Italian sailor and small trimaran afficionado, Aurelio P., continues building his new Uffa 10 trimaran design. He sent me some updated photos (shown below).
These impages display a closer look at the curved metal crossbeams and construction of the amas, rudder and daggerboard. (Note the stitch & glue construction approach).
If this little trimaran sails as good as it looks then it’s going to be a real treat for “messing about,” as they say :-)
Ama Under Construction for the Uffa 10 Trimaran
Uffa 10 Trimaran Curved Crossbeam
Uffa 10 Trimaran Rudder
Uffa 10 Trimaran Daggerboard
Ian M. recently shared the following info with me (great website) …
“I thought you might be interested in these guys – http://repurposedmaterialsinc.com/
They deal in salvage and scrap materials from all kinds of industries with the intention of getting them re-used and re-purposed where applicable, with minimal re-manufacturing involved, and are particularly interested in seeking out people with specific needs and applications. This seems right in line with the whole cheap DIY small tri movement. Perhaps, with enough interest shown,
we could get them looking for stuff like aluminum tubing for vakas and spars (maybe some nice curved stuff at pennies on the dollar),
stuff suitable for cheap sail material, flotation, sheet goods … the billboard vinyls seem perfectly suited to things like trampolines and possibly even in skin-on-frame construction.”