[PCW] Jean Pierre Dufour introduction/Building a Malcolm Tennant custom design

[Mark]

Jean Pierre,

I like your concept of a long small boat.  I wonder if you could comment on some of the things you and Malcolm have done in regards to systems design to keep the boat light, simple, and maintainable yet affording some level of comfort and livability for long range cruising. (I do realize all of those terms are relative).

Thanks

Mark
Marina del Rey, CA

jean-pierre dufour <jpjdufour@yahoo.com> wrote: Thank- you George for your wellcome message.
   
  I'll try to answer your 2 questions, the short version.
   
  Why this design?
  I liked the idea of a trawler cat and I had seen Icebear and NewYorker in Passage Maker Magazine.
  Then I was a a trawler fest in Long beach in 1999, I was talking to a man about my concept of the perfect boat, of course a catamaran, Something like the New Yorker, and soon, I realized the man was Malcom Tennant. After talking the rest of the day, I knew he could design my boat.
  What I liked about Malcom is his theory: "Long and narrow and light"
  We knew we wanted a boat for 2, long range, a boat to live at anchor, low price.
  I told Malcom: "even longer and narrower" and "keep thing to the minimum"
  And he designed Domino.
  ( at 66 feet, DOMINO is a small boat. Only 1 state room, 1 BR, 1 galley and 1 pilot room)
   
  Why Paraguay?
  I met Norman Hellmers, the CEO of DreamPerformance by chance while he was talking to Malcom Tennant a the Fort Lauderdale boat show in 2004. I liked the man. His company was mainly building airplane, but he wanted to start in the boat building business, and promised me he could built Domino cheaper and better than anybody else.
  After getting different bids, he was 3 times cheaper than the other ones, actually the only one I could afford.
  So far the quality of the workmanship for the lamination has been superb.I am anxious to see the installation of the hardware and the final product.
   
  Jean Pierre.
   
   
   
   
   
   
  
Georgs Kolesnikovs  wrote:
  My name is Jean Pierre Dufour. My wife is Marie.

Malcom Tennant designed for us a catamaran: DOMINO.
http://www.tennantdesign.co.nz/boatdesigns/149/Domino%2020.htm

DOMINO is currently under construction in Asuncion Paraguay
http://www.dreamperformance.com/DOMINO20.html

We hope for the boat to be delivered in a year.
We are moving to Paraguay on Oct 5 to supervise construction. During 
that time we plan to also travel through S America.Then South Pacific 
with DOMINIO.

We just opened our web site: http://www.dominocat.org

I saw Wild Wind in your net, I would love to get in touch with them.

I am glad to be back in touch.

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Welcome aboard the List, Jean Pierre!

That's a good-looking boat. I like how the profile looks low, 
especially for a 65-footer.

What made you decide on this particular design by Malcolm Tennant? 
Where there any other designers on your short list?

How did you come to pick the builder in Paraguay?

--Georgs
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Georgs Kolesnikovs
Power Catamaran World
http://www.powercatamaranworld.com
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