[PCW] Sea Sled

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Don't know if Malcolm will agree but the transom of a sea sled did not 
indicate 2 hulls was a single flat planing surface so would be a 
inverted V not a cat.  Like the tri hull runabouts of the 70-80s were 
mono hulls not trimarans.

MHO

Georgs Kolesnikovs wrote:

>So, Malcolm, are you confirming the Sea Sled was a bona fide catamaran hull?
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>Not a trick question. Just would like to know.
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>--Georgs
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>>In the 1960's I was a licenced builder of Tornados. I used to buy my fittings
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>>from a family by the name of Wiseman who lived in Kohimarama in  Auckland. The
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>>wisemans were well known in flying 18 circles but what was interesting was
>>that in the garage along side their house was a beautifully built  double
>>diagonal timber construction Hickman Sea Sled!
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>>I think that anybody who has had anything to do with the design and building
>>of sporting sailing cats has, at some time, put a big outboard on the back and
>>gone for it. . Back in the 60s we did it with Tornados and in the 70's we did
>>it with Great Barrier Expresses and now Reynolds are doing it with the
>>Reynolds 33. However making it commercially viable is a totally different
>>thing.
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>>Regards,
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>>Malcolm Tennant.
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