Trilars project Update

Projects

Plan Review / Book Review
More : Plans & Book Reviews

Building Log           Launch Day         Sailing log
Fordeck Construction Photos   

Habor Freight Trailer  Trilars storage

Trilars feature in Jimsboats.com,Sept 2009
Featured on smalltrimarans.com July 14, 2009
Duckworks Magazine July 2009 Splash
Featured on Jimsboats.com June 1, 2009
Article in Duckworks Larsboat, Sept 2006

Kenneth Purdy's Trilars
Jeff's modified Trilars
Errol Smith's Trilars/Trikye Duckworks
Trikye #2 - Australian Amateur Boatbuilder
Trilars at Texas 200Jeff B. Trilars in Duckworks

Prototype of Lunada Design's "Solo16" - Vaka Bulkhead plans Delivered

Solo 16 Plan details

April 3rd updates : Vaka Transom  
Solo 16 Building Log

NEW - Plan Review :
Toon2 by Jim Michalak  marine
Review of Toon2 Plans

Book Review:
Boatbuilding for Beginners and Beyond
by : Jim Michalak

Designer Projects

Adeventures in Home Built Boats

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This is the Solo 16 Trimaran from Chris Ostlind of Lunada Design, it's a new plan not yet built, I'm looking into building the prototype. See some more of Chris's desings on Duckworks site.

Slider is a 16 foot minimalist cruising catamaran with comfortable adjustable seating inside the hulls.  www.slidercat.com
Read about Ray's boat and adventures in the  May/June 2009  issue of Small Craft Advisor.

 
www.casacat.com

Terry Culley has designed, built and has plans for a folding catamaran for motor crusing

John Kolb built this stretched version of the Bolger Gypsy.  Also see the Spotlight Projects for John's Toto's.  John's Site

Tony Bigras desgined, built and took some extended cruisers in this very intersting 16' catamaran.
His site is here

Mike Sandell's built a Jim Michalak designed Fatcat, check out his blog here

Paul Boyer is building a Stevenson Projects Pocket Cruiser see his blog at  http://buildaboat.wordpress.com/

Charlie S. is building a Nancy's China, see his building log here

Dave and Mindy Bolducs page
Microcrusing.com
Very cool site about their boats that are Matt Layden's designs

www.furledsails.com

This is a very cool site with podcast interviews that relate to sailing.   They have some with notables from home boat building


www.duckworksmagazine.com

Online boaters, builder magazine, plans and boat building materials store with very good prices and quality.

This might be fun, (click on image)
130 mile group adventure in the Outer Banks, NC

Great magazine, Small Craft Advisor, Small Boats Big Adventures. Boat and plan reivews, cartop cruising, reader boat feature, places people adventure, boat projects and more. 
I've written an article about the Trilars that is to run in issue #64 next spring/summer

Project Boat

Link to Project Page

Link to Designer

Trilars Lauched 5/21/2009

  Larsboat / Trilars

This is my current building project a double paddle canoe with sail rig

Jim Michalak Design

Toto 13 Double Paddle Canoe

Jim Michalak Design

Skipjack -  Sailboat

Stevenson Projects

Lark 8 Kayak

Ken Brown's design
Plans form Clark Craft

  Chrysler Mutineer

Restoration of a Chrysler Mutineer

MFG 19

Restoration of an MFG 19

Com-Pac 16