From Brian Pearson who is finishing his RAID41 in the UK, he has a rival in the USA!!! Very exciting news!! Right is the second prototype RAID41 “Platypus” which has just joined the Texas200 fleet. and what a story. Receiving the plans only 80 days before the start of the event, Bryan set out a [...]
Full Story »Second prototype RAID41 joins Texas 200 mile race.
Brian receives RAID41 Prototype – Pretty Boat!
Gifted Amateur Boatbuilder Chris Perkins has laboured during some of the most difficult boatbuilding weather to produce the prototype of the new RAID41 (this is the building photoset. It is designed as a one person boat for distance cruising. Once I finish the detail plans, of course. Anyway Brian Pearson, the owner of the boat [...]
Full Story »Table of Contents for Michael Storer Wooden Boats Forum.
It is a bit hard finding information on my forum as the list is not very ordered, so I have attempted to fix this.There is a general building section then each boat is in alphabetical order.To see all the images you may need to become a member, however, they are a good bunch and will [...]
Full Story »Singlehanded Expedition and racing dinghy – RAID41
RAID41 Expedition Sailing Dinghy After the success of the three little 8ft PDRacers in the 200 mile long TEXAS200 This led to a discussion on the Oz Woodwork Forum about a singlehanded boat for long distance events, but be a fair bit faster. It attempts to leverage the simple construction into a longer and faster [...]
Full Story »
Recent Comments