Australian Multihull World

Ayana – 14m Planing Hull Powercat

Details: Roger Hill

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This project began with a call from the client enquiring about a 14m semi displacement alloy/composite (composite fly bridge) RHYD power cat that was for sale. He needed to confirm the overall dimensions as it was critical for fitting into their berth, the beam was about 50mm too wide, Murphy’s Law. They were very disappointed as the boat ticked most of the boxes for what they were looking for to take long range cruising holidays out of Perth, WA.

Heavy Weather – How a Catamaran Survives

Details: Alex Stone

Alex Stone provides pointers to storm seamanship in a catamaran after a difficult Tasman crossing.

The Tasman can throw it at you. And it did. On an eastbound crossing from Bundaberg to New Zealand we survived two gales and one intense storm. We sailed nearly 400nm without rudders. We sat at sea anchor for a total of eight nights. A weather window that should have been open – no less than six prediction systems assured us of it, two weeks of westerlies, none more than 25kts – well, that weather window had slammed shut. Decisively.

Tasman: (synonym) unpredictable, challenging, arduous.

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