production Strider 24
plywood Romany 34
lightweight 14ft Zeta mainhull
Strike 15 trimaran at speed
28ft Skoota in British Columbia
10ft 2 sheet ply Duo dinghy
24ft Strider sailing fast
36ft Mirage open deck catamaran
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News from builders 2024
The last few posts have all been "me, me, me", so now it's time to post some recent photos and comments of my home built catamaran designs sailing all over the world.
First up is this lovely pale blue Eagle 24 built by Hamish in New Zealand. You can see more of his boat in his posts here https://www.facebook.com/.../1678954.../user/100001769718473
Next is a really nice Mirage, now sailing in Estonia, although it was built in Panama about 15 years ago and then sailed singlehanded across the Atlantic to the UK. After buying it Julia did a major restoration and it now looks like new.
Then an even older boat, this time a heavily modified Janus. Normally an open-deck boat, the original owners added a bridgedeck cabin and it was launched in the early 1990's. After various owners Brad has given it a new lease of life and is cruising the east coast Australia, often for weeks at a time. https://www.facebook.com/bradlestix/
Not a home build, but a Strider Club that was built by Palamos Boatbuild in the UK in 1989. Still with the original owners it's still sailing in Tanzania, east Africa. Seen here anchored at Nyule sandbank off Tanga Bay.
Although the Strider Club has ceased production you can still build your own, it's called Shadow
And finally, and again built nearly 20 years ago, this very nice Wizard. A bit closer to home, I photoed it on one of our Chat trips as it's moored in St Germans, near the head of the Lynher river.
There are two places to visit for those who want to contact owners directly. The first is my forum, which you can access here:
and the second is the Richard Woods Catamarans FB page, run, not by me, but by owners. See here: