[quote=Edchris177][quote]My god that is a monster!! What kind of mainsheet blocks would you use on that!? I would never ever want to capsize it![/quote]
The previous owner did capsize it. I talked to him when we picked the boat in photo up, he said they used a "large power boat" to right it.
Here is another photo that better shows the mast length.
[img]http://www.thebeachcats.com/gallery2/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=86862&g2_serialNumber=4[/img]
For sheet control it is equipped with multiple winches of the sort you would find on a 40' Lead Sled. The front beam weighs over 100lb, looks like a steel pipe with 3/8" walls. The DS V brace is a 3/4" cable.
[img]http://www.thebeachcats.com/gallery2/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=82941&g2_serialNumber=4[/img]
[quote]pretty sure that boat sold last year?
and is now in california with tom rolland[/quote]
Erice, are you referring to the one in the ad, or the one my buddy owns?
I took those photos last fall when he moved it to his hangar in S. Ont. It is boat #3, of 10 I believe, built 1976.
Almost 2 years ago I was out in Carpenteria, Ca (Murrays) & made a stop in Malibu to pick up some parts from a gent who built parts for Nacra way back when. He had a double carport of Cat stuff, along with a Carbon 20 & carbon mast he had built. I asked if he ever met Tom Rolland, he pulled an old photo off the wall, "this is Tom & I, on a large boat he built to try & set a speed record".
I asked him if Mr Rolland was still active in the aerospace or boat industry. He replied Tom "was not doing well, not well at all".
I didn't pursue the question.
Damon, how did the title of the thread get changed?<!-- editby --><em>Edited by Edchris177 on May 10, 2012 - 07:39 AM.</em><!-- end editby --> [/quote]
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