On the subject of foils Aaron, just lately I had an owner of one of my 60ft displaning catamarans add large foils to it against my advice and he managed to slow the boat by 4 knots! I had tried to explain to him that my power catamaran designs slice through the water not climb over it like a planing hull and so trying to get lift from foils was not going to do any good but due to the publicity that foils are getting at present any advice against them is just seen as being negative. What was bemusing was that at the same time I was helping another client fit lifting foils to his 50ft planing monohull and because he is an engineer, had done his research and had built and tested a scale model he got exactly the 4 knots lift in speed at the same revs he predicted. Peter
I would think, putting a track system in the overhead of the boat, with a chair/sling that the person could transition from their wheelchair to this chair/sling that would be easily able to maneuver around the boat without having to roll around in the wheelchair.
just on troling for lost things, mate lost his fishing rod overboard on the upper hawkesbury, maybe 5 mtrs of water. spent 25 minutes casting a lure overboard, and by crikey, we got it back lol. little bit bigger than the action cam and we had the advantage of probably 20 mtres of fishing line we could snag hehe
luke there are around 70 Scimitars on the water now but with the latest builders having taken them more up market they are probably hitting a price level for a 33ft boat and so have become harder to sell particularly with plenty on the market second hand. They are a very capable boat with a strong following and the 52ft cat we are building at present is for an ex Scimitar owner. The other problem is that the imports have flooded the market making it very hard for local boatbuilders particularly as 2 of the largest boatbuilders of power cats are owned by companies that also own 2 of the largest bareboat charter operators in the world and so are basicaly building for their own market which is why the desiogn of power cats has gone in the high volume inshore type direction.
@@speakingofboats wow the man himself, thanks for the reply mate. The steps to the flybridge are the only concern for us on the Scimitars. We are only in our 40s but we both have dodgie ankles. I realise some have a helm downstairs as well so that is definitely an option. Yes the new price is a little out of our range at the moment but we did get to sit in one at Last years SCIBS. It’s great to see them back in production. The idea is absolutely brilliant, a credit to you Sir. 👍🏻. I can definitely see us getting one.
Better yet', could you build us about a 10m displaning hull boat with a basic yet functional layout. That would be great Peter. Delivery to Mackay. Cheers mate. 😃
Luke I am working on a very minimal 45 ft boat using our existing mould based on Norms thoughts on what old dudes like us want. I know it is longer than 10m but it is not the cost of the longer hull that is the big on,e it is the fitout and equipment level that really bumps up the price so not getting carried away with finish or gizmos is the secret. Regards Peter
what a great episode. i only just discovered your channel. my son uses a wheelchair and i always wondered what mods would be possible to accommodate a captain and crew in a wheelchair. fascinating. thank you
I will be keeping Norm in the loop on the boats features and will be filming progress all the way through the project and putting it online. Regards Peter
I'm in a wheelchair, one leg which is weak and one missing...lol. I lived on a 60ft ketch like that and everything was do-able except getting on and off. Especially when anchored getting in and out of a dinghy. I could do it, just, but if I fell into the water I'd never get out again so I had to be supper careful. There was only myself and my wife and in the end the risk was too great. On board though I could do everything with all the hand holds about. Just used a pair of crutches to get to the rear cabin. On the deck it was all bum shuffle. I'm thinking about designing a launch to use in a wheelchair and one of the most important additions will be a seat lift like they have at swimming pools to lift dissabled people in and out of the pool. I've used those and they make getting in and out of the water so easy.
Thank you for telling us of your experiences, I have designed a lift to get Brendan up and down inside the boat and a floor level around the engines he can get around in his wheelchair and am using a remote controlled HIAB type lifter from a light truck to get him onto a wharf or into the tender then the tender into the water. Regards Peter
I loved this video. What a project to get accomplished for those less able to be able to get out there & enjoy what almost is out of reach for them. It opens a whole world to 5hem that they never contemplated. It is long over due being addressed and needs to be developed. All I can say is Wow !! GO TO IT. Your guest is fascinating I could listen to him for hours on end & learn so much. Thankyou for bri ging it to us all.
Norm Has your designer mate seen the Impossible dream sailing cat for chairs.. and built by Adlantic marine just outside Plymouth 🇬🇧 they also build the Daz cats and specialize in boats for disabled sailors. There's also a really interesting electric power boat with a roll over deck to form tunnels and outrigger floats. Its built just outside the Southhampton IOW area. Its quite like a narrow deep version of the Volvo Bat boat racers but with 1930s styling features. It was tested round the IOW. If he goes electric motors and deisel generators he can cut out all the diesel engine room problems and just locate his gen sets anywhere...easy to get at . A battery pack allows propusion for several hours or big house loads ..and no cooking gas required.. safer. Throwing ideas in based on loacal knowledge and other proven designs. For the allergy problems be happy Basalt and Flax fibers are being used and organic epoxies made from sugar cane wastes.. 😉 😎🧙🏼♂️🇬🇧🌌
@@MotorSailingforOldDudes Tried putting a U tube link in to it but it wasn't allowing it so my reply got deleted ...The boat is called the Optimus they do a10 and 12 versions. It was the first E boat to circumnavigate the Isle of Wight...range is between 150-200NM.
What a fantastic episode. Lord Dude, I loved the Explanation of the word *DICK* as referred to by Kiwis, for the word *DECK.* I wish I had known about that word when we used to tour around New Zealand. It used to piss me off that they used to insist that I was a Kiwi, due to my Scots Accent being (I suppose) akin to the Kiwi accent, which I totally dispute. But I can tell you, when I build my next model boat, I will build it with a *DICK* rather than a *DECK.*
It is funny how other people hear what you say but my mother was from Scottish stock as are so many New Zealanders so it is not surprising. Regards Peter
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On the subject of foils Aaron, just lately I had an owner of one of my 60ft displaning catamarans add large foils to it against my advice and he managed to slow the boat by 4 knots! I had tried to explain to him that my power catamaran designs slice through the water not climb over it like a planing hull and so trying to get lift from foils was not going to do any good but due to the publicity that foils are getting at present any advice against them is just seen as being negative. What was bemusing was that at the same time I was helping another client fit lifting foils to his 50ft planing monohull and because he is an engineer, had done his research and had built and tested a scale model he got exactly the 4 knots lift in speed at the same revs he predicted. Peter
Very cool.
Thanks dude.
Thanks Norm, always good to see the the designer/builder behind the names!
Glad you liked it Dude. Interesting concept.
I would think, putting a track system in the overhead of the boat, with a chair/sling that the person could transition from their wheelchair to this chair/sling that would be easily able to maneuver around the boat without having to roll around in the wheelchair.
Could be a good system.
Peter Brady is an interesting guy, I had one of his boats for a few years cruising the Barrier Reef and it did perform very well
Yep..Interesting for sure.
I am pleased to hear you had one of my boats and it performed well.Regards Peter
Enjoyed that mate. Thank you
Thanks for watching dude.
Glad you enjoyed it.
just on troling for lost things, mate lost his fishing rod overboard on the upper hawkesbury, maybe 5 mtrs of water. spent 25 minutes casting a lure overboard, and by crikey, we got it back lol. little bit bigger than the action cam and we had the advantage of probably 20 mtres of fishing line we could snag hehe
My big problem was I had drifted off the spot.
Always loved the idea of Scimitars. Always wondered why more builders aren’t doing Similar. Great Interview 👍🏻⚓️
Thanks Dude.
luke
there are around 70 Scimitars on the water now but with the latest builders having taken them more up market they are probably hitting a price level for a 33ft boat and so have become harder to sell particularly with plenty on the market second hand. They are a very capable boat with a strong following and the 52ft cat we are building at present is for an ex Scimitar owner. The other problem is that the imports have flooded the market making it very hard for local boatbuilders particularly as 2 of the largest boatbuilders of power cats are owned by companies that also own 2 of the largest bareboat charter operators in the world and so are basicaly building for their own market which is why the desiogn of power cats has gone in the high volume inshore type direction.
@@speakingofboats wow the man himself, thanks for the reply mate. The steps to the flybridge are the only concern for us on the Scimitars. We are only in our 40s but we both have dodgie ankles. I realise some have a helm downstairs as well so that is definitely an option. Yes the new price is a little out of our range at the moment but we did get to sit in one at Last years SCIBS. It’s great to see them back in production. The idea is absolutely brilliant, a credit to you Sir. 👍🏻. I can definitely see us getting one.
Better yet', could you build us about a 10m displaning hull boat with a basic yet functional layout. That would be great Peter. Delivery to Mackay. Cheers mate. 😃
Luke I am working on a very minimal 45 ft boat using our existing mould based on Norms thoughts on what old dudes like us want. I know it is longer than 10m but it is not the cost of the longer hull that is the big on,e it is the fitout and equipment level that really bumps up the price so not getting carried away with finish or gizmos is the secret. Regards Peter
Enjoy your time with the family.
Thanks dude. I will.
what a great episode. i only just discovered your channel. my son uses a wheelchair and i always wondered what mods would be possible to accommodate a captain and crew in a wheelchair. fascinating. thank you
Thanks for watching dude.
Thanks for watching dude.
I will be keeping Norm in the loop on the boats features and will be filming progress all the way through the project and putting it online. Regards
Peter
Wow! What an awesome idea, Instead of the big wide trimaran hulls, it should also lower fuel economy.
I think that's the plan. Will have to keep an eye on the build.
This is just the first Robert so hopefully we can start a whole new boating family tree. Regards Peter
I saw your ladder tied on and thought, gee that’s smart. You obviously can’t plan for all contingencies.
That's true dude.
I'm in a wheelchair, one leg which is weak and one missing...lol. I lived on a 60ft ketch like that and everything was do-able except getting on and off. Especially when anchored getting in and out of a dinghy. I could do it, just, but if I fell into the water I'd never get out again so I had to be supper careful. There was only myself and my wife and in the end the risk was too great. On board though I could do everything with all the hand holds about. Just used a pair of crutches to get to the rear cabin. On the deck it was all bum shuffle.
I'm thinking about designing a launch to use in a wheelchair and one of the most important additions will be a seat lift like they have at swimming pools to lift dissabled people in and out of the pool. I've used those and they make getting in and out of the water so easy.
Thanks for the comments dude.
Thank you for telling us of your experiences, I have designed a lift to get Brendan up and down inside the boat and a floor level around the engines he can get around in his wheelchair and am using a remote controlled HIAB type lifter from a light truck to get him onto a wharf or into the tender then the tender into the water.
Regards Peter
I loved this video. What a project to get accomplished for those less able to be able to get out there & enjoy what almost is out of reach for them. It opens a whole world to 5hem that they never contemplated. It is long over due being addressed and needs to be developed. All I can say is Wow !! GO TO IT. Your guest is fascinating I could listen to him for hours on end & learn so much. Thankyou for bri ging it to us all.
@edwardmacintosh9476 Thanks for the comments dude.
Great video
Thanks for watching dude.
Great Norm
Thanks dude.
Why stop there, you should add some foils that raise and lower for virtually zero drag with full solar electric motors.
Hmmm. Not sure if the electric drive stacks up for a power boat...yet dude.
Gday Norm do you remember that old yacht on the Broadwater that had outriggers? Cool ep Dude
Thanks dude.
You have jogged my memory and I think I remember a boat down there with outriggers on truss frames if we are thinking of the same boat. Regards
Peter
Norm Has your designer mate seen the Impossible dream sailing cat for chairs..
and built by Adlantic marine just outside Plymouth 🇬🇧 they also build the Daz cats and specialize in boats for disabled sailors. There's also a really interesting electric power boat with a roll over deck to form tunnels and outrigger floats. Its built just outside the Southhampton IOW area. Its quite like a narrow deep version of the Volvo Bat boat racers but with 1930s styling features. It was tested round the IOW.
If he goes electric motors and deisel generators he can cut out all the diesel engine room problems and just locate his gen sets anywhere...easy to get at . A battery pack allows propusion for several hours or big house loads ..and no cooking gas required.. safer.
Throwing ideas in based on loacal knowledge and other proven designs.
For the allergy problems be happy Basalt and Flax fibers are being used and organic epoxies made from sugar cane wastes.. 😉 😎🧙🏼♂️🇬🇧🌌
I'll pass it on to Peter.
Thanks for the comments dude.
@@MotorSailingforOldDudes
The vessel is called the Optimus .. it's on U tube
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@@MotorSailingforOldDudes
Tried putting a U tube link in to it but it wasn't allowing it so my reply got deleted ...The boat is called the Optimus they do a10 and 12 versions. It was the first E boat to circumnavigate the Isle of Wight...range is between 150-200NM.
I will find the boat you have mentioned and read up so thank you for contact. Regards Peter
@@speakingofboats
Atlantic Marines yard also built the DeepBlue Rapier r550 catamaran unique for its time and still way ahead of most cats even now.
Norm i like your show but can you tell me what licence you need for a boat about 40 feet just to live on like you
You only need a recreational boat licence dude.
I use a wheelchair and have a boat at Keppel Bay.
Great spot. Heading that way soon.
I would love to hear more of your experiences please as want all help to get things right. Regards Peter
What a fantastic episode. Lord Dude, I loved the Explanation of the word *DICK* as referred to by Kiwis, for the word *DECK.* I wish I had known about that word when we used to tour around New Zealand. It used to piss me off that they used to insist that I was a Kiwi, due to my Scots Accent being (I suppose) akin to the Kiwi accent, which I totally dispute. But I can tell you, when I build my next model boat, I will build it with a *DICK* rather than a *DECK.*
Good thinking Angus.
It is funny how other people hear what you say but my mother was from Scottish stock as are so many New Zealanders so it is not surprising. Regards Peter
You have rods onboard. Do you troll between destinations? 👍🇦🇺🦘
p.s. are you successful if you do?
I do sometimes. Have to be super careful of Green Zones.
Get the odd mackerel.