It has 3 nylon/steel collars at deck level middle and lower deck all cracked and broken. The new owners must be devastated . Only 2 of a kind in Australia.
Interesting to see this. Who built and designed the boats and rigs?
There are plenty of fans of unconventional rigs who are fond of ranting on the net about how terrible the modern stayed sloop rig is, and how the alternatives are all superior. It's rather disturbing how often they get their facts wrong, even very simple ones. For example they will say that conventional rigs are popular only because they are favoured by rating rules (they aren't - they rate higher than other rigs) or that they are used for racing only when required by rules (they aren't - the rules for skiffs, racing multis, Moths etc don't require conventional rigs but they use them) and how often they fall down. The funny thing is that I have never seen any statistical analysis of how often "unconventional" rigs falls down compared to normal ones.
Considering the previous replies of genuine interest in the "unconventional" rig, i'm not sure where your "Rant" came from Chris.
Yes Yara, maybe the three supports could be the problem, I would have thought 2 beefier supports would be better. Ditching the rotating aspect of it would no doubt simplify things too.
Looking at the pics, the squareness of the boom and a few details of the boat, it looks amateur designed and built to me.
Plenty of big boats that have done it right, Maltese Falcon for example!!
I have been informed the insurance accessor arrived today and it might be in the proccesed of getting repaired. The owners are from W.A and possibly not on this forum at the present. however I will be cautious on what second hand gossip I am getting and sharing online.i like unusual boat porn photography. Seen a pic of a 18foot skiff getting used as a boom on a Cat last week!
"Note" They still have led party lights going and there anchor light is on at the top of the 25 meter mast so hopefuly still on the bright side!
One interesting thing about the Krazy Kyote saga was that the owner retired the boat from racing when it was given a 7 second rating penalty for not havin the windage of stays. That's about 1.5%. If unstayed rigs were as effective as some of their fans say, a penalty that small should not have stopped a big-dollar high-tech effort in its tracks.
I love the concept but if I was building a cruising cat i'd look long and hard at a b-plane rig like the Radical Bay 8000.
Less loads plus the cross beam doesn't see the same loads as with a centre mast. And the other big advantage is no centre mast to design around!!
Don't know why pics are posting sideways but here's a few more snaps I took today.
the mast will be coming out if the crane driver can work out how r
to sling it. They have been advised the cat should be removed from the water while removing and refitting the mast.
Helped my mate drop the mast on his alloy Cole 42 this morning. Fairly easy job except for one bolt on the keel step gave some grief. Mast weighs somewhere between 300 and 400 kilos.
Will be craning this boat up onto the wharf tomorow morning and then removing the mast for repair to the bearings. I asked how she sailed but was informed the wind was on the nose from qld to south oz I replied with yes welcome to sailing/delivers!
I got it to the wharf without a hitch. A full crew worked 8 hours to get her craned over the the block of land. Tomorrow the boom will come off and the mast lifted up and out to the repairs can get underway.
Hi Southace
In the photo's it looks like they have removed the rudders
Is that correct or is it just a optical illusion ?
Regards Don
Yes donk we removed the rudders before we sat her down on blocks as the kick up pods have issues as well. One pod was full of water. Apparently they had no steerage of victorora and ended up in lakes entrance getting the rudders re-fastened down which failed again once they got underway. but now all will be replaced and over engineered before she heads west after winter. It's a very well built Cat ....well most of it!
I apologise for the poor photography was in a rush and then the phone went flat. For those interested the mast was removed this week and new bearings and engineering is underway. This is a rotating mast not a wing mast and from my understanding the only reason it rotates is to move the boom angles! As you can see only about 1 meter intrudeds into the hull and the 27 meter 900kg mast free stands.