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Homepage December 2011
Last update on 13 - Jan - 2012
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BUILDING AND SAILING A 14 METER CATAMARAN
IN 137 PICTURES
(and 7,000+ hours work...)
Two parallel junk sails
2011 SUMMER CRUISE
APATIKI at Bonifacio - Corsica
On the hard at Messolonghi - October 2011
Testing new battens (without hinges)
Curved sail for better windward ability
End of the day at Messolonghi - Greece
On the water again in April 2011
(photo by Rémy)
Cynthia
Jean-Paul
The cockpit bubble.
(photo by Kobra Luna)
The cockpit bubble at anchor
Waiting for Lefkas bridge to open
Stromboli (active Volcano)
Ventotene
From France to Greece
Setting the port sail
(photo Kobra Luna)
Plenty of space on deck for maneuvering
(photo Kobra Luna)
2010 / 2011 WINTER WORKS
Our cabin
Reinforced masts
Reinforced masts in place
New mast heads
Junk sail with hinged battens
The boarding ramp
Jean-Paul in the doghouse
The galley in the doghouse
New power panel in the doghouse
New house battery bank
House battery bank circuit diagram
2009 - FIRST SUMMER CRUISE
Corsica
Cynthia at Porquerolles
Jean-Paul tuning the sails
Arnaud, the freindly mechanic who tuned the generator.
Amandine
Paul-Emmanuel on the boarding ramp
bla bla bla...
Alice and Jean-Paul
Escape hatches
Ready for the 2009 summer cruise
2008 and 2009
EQUIPMENT and LAUNCH
Testing the sails
Adjusting the lines
Reefing test
Organizing the junk rig lines in the cockpit
Testing the motors with force 6 to 8
(photo by Rémy)
Building the cockpit arches
"Private" pontoon near the sea container
APATIKI is floating
First step on APATIKI
First time on the water
Testing the piano position on board
First version of the office in the port hull
Electric motor (Mastervolt)
Positioning the electric motor
Connecting the batteries
Electric motor battery bank
Painting
Building the doghouse
Experimenting the beam lashing technique
Masts up for the first time
(photo Sylviane)
Working in the sea container
Steering position
Sikaflex on the rope hinges
Placing hatches
Horse riding
Understanding the generator
Workshop in a sea container
The building team
Our temporary home during 9 months at Port-Napoléon
Home sold
Re-assembling APATIKI
Hulls aligned
Jean-Paul slipped from the ladder
Moving the hulls to France
(near Marseille)
From Brussels to Port-Saint-Louis-du-Rhône
Moving the hulls out of the garden
2007 - CENTER DECK
Near Brussels, in our backyard,
with the children.
Hulls and deck completed
Slatted deck
Slatted deck between beam 1 and beam 3
Gluing the tillers
Lockers
Progress report
Sanding the lockers
Very poor weather conditions during the whole summer
Dust
On the fore beam
Beams in place
Beam landed
Landing a beam
Lifting a beam alone
Alice
Beam movers
Beam ready for coating
Flat floor
Plywood delivery
Working "at home"
Ready for the 2007 season
2006 - PORT HULL
With APIDES and summer students.
Painting
Epoxy fillets
Sanding again
Fairing
Short break
Glassing
Final sanding before glass cloth
Hull ready for glassing
Gluing foam
Epoxy delivery
Sandwich deck
Gunwale
Beam trough
Level or not level ?
Aligning the hulls
Upper panels
Upper bulkheads and upper stringers
Turning the hull
Sanding
Glassing
Placing the stringers
Bulkheads
Gluing the keel
Softwood delivery
Shed ready for the 2006 building season (port hull)
Building plans and guide
2004 and 2005 - STARBOARD HULL
With the children and nepfews
October 2005 - Starboard hull completed
Final coat
Sanding
Fairing mix prepared by Alice
Paul-Emmanuel saturating glass cloth
Beam trough partially glued
Inside the hull
2004 / 2005 winter under tarpaulin
Charles removing excess epoxy
Lower hull just turned
First experiences with glass cloth
Big fish
After two weeks, Cynthia on the keel
Drawing lines on the keel
First wood delivery.
Difficult to imagine a catamaran !
April 2004 - Building the temporary shed in the garden.