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Last updated 10th Sept 2005
Building articles.
"High school project with a difference.
The story of building 2 Shuttle 31 catamarans." 2002"Malihini." by Doug Gibson.
The story of building a 35 ft "Two Hoots" type catamaran in Hawaii and sailing her to the USA and back. (PDF file 760Kb). You need Acrobat Reader to read this article. The article was originally published in Multihulls magazineCruising articles.
The story of sailing "Zazen from England to Australia by Alix Pearce. Multihulls Magazine's youngest jouranalist.Zazen on sea trials in the Solent prior to the voyage.Shuttle 40 Zazen.
This is the story of the voyage as seen through the eyes of 12 year old Alix Pearce who sailed to Australia in 2003/4 with her father, mother and twin brother Lorin, plus the odd crew member. This is a unique opportunity to hear it from the children's point of view. the story is in 7 PDF files each about 1 to 1.2 MB.
Part 1. Part 2. Part 3. Part 4. Part 5. Part 6. Part 7.Sailing a Shuttle 31 through the Abacos islands in the Bahamas.
Gladys Cook Schneider sailed with her husband Dale and children Johnny and Daisy, plus nanny and seasoned Bahamas sailor Capt. Jimmy. This is the story of a family adventure aboard the "Eagle"Technical articles on design.
"Design develoments in high performance cruising catamarans. From the Spectrum 42 to the Dogstar 50." 2002
The same article translated into German can be found at....Nachfolger der TEKTRON 50 .. DOGSTAR 50
... oder wie man dem schnellsten 50 Fuß-Kreuzer der Welt Beine. John Shuttleworth (bersetzung von Klaus Ehm fur MEHRRUMPFBOOTE, Multihull Deutschland)The design of a 52ft. Aerorig cruising catamaran
Multihull Design Considerations for Seaworthiness
This article is the text of a talk given by John Shuttleworth at the US Coastguard symposium on seaworthiness.An Italian translation of the above article can be found at http://www.cantierino.it/Aarticoli/C-MHSeaVorthness/aaMHSeaVorth.html
Micro multihulls and the IMMCA Rating rule
CAD CAM in Yacht Design
35 Foot Catamaran for Home building "Two Hoots" design
30 Foot Racing Tri "N'aia"
70 Foot Cruising Cat
Recent Developments in Racing and Cruiser Racing Designs
Reflections on the Design of Brittany Ferries G.B.
Designers Comments on Shockwave
Archival Material
The following articles have been scanned page by page.Multihulls on Ratings
Part 1 (108k)
Part 2 (143k)
Part 3 (156k)
Part 2 (164k)
Part 3 (208k)
An Italian translation of the above article can be found at
http://www.cantierino.it/Aarticoli/C-MHPerfomance/aMHPerform.html
Part 2 (144k)
Part 3 (116k)
Part 4 (104k)
Part 2 (147k)
Lynx Study Plan (129k)
