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August 19, 2021

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Jason Biggie trying out his new sail.

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AdindaSeptember 14, 2021 at 7:40 PM
Very Good! Thanks
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What I've been doing lately

What do you do with a bargain basement priced 35 year old Tornado sailing catamaran when its sailing days are past? I had a couple of choices. I could restore and reinforce the hulls, buy new sails and rigging, and sail it like the designer intended, but somehow I could not see myself righting that 27' rig after a capsize. I could have used the two hulls as amas and built a longer center hull to make a small cruising trimaran. This has been successfully done by others. Or I could make it into an outboard powered fishing and day cruising boat. The last choice seemed the easiest because not only do I already have a yard full of sailing canoes but I had a 9.9 hp Honda outboard and was interested to see how fast I could drive these hulls. I tried to keep everything as light as possible while still spending the minimum amount of money. There are four hollow plywood girders bridging between the two original aluminum crossbeams. The deck is 9mm (3/8") Meranti ply. The s

Mix and Match Ulua

Gary Gunder has completed a 24' (8.1M) stretched Ulua double outrigger matched with Va'a Motu amas and rudder, and a Wa'apa rig.

Gord Caruk

Gord Caruk from Toronto, Canada has built this skin on frame Ulua which weighs in at 33 lbs (15kg). He normally operates with an electric trolling motor giving him 3 mph for six hours. He also built this strip planked model of the Ulua at a 1/8 scale.

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