Hello Chuck

This is an update to my KD 860 cruiser catamaran design. I do so because a lot of your readers are interested in my designs as I can see on my counter statistic.

The first boat is (almost) ready and was built in Turkey. They have made some changes to the design, but basically it shows what can be done to “customize” a standard plan.

By the way, it looks as if the boat was built by professionals, but they are not. It was the first boat they ever built. The boat was built in three months. Two persons worked regular on the project, which boils down to 1080 hours. I calculated that the boat can be built in 1200 hours. Not bad I think. The project was sponsored by the company shown on the banners.

Here some pictures of the boat.

I think this boat is an other good example what can be done with plywood, glass fibre and Epoxy.

Best regards

Bernd

Working on a bulkhead

Forward inside view, all inside work is done before the deck is added

One of the hulls, partly planked

Boat primed, ready for painting

Salon

Head

Forward double berth

Cockpit view from deck

The underwater section of one KD 860 hull showing the anti-vortex panel.

KD 860 Istanbul version

KD 860, observe the low profile of the boat

In port