I will be surprised if his boat floats. If it does, there is so much weight and stuff under water it probably will not move forward with the available amount of sail. However, I loved reading his very highly imaginary story.
Further thought on this: Many years ago there was a movie about a shipwreck on a tropical island. Should have been, but wasn't titled "Paradise Island" but I can't remember name. A brief synopsis:
The boat is a good sized steam yacht (19th century) owned by an English aristocrat. The boat has perhaps ten or a dozen people of both genders, one of them being the butler. After they find themselves castaways, they discover that no one has the survival skills they will need--except for the butler. So the butler and his employer swap places, and the butler becomes the leader.
They proceed to built all sorts of ingenious structures over a period of time, creating a luxurious life style for themselves using the island's resources. They also start building a boat--but the attempt at boatbuilding is desultory* and never completed--because nobody really wants to escape this island paradise.
Eventually a passing ship comes to their rescue. The imperious countess (who was not part of the yacht's contingent) quizzes the butler and his aristocratic master as to whether decorum was followed (i.e. no dangerous experimenting with a democratic social structure). They reassure her that indeed they did maintain proper social hierarchy (but don't tell her that they swapped roles). And everything returns to normal.
A very entertaining movie. Wish I could find it again.
*I love the word desultory, because it means "half-assed."
I am astonished that everybody (so far) seems to think they can turn a piece of plate steel into an axe with that crappy little file on a Leatherman. Before I got actual power grinders, I used to file steel for various projects. It's slow and difficult. VERY slow. Give it a try and prove me wrong.
As far as I know, no South Sea Islander every put a keel on a catamaran. Lee boards or dagger boards, maybe. Dagger boards can be shifted fore and aft to balance the hull. Anyhow, your design would create major drag through the water.
I will be surprised if his boat floats. If it does, there is so much weight and stuff under water it probably will not move forward with the available amount of sail. However, I loved reading his very highly imaginary story.
Further thought on this: Many years ago there was a movie about a shipwreck on a tropical island. Should have been, but wasn't titled "Paradise Island" but I can't remember name. A brief synopsis:
The boat is a good sized steam yacht (19th century) owned by an English aristocrat. The boat has perhaps ten or a dozen people of both genders, one of them being the butler. After they find themselves castaways, they discover that no one has the survival skills they will need--except for the butler. So the butler and his employer swap places, and the butler becomes the leader.
They proceed to built all sorts of ingenious structures over a period of time, creating a luxurious life style for themselves using the island's resources. They also start building a boat--but the attempt at boatbuilding is desultory* and never completed--because nobody really wants to escape this island paradise.
Eventually a passing ship comes to their rescue. The imperious countess (who was not part of the yacht's contingent) quizzes the butler and his aristocratic master as to whether decorum was followed (i.e. no dangerous experimenting with a democratic social structure). They reassure her that indeed they did maintain proper social hierarchy (but don't tell her that they swapped roles). And everything returns to normal.
A very entertaining movie. Wish I could find it again.
*I love the word desultory, because it means "half-assed."
Fantastic! Thanks for sharing. (It sounded a bit like Gilligan's Island at first...;-)
I am astonished that everybody (so far) seems to think they can turn a piece of plate steel into an axe with that crappy little file on a Leatherman. Before I got actual power grinders, I used to file steel for various projects. It's slow and difficult. VERY slow. Give it a try and prove me wrong.
As far as I know, no South Sea Islander every put a keel on a catamaran. Lee boards or dagger boards, maybe. Dagger boards can be shifted fore and aft to balance the hull. Anyhow, your design would create major drag through the water.
Sorry I can't be more positive.
“Someone” has far too much free time.
Double post. Sorry. Don't know how that happened.