it.sent to me ,please. Name: Henrik Loman Homepage: http://www.blockquoteeride.com/ City: North Wales / Stockholm Sent: 03/08 09:24 Hi! Great to se that there are more crazy people out there:-) Started my F-41 built last year and will from next month start updating my web page with text and pictures from the build. I have slowly after talking to more experienced builders realized that I cannot build the boat for the money I first thought (nor as fast as I first thought) and are now purely building because I love every second off it. It will just take a bit longer:-) I know a couple of other Farrier builders in Holland so get back to me if you need their addresses. Good luck!! Kind Regards Henrik Loman Name: tom simkins City: willsboro, ny Sent: 22/07 20:40 interesting - I'll be looking in Name: thomas wessels Sent: 09/07 14:28 Thanks for the interesting reading.Hope to hear from anyone who has a Horstman tri. 2005 starts an extended cruise with wife Susan. Cheers, all, see you out there! Name: BeRciK Homepage: http://www.science.eu.org/sms Sent: 26/06 08:00 Nice nice... Cool WEBsite. Good luck:> Name: Mike Homepage: http://www.dauda.at/ City: Laxenburg / _AT_ Sent: 23/06 13:59 Phantastic! Guess my next piece is going to be of foam too. About foam thickness and number of glass layers / strength: is that normally indicated in the plans, is it best guess, or did you run tests before? Keep my fingers crossed for you! Cheers - Mike Name: Ken Holland Sent: 19/06 22:21 You have created an excellent resource for future builders. Your workmanship is inspiring. Thanks Name: Naresh Sharma City: Casalmaggiore (Italy) Sent: 18/06 02:07 Really way too cool!!! Great workmanship. The infusion technology has got my gears going. Maybe its time to do this as well. Can you give a figure of costs involved? Name: joseph schembri City: malta Sent: 06/06 00:38 After more than 20 years of cruising on a monohull I switch to multihull I BOUGHT A F31 I can see know something like a F39 was much better for me to keep cruising A very nice website you got Well done friend Name: Phil. Sager City: Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada Sent: 19/05 22:36 Great information, thanks for sharing it. I have been intrigued with the Infusion process, however I never thought it would be possible to use for a one off. You have shown me that it is possible, and for that I thank you. Nice workmanship on your boat. I will be back often... Name: Joseph L. Smith Homepage: http://www.homepage.mac.com/jayel1 City: Columbia, MS- USA Sent: 14/05 16:09 Really enjoyed your web site. Will be coming back to see your progress. You answered a lot of questions I had about building vs. buying. I too am about to make the switch from mono to multi. Thanks... Name: jerko bonacic City: novigrad Sent: 24/04 15:53 super site Name: Odinn Thor Homepage: http://www.dxman.com/ City: Iceland Sent: 22/04 20:40 It is a very good website you have here, glad to put my step on it, I send you and your visitors my best greetings. And I just want to say, you are welcome to visit my website as well. Vous êtes bienvenu pour visiter mon website Usted es bienvenido visitar mi webpage Dé la bienvenida para visitar mi website. Name: Claudio Brumen City: Houston, Texas Sent: 11/04 12:36 The work and the website are both world class. Great simulation! Name: Lance Allen City: Anderson, California Sent: 06/04 13:20 Wonderful site and incredible video. Thanks for the tips and info for when I build my Farrier. Name: Roeland Delis Homepage: http://www.vastgoedteam.nl/ City: Veenendaal Sent: 05/04 10:24 Dear Henny, Very proffessional the way jou build jour schip. This is really something else than my "valkje" I'll like to see the schip sailing. Greeting Roeland Delis Name: Martin van Schaik City: Bergeijk Sent: 03/04 15:06 Beste Henny, Geweldige site en fatastisch werk. Je bent echt een van onze maritieme helden. Denken Doen en straks Genieten en spuiten. Veel succes. martin en marianne Name: Enrico Rubino City: Ragusa - Italy Sent: 28/03 16:03 I'm following your work with great interest and is getting more intresting every time. Compliments, I'll wait for continuation. Name: Robert L. Reynolds Homepage: http://tucsonaviationsupply.com/ City: Tucson, Arizona, USA Sent: 23/03 17:45 Enjoyed looking at you web site. I am still in the thinking about it stage. I always wanted to build three things in my life - my house, my airplane and my boat. I've done the first two and need to get the third one started. Tkae care and fly safe. Bob Name: Mike Wright City: Seattle, WA USA Sent: 17/03 00:03 Great webpage, I recently completed and launched my F-25A, great designer and great boats. Name: roland City: Den Haag, NL Sent: 15/03 15:21 Geweldige site! Heb enorme herrinneringen aan dit type schip; zeilde in 2001 een F-36 over van Nieuw Zeeland naar Japan via New Caledonia, Solomon Islands en Micronesie. Prachtige reis op een prachtige boot... Veel succes verder, ik blijf dit project zeker volgen... Roland Name: Larry Romano City: Sandy Hook, CT USA Sent: 08/03 18:09 I consider my self a brave man to take on projects that most people will not. But I don't hold a candle to you, Vacuum Infusion a one off 39' Tri. I look weekly for updates and will continue until you launch. Thank You, Larry Name: Håkan Anderberg City: Trelleborg - Sweden Sent: 29/02 10:20 Good job explaining infusion. I have used cheap bird nets (to protect fruit and berries) as carrier between bag and bleeder and flexible electrical conduit and "connecting boxes" for vaccum distibution while infusing with vinylester. Works well and is cheap !! Were curvature allows it may be faster to make hull length foam panels, (on a flat surface), and then only work with smaller foam pieces were required. Name: Ralph Homepage: http://www.geocities.com/woods_wizard/ City: Ca, USA Sent: 28/02 22:26 Your building skill is awesome. And your procedures breathtaking. Thank you for sharing. Name: Matthew Collier City: Los Altos, California, USA Sent: 28/02 12:27 Thank you so much for sharing your hobby/passion in such a public way. It allows so many of us to learn and dream along side you. May the best of fortunes befall you and your project. Thank you from California Name: maurizio Sent: 28/02 10:53 no too words , fantastic ! One question about the program of te PolYworx: the profram for the infusion is very expensive.It's possible buy one version light ? Good Name: Martin Schöön Homepage: http://hem.bredband.net/b262106/ City: Solna Sent: 27/02 18:03 Way cool site and project. I have tried vacuum bagging some but never the resin infusion technique. /Martin Name: Nacer Mazani Sent: 25/02 21:38 I would like to srongly congratulate you for the boat you are building. I never seen before, such a high quality level of workmanship in the process to build a boat. Once finish, "Fram" will be much more than a trimaran, she will be a master piece. As is your web site as it gives, for builders like me (F9AX) huge amount of informations about the best way to do things. Your work is very inspiring and push me to do like you, the best boat ever. Thank you very much Henny for what you are doing. Name: Jean Philippe Homepage: http://www.geocities.com/jp_br/ City: Switzerland Sent: 25/02 17:54 Congratulations on a job well done, boat and website. I will continue to visit from time to time. Check my project at the dream link from the website mentioned above. Maybe a couple of ideas for you or other people. Any comment welcome as well. JP Name: Marnix Munneke Homepage: http://www.prevotech.nl/ City: Amersfoort Sent: 25/02 15:28 Zo Henny, Je bent al een heel stuk op geschoten zeg! Dat is allemaal hitech! doei Name: Harmen Homepage: http://www.imout.nl/ Sent: 25/02 10:55 Great website! Kind regards, Harmen Private message:Click here to view Name: Rafael Homepage: http://www.marianland.com/agape002/agape.html City: Sugar Land, Texas Sent: 17/02 02:44 Thank you! God Bless you! Name: cring City: austin texas Sent: 14/02 14:34 good job all around thanks .i repair flooring transoms etc in power boats Name: Janusz Ostrowski City: Warszawa, Poland Sent: 10/02 17:30 Thanks for work in sharing your exerience. Very inspiring, although I'm now building from plywood and glass/epoxy 7m long pacific proa. May be next ;-) I appreciate very much your clarity and light style. Regards from Poland Name: Paul Ricard City: Connecticut,USA Sent: 08/02 21:33 Just a monohull sailor that is intrigued by multihulls. Someday I may build one. Name: Charles "Buzz" Guyer City: Melbourne, Fl. USA Sent: 08/02 10:30 2nd try! Great job on presenting complicated material, great photos and step by step explanations.I almost understand the infusion process now! Also noted most changes in F-33 were incorporated in this F-39. Wished I were your neighbor to help you do it! Buzz Name: Larry City: Sandy Hook, CT USA Sent: 31/01 19:44 Nice web page, great project. I found you because I'm thinking about building the F36 and I followed the links. Currently I race and cruise a 30' mono-haul and I'm thinking about that next retirement boat. Name: joao sousa City: Porto -Portugal Sent: 25/01 18:48 Thanks for this web page,keep it updated. Where can I buy plans for trimarans? Name: M.Keuvelaar Homepage: http://www.watersport.startbewijs.nl/ City: Wijchen Sent: 20/01 15:04 Goeden avond,mooie en interesante site,ik heb hem op mijn site gelinkt bij de catamaran rubriek. m.vr.gr Rene Name: David Paul City: Bennett, Colorado USA Sent: 16/01 17:50 Henny, Thanks for taking the time to put this web page together and keep it updated. Name: Henny van Oortmarssen Homepage: http://www.fram.nl/guestbookarchives.htm City: Hilversum Sent: 31/12 11:01 Dear Friends, Happy New Year! The older guestbook entries are now in the guestbook archives. Follow the above link or the link in this guestbook page to show them. Do not hesitate to leave your own message. Cheers! Henny
Name: James Name: Franz Miller Hometown: Amarillo, Texas Sent: 04.19 - 10/12 Here's hopng there haven't been any setbacks on construction. You've chosen a really good design!
Name: Rann Millar Hometown: Anaheim, CA USA Sent: 20.43 - 27/11 Good luck with your venture! I am in constant state of refurbishing my old Searunner 34 ETAK (Circa 1977) Rann
Name: Waarschip Werf Delfzijl Homepage: http://www.waarschip.com/ Hometown: Delfzijl / Holland Sent: 22.03 - 17/11 We just saw this site and are are very amused in this very original site . However we don't build the old type,s no more but some very nice modern models See our homepage www.waarschip.com with regards and just sail with the Waarschip passion Bye, Bye Name: Roy Hometown: Boulder Colorado USA Sent: 07.05 - 5/11 Good luck on your project ... thank you for the insight into this very cool project. - RW Name: Dickson A. Almeda Homepage: http://yahoo.com/ Hometown: Maria Aurora, 3202 Aurora, Philippines Sent: 03.13 - 1/11 I'm an enthusiast of a trimaran boat. Your site inspire me to built my self and own said boat. I grow-up near coastal area of the Pacific Ocean and it influence my love in owning a boat and thanks that I found this site, it can help me a lot with the technical parameters prescribe here. I hope you won't mind if I will copy some of your innovation/plan (Architectural design). Again, Thank you. Dick Name: K. Parrel Hometown: Nunspeet Sent: 17.08 - 29/10 Met je goede smaak op het gebied van zowel monohulls , als multihulls plus een fantastiesche website , moet de Fram haast wel een juweel worden. Ikkijk er naar uit om hem langs te zien scheuren.... Name: hennij lipke Hometown: s.stevinweg hilversum Sent: 18.57 - 26/10 mijn engels is zeer beperkt maar heb toch vol bewondering naar je site zitten kijken, alle respekt zowel voor het bouwen als voor je site Name: Bill deNiverville #1135 Evergreen Hometown: Moncton NB Canada Sent: 21.57 - 18/10 I built my own 26 foot Thunderbird in 1981. I appreciate the time and effort it takes to build a boat. Some times you have to walk away to renew your self. I threatened my boat with a chainsaw more than once but got it done after 5 years of fun? We entered it in the 1991 World Championships and came 5th. I still race it and enjoy it. Being plywood and epoxy I still am modifying it and having a great time. I wish you well and don't give up! The question you will hate to hear is when will it be finished? My answer was when it is ready. Cheers, Bill Name: Tom Poederbach Homepage: http://www.poederbach.com/ Hometown: Amsterdam Sent: 02.19 - 7/10 Since you attract an international crowd this message will be in English so everybody can understand. Hell of a website and very useful information for anyone that is researching building a boat. I agree on most points when you justify the choice of the multihull and the designer. I am a follower of Ian from 1989 and visited the Corsair factory in 1991. Rented an F27 a couple of times and was sold on the tri. But only years later I was able to buy an F24 ( Buitenverwachting) but sold it to a Swede due to lack of sailing time. I still reget that. Still dreaming of getting a new one and I am concidering building it myself. You must have a fantastic time management to be able to build, work and have a social live as well as a family that requires attention. I admire your guts. Hope to be able to make contact with you to learn more about the vacuum building method. Can't visit the CTC get together at 1 Nov where you will do a presentation. I envy you for this achivement, good luck! Tom Poederbach Name: Dave Paule Hometown: Colorado, USA Sent: 02.56 - 3/10 Excellent web site! Also, very helpful, especially when needing to fight off the urge to build an F-9. Can't imagine how you find time for the web site, the boat and your family, too. Good luck! Dave Paule F-27 "Second Chance" Name: Bas Bijker Hometown: Amsterdam Sent: 17.40 - 2/10 Great project, I'm a big sailing fan. With the winter coming up, i'm starting a new hobby builing small radiographic sailing boats. with the first one ready and sailing i'm looking for a new "little" project, so i try to find a drawing of a catamaran. with my search I found this site. I wish you happy sailings!! Kind regards Bas Bijker Name: Thomas Hometown: Athens Greece Sent: 08.16 - 29/9 Great work. Welldone and keep on. All my best wishes for good results. Name: Schwarz, Dieter Hometown: dortmund, germany Sent: 22.38 - 28/9 Great site. Please more humor! Name: The REAL Viking Homepage: http://www.dxman.com/ Hometown: Akranes - ICELAND Sent: 23.14 - 27/9 Very good website you have here, Glad to put my step on it, send you and your visitors my best greetings. You are ALL " WELCOME " to visit my little webpage as well. Vous êtes bienvenu pour visiter mon webpage Usted es bienvenido visitar mi webpage Dé la bienvenida para visitar mi webpage. Name: Steve Sharp Hometown: San Juan Capistrano, CA , USA Sent: 05.00 - 25/9 This is an incredible website. You should be commended on the effort and quality of your website, the information it contains and of course your building project. I have recommended your site to several people including three very well known designers here in the US. I have very good infusion experience and am very impressed with your progress. Please keep the updates coming. Name: Alex Hometown: Warsaw, Poland Sent: 12.32 - 16/9 Most impressive is the rationale for (or against) building. Have anyone tried to let the manufacture of the boat by hiring personnel? Alex Name: gerald Hometown: Vienna Sent: 11.24 - 15/9 a very fine page - good luck with your project I am sailing a Tiki 26 cat gerald Name: ozcan gumus Hometown: istanbul Sent: 11.07 - 14/9 good explanations! why don't you add a simple drawing of vacuum bag. bon voyage! Name: Knut Ljungberg Hometown: Horten/Norway Sent: 21.25 - 12/9 Very refreshing site and a great project. I sail a Pinta myself (33 ft tri), and I have been pretty happy with the boat until I saw your project. Good luck with it, I will definitely check back later. Knut Name: Gerard Boere Homepage: http://www.saildrive.info/ Hometown: Nieuw Vennep Sent: 10.04 - 10/9 Nice site ! Im am at work now (KLM) but will lateron visit again to study all content. Looks very interesting. Name: Alan Sent: 12.08 - 8/9 HI, I am really impressed with your project, and also your website and intend to follow your progress. I did a years boat building course in the UK, but have only ever worked with wood so far. I hope it all goes well for you! On a technical note (and I hope it's not a daft question) I don't understand how you can create a vacuum only on top of your foam lay up, when the bottom appears to be open to the air. And the foam must be porous for the resin to infiltrate? Are the top and bottom of the foam air tight or am I missing something? I would be intrigued to know. Thanks Alan Name: Captain John Jenkins Homepage: http://www.captainsforhire.com/ Hometown: Westbrook, Maine Sent: 04.29 - 7/9 Great web site. Keep up the great work. If we can ever be of help let us know. Thanks, Captain John JEnkins WWW.Captainsforhire.com Name: Murray Peacock Hometown: Bundaberg Australia Sent: 11.27 - 4/9 Great Site. Have raced F31. It will be a buzz when she is launched. Name: Jan Wielsma Hometown: Culemborg, the Netherlands Sent: 12.09 - 28/8 Henny, This is a very nice place to visit on a regular basis. Nice pictures, lots to see and read and nice (open) insight of de design thoughts. I would like to hop by in the future to see/help the project from close by. Especially the vacuum insertion process I think is very interesting. Groeten, Jan Wielsma Name: Tony Vonk Homepage: http://www.tv-enterprise.com/ Hometown: Berg a/d Maas Sent: 06.17 - 24/8 Keep going sofar it looks great, the carbon chainplates verywel done. wil keep in touch Regards Tony Vonk Name: PAULO V P AQUINO Hometown: JOÃO PESSOA -BRAZIL Sent: 12.40 - 20/8 It was a great pleasure to know your very well conducted projects.It was also great to see, by your web cam, live photos of a so beautifull and distant (that deppends where you are!) country.Thank you. Name: Fran Bosch Hometown: Pasadena Md Sent: 03.00 - 16/8 In a bit of a hurry but I will be checking out your progress later. Good Luck Fran Name: Humberto Bonini Hometown: Buenos Aires Sent: 01.02 - 27/7 estoy pemsando en construir un trimaran. el pensar en construir su propio barco es - realmente- como esa nube pequeña, que luego cubre todo tu pensamiento. felicitaciones por tu página. Name: Harpo Homepage: http://members.aon.at/victory/ Hometown: Vienna, Austria Sent: 17.49 - 12/7 Sehr schöne Seiten Grüsse Harpo Name: t.adliah Sent: 17.10 - 22/6 Hello, Congratulations to your trimaran! Your Website is great! I am a student, thanks for your shared experiences in boatbuidling. Enjoy, Name: Tyrone Currie Homepage: http://www.voyageurs.co.uk/index-page14.html Hometown: Holywood, N. Ireland Sent: 08.28 - 7/6 Great project. Am just about to start on a Kelsall 46'er so good to hear that infusion is working for you. Tyrone Name: Chris Smith Hometown: Launceston TAS Sent: 03.05 - 5/5 Great to get in touch with you. I have built a 30 Islander(60's)33 Bucaneer,and currently live on Wings of Fantasy,a Buccaneer 40 I built 16 years ago. I have just been asked to build a a F39, so am looking for contacts. Cheers Chris. Name: M.Keuvelaar Homepage: http:www.motorjachten.startbewijs.nl Hometown: Wijchen Sent: 17.44 - 4/5 Hallo,interesante site daar zit een hoop werk in,ik zou zeggen veel sucses verder.Hij staat als link op mijn site 3e rijtje van links,je bent de eerste trimaran die er op staat. m.vr.gr Name: Kym Eden-Jones Hometown: Gillingham, Dorset Sent: 17.32 - 29/4 It is great to see some one carrying out my dream. It just proves that it can be done and gives me insentive to carry on trying even when it all loocks like failier. Name: Niek Homepage: http://www.anneloek.com/ Hometown: Hilversum Sent: 10.54 - 14/4 Hennie, It was a very nice celebration yesterday, I was very impressed by the work you've done so far. The hull looks great. It's really worth to have such a celibration on each hull that's finished. Cheers, Niek Name: Martin Hometown: Masterton, New Zealand Sent: 22.49 - 13/4 Good luck with your project. I am an amateur builder just finishing a 6 year project (or is it 7?) - a Crowther SP40 Cat. Is was interested in your comments on allergeic reactions. A couple of points I would like to add: Inblockquoteidual reactions vary enormously. Some people (myself among them) are lucky enough to get by with less-than-perfect measures. Others will be affected by any contact whatsoever (I DO wear gloves (latex) and NEVER attemt to cut or sand 'green' epoxy). Name: Dave Howell Hometown: Newport, Wales, UK Sent: 19.52 - 13/4 Enjoyed your site very much - though I could not get the engine page to load. My F9AX has Kubota deisel engine which is INDIRECTLY cooled. So I have a hot air fan (like in a car) & hot water from a calorifier. Both great for UK climate. I am very impressed by the vacuum infusion process & the thought thst you have put into it. Name: Engelien Hometown: Hilversum Sent: 13.01 - 13/4 Lieve Henny, Ik ben erg trots op je. Dankje voor de champagne-invitatie. Liefs je zus. Name: Mike Mentor Hometown: Elkhart Indiana USA Sent: 03.54 - 12/4 Hello I am building a F9R, using Vinylester resin and blockquoteinisel foam. I have worked with fiberglass most of my life, and have some experience with vacuum infusion, however I would not have had the courage or patience that you have had to use this process with my boat. I'm glad it worked out for you! I started my boat a little over a year ago and I am just finishing up my floats and first beam. I am having a good time with the project and hope to be finished in a couple more years. I dont know how you have the time to make such a nice web site and dedicate so much time to the mentioned PC program. I spend so much time working on my boat, "part time" that I dont have much time for anything else. Good luck with your project. I will look forward to seeing your progress! Mike Mentor F9R Eykis Name: Alan Johnson Hometown: Trabuco Canyon, California Sent: 01.02 - 12/4 I own a Corsair 31 Ultimate Cruiser I bought in November 2000 from Mike Leneman. Have always enjoyed building. My first project was an 8'sailing sabot in my dad's garage in 1968. The plans were one sheet of drawings. Instructions were "Use good building technics." The price was $5.OO. Enjoyed the infusion! Good Luck! Alan Name: Jack Rex Hometown: Corona, California USA Sent: 15.13 - 11/4 I own a Corsair 31 Ultimate Cruiser I bought in August 2002 from Mike Leneman. I build a 25 ft Chris Craft Cruiser with my father about 40 years ago and I remember being the painter/sander. Good luck on your project. The start is amazing and I look forward to seeing your fininshed product. Best Regards, Jack Name: Claude Raffetin Hometown: Paris Sent: 06.48 - 4/4 Hello, Nice idea to make this website. I'm jsut thinking (esiest part of the job) to built a F22. So I'm always fascinated by peaople who dare to built a big boat. Just an idea : you should open a subject such as "how to explain to your wife you want to buid a boat !". I think I'll come back soon. Congatulations. Name: tevfik dundar Homepage: http://www.villadundar.com/ Hometown: turkey Sent: 12.28 - 27/3 Hi, good luck for you. did you finished contruction? I've just started 14 x 7 mt katamaran ( metal ) body has been finished. Its 8,5 tonnes. I'll put 2x110 hp engine plus 2 sailler. What is yours idea? you thing metal boat would be ok? for sail. Regards Tevf'k Name: Markus Deusinger Hometown: Bern / Switzerland Sent: 16.30 - 18/3 Hi. I just started building an F-9AX. Right now I do the 2nd floathalf. I'm about to do a website as well. Let's do it! Name: beppe Sent: 22.20 - 17/3 hey, very interesting. go on! good luck Name: Karel de Jong Hometown: Hilversum Sent: 13.06 - 10/3 Prachtige en informatieve website. Veel succes met dit uitdagende project. Name: Alan Land Hometown: San Diego, CA USA Sent: 05.25 - 10/3 Great website - Thank You Name: Rolando Homepage: http://www.angelfire.com/super2/sail Hometown: Denia Sent: 18.50 - 5/3 nice site Name: Greg Harding Hometown: Corning, NY, 14830 Sent: 15.55 - 3/3 I have enjoyed your site and will be back to use it, I will send this site to other sailers,I went from mono's to multi's 30 years ago and love it . For the last 13 years I have had a Corsair, F27 #117,"Takin Off"...love it...Think Windy Name: Johan Hometown: Groningen Sent: 12.01 - 26/2 Hallo Henny, Goed project ! Ik ben zelf bezig een nieuw type trimaran te ontwikkelen met hulp van een nederlands multihull ontwerper. Op dit moment maken we de laatste voorbereidingen voor de bouw van een 7,35 meter prototype. Het is een geweldig concept met veel toekomst (en niet alleen volgens mij), het probleem is alleen de mankracht. Je hebt het zelf natuurlijk druk maar misschien lijkt het je wat eraan mee te werken. Of misschien anderen die dit forum lezen en in Nederland wonen. Ervaring met sandwichbouw is welkom. In ieder geval succes gewenst met je project ! Groet, Johan Drost Sent: 23.33 - 20/2 Name: Dick Anderson Hometown: Liverpool, NY Sent: 03.23 - 13/2 Very interesting site. With any luck we'll cross paths and compare stores of places and people. Sato, our F27 is taking good care of now. With any luck a move slightly bigger will be in the works. Cheers and good luck.
Name: ben Sent: 21.22 - 26/1 prachtige website Name: Tom Siemerink Hometown: Marienheem Sent: 21.44 - 15/1 Hoi, Ik ben zeer onder de indruk van zowel je website als ook je manier van aanpak. Ik heb ook het artikel over de vacuum methode gelezen in de zeilen of waterkampioen het klinkt erg interessant. Mijn plan is om rond eind dit jaar begin volgend jaar te beginnen met het bouwen van een F 9 AX Waar betrek jij je epoxy materialen van?? Groeten Tom. Name: John Howard Hometown: Yomitan, Okinawa Japan Sent: 05.22 - 11/1 Great web page... My family and I sail "Tradewind" out of Kadena Marina, Okinawa Japan. Trade Wind is a 39 foot custom wood ketch. I am an American working for a defense contractor on the American Air Base on Okinawa. I build small wood boats as a hobby and we sail as a family every chance we get. Good luck with your project and happy sailing when it is finished. Name: Van Oortmarssen Sent: 18.48 - 6/1 Gaaf model, M.vr.gr., Één van de Oortmarssens. Name: Sigi Homepage: http://sigi.civil.ubc.ca/ Hometown: Vancouver, Canada Sent: 03.49 - 1/1 Great project! Check out http://137.82.46.165/f-bits.htm before you go sailing. Name: maurizio Hometown: italy Sent: 08.58 - 25/12 good Christmas and happy new year Name: Eric Morris Hometown: Ballarat , Australia Sent: 01.33 - 12/12 JUST LOOKING, GOOD LUCK IN YOUR BUILDING Name: Mike Parsons Hometown: New Orleans, La, USA Sent: 23.40 - 15/11 Happily sailing a F242, while dreaming of F39 Good luck. Mike Parsons Name: maurizio Hometown: brescia - italy Sent: 09.16 - 10/11 I ask you some questions: - for the Farrier Folding System, mast, back stay, mast heel and all the parts in steel you do them you or do you make them do? - what type of foam and resin you uses? what sacks do you use for the vaccum infusion?plastic sacks already facts or do you build them you? sorry for my bad English good luck
Name: Ed Pellens Hometown: Bussum Sent: 20.59 - 2/10 Leuk om dit allemaal te lezen! Ik zag in het verslag van de pionier dat er een Volvo Penta Saildrive in zit (volgens mij een MB2/50 ???). Ben je misschien nog in het bezit van technische informatie van deze motor. Ik heb zelf een 730 met een Volvo Penta en heb alleen het Owners manual. Met vriendelijke zeilers groeten, Ed Pellens Name: kitty schneider Sent: 15.25 - 21/9 amazing
Name: Dr. Raul Diaz Langou Homepage: http://www.ventair.com.br/ Hometown: Maceió-Brazil Sent: 17.29 - 7/9 Hy Henny: Nice page yours. Include our boatyard in your links. We are the only ones that build folding trimarans of IF and others in South America. Others are in www.multicascos.com. Regards Name: Dennis Meulensteen Sent: 08.39 - 29/8 Hi Henny and family, I wish you all the best building your beautiful trimaran. I just know she'll be great when done. I'm afraid my own plans have been shelved for now, but: Where there's a will, there's a way. For now: Enjoy the highs, forget the lows and before you know it, you'll be sailing where the wind blows! Dennis Name: derek Homepage: http://jobsformusicians.com/ Hometown: char. Sent: 06.35 - 25/8 Hey guys nice site,keep up the good work! Name: DAVID TSE Hometown: MONTEREY PARK CA 91755 Sent: 23.41 - 6/7 I AM VERY INTERESTED IN YOUR PROJET IN FACT I AM PANNING TO BUILD A TRI LIKE THE F39 ,PLEASE KEEP ME INFORM. THANK YOU AND GOOD LUCK. Name: maurizio mina Hometown: brescia - italy (near to milan) Sent: 08.05 - 27/6 very well site, i hope to building one farrier F9A. Good bye e ciao Name: John Papa Homepage: http://www.supersecret.net/ Sent: 03.22 - 25/5 Greetings! Name: Lawrence "Larry" Bosch Homepage: http://www.captivecolumn.com/ Hometown: Cupertino, California, USA Sent: 23.24 - 18/5 People who discover my Captive Column Web Site should be aware that my invention was officially suppressed in the U. S. and other countries where landmark patents were granted to me as a result of intervention by former President Richard Nixon and the U. S. Army. Without their help, "teams" of engineers with certain universities, research institutes and government agencies would have been credited with the invention. This is the way our corrupted patent system works. Due to this interference in the timely commercialization of the Captive Column during the term of my U. S. patent, a patent extension is under consideration and persons wishing to use the technology should consider an "insurance license" in the event that a patent extension is granted. Future updates to my Web Site will provide patent extension details, as well as announcements of "trechnology transfer auctions" in various product areas. Captive Column ocean racers, silboats and other marine applications will likely be among the first products to be auctioned because of the need for maximum performance and the great potential of composites that work so well with Captive Column construction. And by the way, you have a great site! Sincerely, Lawrence "Larry" Bosch Inventor of the Captive Column at www.captivecolumn.com Name: Ellen J. Elrod Hometown: Plains, Montana Sent: 00.19 - 17/5 We are very interested in your project, as we would, very much, like to build a trimaran. Thanks for this page. Name: Wim Kos Hometown: 1272 JT Huizen Sent: 20.48 - 14/5 I am interested in sailingvesels and I heard this concept from a friend. greetings Wim Name: Thomas Wessels Sent: 02.10 - 3/4 Hello! I am rebuilding my 3rd Horstman tri, a 38' (it's the tri named PUFFIN in his catalog, if you can find a catalog of his designs these days). It's in Long Beach, California. Where are you located? Please email when you can find timer between epoxy coats! Regards, Thomas Wessels Name: Stefano Hometown: Anguillara Sabazia (Rome, Italy) Sent: 18.40 - 14/3 Taking off for a 5 years project takes guts ! I'll visit your virtual shop and send my best wishes in the meantime. Bye, Stefano Name: Thomas Brueck Hometown: Kaiserslautern Sent: 15.08 - 27/2 Going around the world on a motorcycle, I caught the multihullvirus in Australia a while ago, like your projekt, let`s talk when we`re back in Europe, maybe, good luck. Tom Name: Jim Van Den Berg Hometown: Green Bay Wi USA Sent: 20.02 - 28/1 Great Website I am currently buiding an f-39 it started as a f-36 but grew to just shy of 40 feet. Extended the bow slightly and extended the transom. Hopefully we will launch in late summer. The ama's are complete, the beams are 50% complete, and the main hull is 60% complete. I too am waiting for the updated plans, We will not be able to incorporate all the modifications but enough ie daggerboard rudder, telescoping carbon pole, carbon chainplates, and rotating spar. Have you researched the spar? have you found any suppliers? If I can be of any help let me know. Thanks Jim Van Den Berg Name: Ted Lamont Homepage: http://wwwstaff.murdoch.edu.au/~tlamont/proa_new.htm Hometown: Perth, Western Australia Sent: 07.15 - 16/1 Hi, your english is very acceptable, even to an Australian. I'm also on the Multi Webring. Is the Gary Mulder you mention the same as on Yahoo Electric Boats? Awed by your stamina to fix the house and family needs before starting. I'm sure the "Senta" skipper would approve! Meanwhile my boat is in a shed with a very long and slow re-fit - no mast in sight after the work. I expect to go kite sailing while i save for a new mast. It's always helpful to see others on the long haul. Looking forward to the boat... Ted Name: Henrik Homepage: http://vsrt.seglar.nu/ Hometown: Västerås Sent: 08.46 - 10/1 Hi Henny! Thanks for the kind words in my guestbook! Very nice site you have here! I have been looking at some f-41 builders, but i think a tri is faster and more fun to sail? Good luck with your project!! I´ll ad you to my link page! Name: Ron Galli Homepage: http://www.homeboatbuilding.com/ Hometown: Klamath Falls, Oregon, USA Sent: 04.20 - 2/1 Henny Good luck with your project, look forward to following your progress. Your website looks great. Ron Name: pierre scieux Hometown: wattrelos FRANCE Sent: 13.03 - 29/12 Henny,I'am building a 40 feet tri since feb 1999 on philippe CABON's plans(www.yacht-designer.com). Main hull,akas,dagger-board and rudder have been built (3400 hours....) I have been lucky to find a "big place" to build her (tournai-doornick BELGIUM 25kms far froom home)along the ESCAUT river.sorry for my bad english and "bienvenu au club ..." Name: Werner Victoor Homepage: http://www.brazapi.com/ Hometown: Gent - Belgium Sent: 09.11 - 28/12 I wish you all the best with your project. I am working at a shipyard in Gent, building 40 and 50 foot sailing catamarans (using sandwich/vinylester infusion technology in large female moulds). Name: Ed Nygard Hometown: Chehalis - WA USA Sent: 06.50 - 26/12 Merry Christmas Henny. Looking forward to following your project. My F9AX project is on hold while I develop a freestanding reefable wingsail rig. Hope your distractions are few and your patience is long. Happy building. Ed Name: Barry Sanders Hometown: Pinjarra , Western Australia Sent: 15.11 - 19/12 Wish you well with your project ,I admire your determination . I'm building a Tri at the other end of the scale . I'm Schooner rigging 450 sq ft of working sail onto a 20 footer . Check it out at www.multihullboatbuilder.com under the project name of HOPIE 20 . Cheers from " down under " Barry Sanders . Name: Arjan Bok Sent: 15.00 - 19/12 Hoi Henny, Waarom gaan we niet racen, niet op het water maar op het land Ik begin Jan 2002 met mijn 13m catamaran (Rotkat) in San Francisco en ik denkt dat wel vijf jaar gaat duren. wie het laatste klaar is verliest een pilsje. Arjan Name: Hans Hometown: Karise, DK Sent: 13.07 - 19/12 Hoi Henny en familie, Dat wordt genieten. Zelf oud monohull zeiler en geconverteerd naar het comfort van catamaran. Er bestaat maar een soort boot en die heeft twee rompen. Ik zal met plezier je bouw volgen. Mogelijk een keer in Hilversum. Succes. Leuke website overigens.. Groet Hans Name: Marnix Munneke Hometown: Amersfoort Sent: 09.46 - 11/12 Beste Henny, Jij kan niet alleen goede schepen bouwen, maar ook hele mooie websites! Het lijkt me schitterend om op zo'n mooi schip te varen! Veel succes verder met de bouw en tot de volgende keer! vriendelijke groet Marnix Munneke
Name: gerrit Sent: 09.16 - 3/12 Dit ziet er allemaal heel leuk uit. Groetjes Gerrit Name: Chris Jauer Hometown: Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada Sent: 14.07 - 8/11 Very good ! I sail a T-Gull 23 trimaran, hope to someday sail/build a larger multi. The Wadvogel looks quite interesting... why did you decide on the F-38 instead of this ?? cheers Chris :e Name: Robert J Cijntje Hometown: Sint Maarten, Ned.Antillen Sent: 02.09 - 7/11 Keurig !! Ga zo door nu ook nog wat meer multi hull info !! Rob ============ Thank you for visiting and come again soon ! ============ |