The Quest for More Freeboard

I'm back working on fixing up my jungle catamaran 'Estrella del Lago' which needed a lot of repair and painting.

The idea arose to gain more freeboard by converting it from a catamaran to a trimaran.  What is freeboard, you may ask? It's the amount a boat sticks up above the water. Freebird is another subject entirely.

Estrella del Lago being an experimental vessel, did not have quite enough, hence the idea to increase freeboard by adding one more hull in the middle of the boat to increase flotation and carrying capacity.

By good fortune some friends donated a boat in reasonable condition, just needing a few repairs.  Only trouble was that it was about one meter too long.  Fortunately I have a chainsaw - now it measures 9 meters long instead of 10 meters.

I'm presently making a new transom for this boat - the back end in other words.

Here are some photos of moving the boat with chain hoists and cutting it with the chainsaw.

Thanks to our volunteer John Griffiths from Cirencester, UK who took the photos and is doing a great job helping me paint the boat.