The Gougeon Brothers began experimenting with boat building while they were kids growing up near the Saginaw Bay. As young adults, they developed a novel boat construction technique based on laminating wood veneers with their proprietary epoxy formulation. Their strong, fast sailboat started winning regattas, leading other competitive sailors to commission them to build a number of high-profile racing sailboats, both monohulls and multihulls.
Let’s take a look at some of the boats the Gougeon Brothers have built over the years.
Sailing Barge
It is no exaggeration to say that the Gougeon brothers engaged in building experimental sailboats their entire lives. In the summer of 1947, Meade adjusts the (literal) sheet while younger brothers Jan and Joel look on.
DN Iceboats
Living in Michigan, “hard-water sailing” is one way to extend the season. The narrow fuselage, rigging, reduced friction, and sailing angles of DN iceboats (designed by Arrol, Lodge, and Jarret for the Detroit News) would heavily influence all of Meade and Jan Gougeon’s boat designs.
The Gougeons’ first commercial enterprise was building DN iceboats.
DN 1195 Photo credit: Henry Bosset
Meade was living in Erie, PA when he built his first trimaran. He called it E1 for “Experiment number one.” He considered this 1963 multihull “a disaster” and didn’t have a lot to say about it, other than it had “too many moving parts.”
Meade’s constructed his second experimental trimaran, Pencil , under an apartment carport in 1964. Built much too light, Pencil broke under her own weight shortly after her launched.
Wee Three II
This was Jan’s second version of his Wee Three design (not pictured). The lee ama broke clean off of the original . In 1965, Jan built Wee Three II to be sturdier, and to meet IYRU Class-C rules. Note that she is rigged with a wingmast, much like a DN iceboat.
Omega , a 25′ trimaran built in 1965, was the first boat the brothers designed with articulating amas. This experimental trimaran performed very well at Yachting magazine’s One-of-a-Kind Regatta in 1965. This success on the racecourse brought notoriety to the Gougeon name in multihull circles.
Meade Gougeon designed and built Victor T, which he launched in 1969. At just 320 lbs, she earned the distinction of being the lightest Class C competitor in the 1969 Nationals in Hamilton, Ontario. There, Victor T took home the win against a strong field of wingmast-powered catamarans.
Back in the day, budgets were tight so Meade repurposed the sails he’d used on Omega (above).
Launched in 1970 and pictured here in 2018, Meade Gougeon’s 35′ trimaran Adagio was the first large, all epoxy bonded and sealed wooden boat built without the use of fasteners. Meade and Jan Gougeon constructed her in just six months. She’s been sailing on the Great Lakes ever since and continues to be a serious contender in the Mackinac races.
Adagio is proof that epoxy-bonded monocoque structures can last for generations.
Golden Dazy
Another notable cold-molded boat: the Ron Holland-designed Golden Dazy . Launched in 1973, she won the 1975 Canada’s Cup . The success of these wood/epoxy composite boats led to a “mini-revolution” amongst builders and designers. They realized that they could build stiffer and stronger hulls with wood and epoxy than they could with fiberglass, and do so without increasing the weight. Many custom builders continue to choose wood and epoxy as their construction materials today.
Built in 1976, Hot Flash was a cold-molded, fast, half-ton racing monohull designed by Gary Mull. The Usnis brothers, who sailed out of Detroit’s Bayview Yacht Club, commissioned the Gougeons to construct her with wood and WEST SYSTEM Epoxy. The boat was later rechristened Boomerang .
In 1977, the Brothers built Rogue Wave , a Dick Newick-designed trimaran, for Phil Weld to race in the 1980 OSTAR challenge. Unfortunately, a rule change meant Weld never got the opportunity. This impressive 60′ cold-molded trimaran was among the larger boats the Gougeon brothers built.
Photo credit (right): Polly Brown
The Gougeons launched the 60′ proa Slingshot in June 1978. Commissioned by Georg and Carl Thomas, Slingshot competed in the 1979 speed trials in Weymouth, England, recording the second-fastest speed. Racing the ditch in Texas City, Texas in 1980, the crew posted a speed of 38 knots.
Unfortunately, Slingshot came loose from her mooring during a storm and got destroyed when the waves dashed her against the rocks. A salvaged section of her bow still hangs in the Gougeon boatshop
Slingshot’s crew included Jan Gougeon, Mike Zutek, Ron Sherry, and Olaf and Peter Harken.
This 1979 Gougeon-designed and built wooden cruising trimaran capsized in the Atlantic in 1980 during a qualifier for the OSTAR challenge. Sailing solo, Jan Gougeon spent four long days in Flicka’s capsized hull. He had plenty of time to think about rightable trimaran designs before a passing freighter rescued him. Flicka had to be abandoned at sea.
Read more about Flicka’s capsize at Epoxyworks.com.
Jim Brown designed this 27′ freshwater trimaran and longtime GBI Technical Advisor, Captain James R. Watson built her in 1979. Watson elaborates:
This boat sports an experimental wingmast constructed of 1/16″ thick aircraft birch plywood outer skin, 1/64″ thick plywood inner skin separated with 1/2″ Tricell H™ (resin impregnated paper) honeycomb. It was fitted to the boat five years after initial launching. With some reinforcing stringers, this laminate stack was lightly vacuumed while flat, then folded and placed into a form to establish an airfoil until all cured. James R. Watson, Wood/Epoxy Longevity , Epoxyworks 17
Photo credit (left): Janet Townley
In 1980, Jan began building Splinter . Following his terrifying experience aboard Flicka , he designed this developed plywood trimaran to be rightable if capsized. Splinter was the second boat, after Adagio, the Brothers launched with a wingmast. Pictured (at right) in 2019, she still competes on the Saginaw Bay against other noteworthy Gougeon-built multihulls including Adagio and Ollie.
Named after the Gougeons’ grandmother, Ollie was started in 1984 using the Gougeon brother’s developed plywood technology. The design was trademarked as a Stressform™ 35 along with Stressform wingmast plans. Ollie’ s design further advanced Jan’s ideas for self-righting multihulls.
Jan was always thinking of the next boat and had an appetite for solo sailing. After the Atlantic capsized of Flicka , every boat he designed was self-righting. Ollie (right) acing on the Saginaw Bay in 2019.
Adrenalin is a Formula 40 Trimaran with articulating amas. GBI built her for Bill Piper of Ossineke, Michigan in 1987. This boat amazed the sailboat racing world by taking an extremely close second place during her first regatta: the Formula 40 Grand Prix circuit in Brest, France, in April of 1988.
A Formula 40 rule change later legislated Adrenalin out of contention.
The G-32 is an innovative 32’catamaran designed and built by the Gougeons in the early 1990s. These production boats feature a water-ballast system, are self-righting, and are trailerable. The masthead float doubles as a wind vane and prevents the boat from going completely upside down if capsized.
The Gougeons conceived the G-32 as an affordable cruising and racing vessel but it didn’t achieve market success in the short time that it was produced. The fourteen that they built are still racing and sailing today.
Meade and Jan’s first powerboats were these 32′ Gougmarans launched in 2007. Based on Dick Newick-designed hulls, the brothers conceived these comfortable shallow-water cruisers for stability, low wetted surface, minimal wake, and excellent fuel efficiency.
Read more in Birth of the Gougmarans at Epoxyworks.com.
Chris Beckwith designed the i550, an 18′ stitch-and-glue sportboat. The Gougeon Brothers built Hot Canary in 2011 and raced in the Everglades Challenge.
She is now under new ownership and has been renamed Vivacious . Read the story about how her new owners refit her for camping/cruising .
Jan Gougeon’s final boat project was Strings , a 39’7′ “folding cat with a fuselage. He launched her in 2011. She has long, narrow hulls and a center cabin that rides above the water. An elaborate network of lines (aka strings ) makes this ingenious boat perfect for solo sailing.
Although Jan passed away in 2012, Strings sails on, competing in regattas on the Great Lakes.
Elderly Care
This was the last of several boats Meade designed and built for competing in the grueling, 300-mile Everglades Challenge. An outrigger sailing canoe, Elderly Care provided accommodations for Meade to sleep at night and race during the day. His tactic worked: He place first in his class in the 2017 Everglades Challenge just five months before he passed away at age 78.
The Gougeon Brothers’ experiments in boat design
Building, restoration, and repair with epoxy
Russell Brown’s New Toy
By russell brown — port townsend watercraft.
Russell Brown’s G-32 catamaran on the cover of Epoxyworks 46, Spring 2018
The work of the Gougeon brothers has been like a guiding light to me starting when I was a young teenager. It wasn’t just the methods and skills they developed that inspired me (and led to my career in boatbuilding), it was the “outside the box” thinking about boat design they employed. While Meade Gougeon led the effort to develop and teach epoxy skills and building methods, it was his brother Jan who had the courage to design, build, develop, and race boats that were very unusual and often counter-intuitive, yet very successful. Jan’s G-32 catamaran is an example of his genius.
How do I know about this boat? I own one. After being intrigued with the G-32 for 20 some years, I bought one. I overhauled and built a new rig for the boat and then raced it in the 2017 Race to Alaska. The R2AK is a 750-mile race from Port Townsend, WA to Ketchikan, Alaska. The race was somewhat trying for me because I had spent so little time sailing the boat before the start and had some issues with the new rig, but I still managed to keep the boat on its feet and knock almost 4 days off of the single-handed record.
I have had a lot more experience on the boat since the race (including sailing the boat back from Alaska with my wife, Ashlyn). I have grown to have much respect and affection for it.
What is so different about the G-32 catamaran? It is a road legal (8 1/2′ wide), 32′ long trailerable catamaran. It’s the same width as a Hobie 16, yet twice as long. It trades initial stability for efficiency. The boat is very aerodynamic and has incredibly slender hulls, so the tiny rig pushes the boat at competitive speeds.
Looking down the hulls of Russell Brown’s G-32 catamaran.
The boat is tippy, yes, but it has a very effective water ballast system which is filled and emptied with control lines on each side of the cockpit. Around-the-boom reefing for the mainsail and a furling jib make controlling power very easy and the boat is quite capable in wild weather.
The G-32 is self-righting. If capsized, a masthead float that doubles as a wind vane keeps the boat from going upside-down, and the boat is righted by canting the rig with the running backstays. There is some rigging and work involved, but it takes less than five minutes to right and only one’s ankles get wet.
The masthead float was redesigned to be a bit smaller and more aerodynamic than the stock G-32 float. The float was built with S-glass and epoxy because a large radar reflector would be mounted inside. The fiberglass is transparent to radar as opposed to carbon fiber.
In total, the new masthead float weighed 4.5 lbs. which is approximately 2.5 lbs. less than the original.
The launching, retrieval, set-up, and break-down of this boat are in a class to themselves. The mast raises and lowers in literally just a few minutes using the boom as a jin pole. The entire set-up and launching can take as little as 15 minutes and a 12-year-old could do the work involved.
The feature of this boat that I marvel at the most: It is dry. There are conditions when a lick of spray may come aboard, but usually, only a few droplets ever make it into the cockpit. The dryness is obviously not due to freeboard or flare, so I attribute it to extremely fine entries and a designer who had the courage to try something really different.
Gougeon Brothers, Inc. produced 14 of these innovative boats in the 1990’s. They were molded in foam, fiberglass, and a predecessor of Gougeon’s PRO-SET Epoxy, a very popular laminating epoxy currently used in building all types of composite structures.
The G-32 was meant to be an affordable cruising and racing boat, but it didn’t achieve large market success in the short time that it was produced. The boat had strong fans, myself included, and the sailing performance of the boat is remarkable. I think the main reason the boat wasn’t more successful was that the boat wasn’t well understood.
The boom is used as a jin pole to raise and lower the mast.
Re-building my G-32 showed me time and time again that every feature of this boat was done with purpose. Many of the features were integrated with one another so there weren’t many things that could be changed without affecting something else.
I did a fairly major overhaul of my boat. Some of what I did was related to it being an older production boat and some was related to wanting to strengthen and outfit the boat for the type of sailing I like to do. Much of the work is documented at Gougeon32.blogspot.com .
I built a new rig for the boat, which added a bit more power (the new rig is taller, but still shorter than the boat is long), and the new mast is a bit lighter and more aerodynamic. It’s also stiffer which allows flying light air sails from the masthead without excessive mast bend.
Some complexity was added with the addition of the new rig, some was taken away as well (such as the masthead running backstays and forward diamond stay). Is the boat faster with the new rig? I don’t know. I do know that the boat can take a terrible thrashing and come out smiling.
Crossing the straights of Juan de Fuca recently while returning from a race, I had to sail upwind in gale conditions. With the jib rolled in and the mainsail heavily reefed (which can be done in less than a minute) the boat becomes quite controllable and stable. It will tack easily, point very high, make respectable speed, and stay very dry. The boat will heave-to by merely easing the main sheet. The jib can be rolled out in seconds to increase power in the lulls. To say that this was an easy crossing would be stretching the truth, but I made it across with daylight to spare and no damage.
Re-building my boat (sail number 10) was fun and I have learned a huge amount from the process. Building parts has been the most fun and I’m hoping to document some of these parts in future articles of Epoxyworks.
New rudders were built in two halves in CNC machined female molds. They were constructed using many layers of carbon fiber for the skins and a foam core with a large wooden shear web in the fattest part of the foil. They are a bit more modern (higher aspect) than the stock rudders and just over half the weight of the originals.
The G-32 gelcoat has been chipped off, the low areas filled and then faired with long boards. The whole boat was coated with 105/207.
The G-32 catamaran was lightly sanded before being painted.
Featured image (top)—Russell Brown’s G-32 catamaran, G-Wiz!, fully refurbished and underway.
RACE.FLY.LIVE EXPERIENCE THE GC32 CATAMARAN
GC32 Racing T.
Amount of events
5
Focus
Owner/Sponsor
Location
South Europa
Venue type
Small City
Hospitality Type
Informal
Racing Style
AC Course
Max Course Leg
1.2 miles
Top Speed
up to 39 kts
Average Race time
25min
Long distance race
sometime
# of races per day
6
Owner driver prize
yes
Pro's vs Owners
50% / 50%
SPECIFICATIONS
12.00m Length (overall)
10.00m Length (hull)
6.00m Width
2.10m Max Board Draft
1.60m Max Rudder Draft
16.50m Mast Height (above beam)
6.60m Bow Sprit Length
975kg Total Boat Weight
55.30m2 3DI Raw Northsail Mainsail
19.02m2 3DI Raw Northsail Small Jib
24.17m2 3DI Raw Northsail Big Jib
88.00m2 3DI Raw Northsail Gennaker
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Gougeon 32 Catamaran
If you are reading the advert, you probably are familiar with the G32. But if not, here's the basics:
The G32 was designed and built in the 1990s by the legendary Gougeon Brothers (of West System Epoxy fame) to become a new racing class of towable high performance cats with some very unusual design goals:
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1991 Gougeon G32
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Seller's Description
Hull #2 of the legendary Gougeon 32 Catamarans. Meade Gougeon’s personal boat Restored and updated 2020 to full racing/cruising trim. All new high tech running rigging, gear, 2021 suzuki outboard, electrical, nothing left undone. Complete package with 2 year old jib, Screecher and Spinnaker. Will facilitate fall pickup or delivery or wait until spring. Easily towed by an SUV.
Equipment: 2021/22 Suzuki 6hp, 110W ETFE Solar Panel w controller and Lithium Battery, new electrical panel, depth sounder, knot meter, Quantum Torque rope Jib and Screecher, Assymetric Spinnaker w turtle, Roller Furling Main, Articulating Carbon Bow Sprit w Profurl and Facnor Continuous Line Furlers, All latest hi tech running rigging, Carbon Steering Linkage, Ballast tanks with bilge pumps, Cockpit Cushions, Opening Hatch and Portlight, Solar Vent, VHF Radio, Fortress Anchor w Rode, Single Axle Scissor lift trailer, new wiring, LED lights, tongue jack, newer tires, etc. Awlgrip, Portapotti, galley area w sink
Rig and Sails
Auxilary power, accomodations, calculations.
The theoretical maximum speed that a displacement hull can move efficiently through the water is determined by it's waterline length and displacement. It may be unable to reach this speed if the boat is underpowered or heavily loaded, though it may exceed this speed given enough power. Read more.
Classic hull speed formula:
Hull Speed = 1.34 x √LWL
Max Speed/Length ratio = 8.26 ÷ Displacement/Length ratio .311 Hull Speed = Max Speed/Length ratio x √LWL
Sail Area / Displacement Ratio
A measure of the power of the sails relative to the weight of the boat. The higher the number, the higher the performance, but the harder the boat will be to handle. This ratio is a "non-dimensional" value that facilitates comparisons between boats of different types and sizes. Read more.
SA/D = SA ÷ (D ÷ 64) 2/3
SA : Sail area in square feet, derived by adding the mainsail area to 100% of the foretriangle area (the lateral area above the deck between the mast and the forestay).
D : Displacement in pounds.
Ballast / Displacement Ratio
A measure of the stability of a boat's hull that suggests how well a monohull will stand up to its sails. The ballast displacement ratio indicates how much of the weight of a boat is placed for maximum stability against capsizing and is an indicator of stiffness and resistance to capsize.
Ballast / Displacement * 100
Displacement / Length Ratio
A measure of the weight of the boat relative to it's length at the waterline. The higher a boat’s D/L ratio, the more easily it will carry a load and the more comfortable its motion will be. The lower a boat's ratio is, the less power it takes to drive the boat to its nominal hull speed or beyond. Read more.
D/L = (D ÷ 2240) ÷ (0.01 x LWL)³
D: Displacement of the boat in pounds.
LWL: Waterline length in feet
Comfort Ratio
This ratio assess how quickly and abruptly a boat’s hull reacts to waves in a significant seaway, these being the elements of a boat’s motion most likely to cause seasickness. Read more.
Comfort ratio = D ÷ (.65 x (.7 LWL + .3 LOA) x Beam 1.33 )
D: Displacement of the boat in pounds
LOA: Length overall in feet
Beam: Width of boat at the widest point in feet
Capsize Screening Formula
This formula attempts to indicate whether a given boat might be too wide and light to readily right itself after being overturned in extreme conditions. Read more.
CSV = Beam ÷ ³√(D / 64)
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Gougeon 32 catamaran
Discussion in ' Multihulls ' started by rapscallion , Jul 11, 2011 .
rapscallion Senior Member
After watching the promo video of the Gougeon 32 catamaran I have to say that boat is pretty damn clever, and with a PHRF rating of 21, the boat has to be fast as well. If I could find one for sale I would buy it; but with only 14 in existence, I'm not going to hold my breath. Are there any home build designs out there that are similar to the G-32? I know of the Jarcat and the Ecocat, I was thinking of something a bit larger.
cavalier mk2 Senior Member
If you find out, let us know how they built the roller furling for the main. I've got a ancient Scottish unit I use for going past the second reef. Its strong but the gearing is slooow and it requires standing at the mast.
sure, The rig on the G32 is pretty interesting. It cants sideways so the boat can be righted at sea. Another source of info on a roller furling boom is the designer of the L7 trimaran. The rig for the L7 also has a roller furling boom.
basil Senior Member
Isn't it the same system used by Farrier on his tri's?
Steve W Senior Member
The roller booms that they have been using for years use a large diameter home made line drive drum at the gooseneck that use a bunch of clam cleats sandwiched between a couple of discs of plywood or other sheet material,i believe they use small spinnaker pole end fittings for the gooseneck,the tube is just round tube and they build up the diameter at the outer end to encourage the sail to move forward as the sail rolls up so that the full length battens stack uo against the discs, nice and simple and must work well as they have been using these booms for 40yrs on all their boats while everyone has been grumbling how roller reefing dosnt work and you must use slab reefing. I am going to build something similar for my Lindenberg 26 but will probably use a shaft thru the mast with a socket for a winch handle on the front to get the bolt rope closer to the mast track on t he standard mast, the Gougeons mostly use homegrown wingmasts and the track may be further aft. I plan on using a prefeeder and entering the track a lot further up than it currently is to create a fairer lead into the mast. As has already been mentioned, Corsair has been using roller reefing/furling since day one. Steve.
Rapps,i think Roger Simpson had a design for a 8ft 6" beam x 24ft cat like a big Jarcat, not sure if the plans are available though since he stopped designing. Steve.
Thanks Steve, my furler does the job well but not quickly, I'll start playing with the idea. The 32 is a great boat but must have been expensive because of the low quantities. Hard to sell to the masses and a bit ahead of its time. Maybe they should try again.
redreuben redreuben
Simpson plans are here : http://boatcraft.com.au/Shop/index.php?main_page=index&cPath=32_33 Still very good boats imo. RR
I dont see all of simpsons boats listed on the boatcraft site,the one im thinking of was not in his catalog but in a supplement so maybe it was not a completed design. Steve.
Kendrick has some nice cats, there is a 24 but that needs a fancy trailer as it has "full" beam. http://www.teamscarab.com.au/5.6cat/design.html
http://forums.sailinganarchy.com/in...ttach&attach_rel_module=post&attach_id=100106 Here is the wood/carbon fiber racing version of the Gougeon catamaran...
http://forums.sailinganarchy.com/index.php?showtopic=81925&hl=gougeon catamaran&st=75 here is the mockup for the bowsprit. It will be equipped with water ballast like the G-32.
Mmm, no pics for me ?
http://forums.sailinganarchy.com/in...ttach&attach_rel_module=post&attach_id=100106 does this link work?
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Gougeon 32 Refit in 2015
Russell Brown notes on his refit of a Gougeon 32 trailerable catamaran, featuring photos, repairs, and changes.
Tuesday, March 21, 2023
2022 r2ak pedal drive systems.
I haven't added to this blog for a very long time and sadly, don't even own a G-32 anymore, but there are not many resources for someone designing and building a pedal drive system for an R2AK boat, so I'm posting some photos from last year's R2AK.
My attention is mostly focussed on units without right-angle gears. Why?, because these gears can rob something like 5 percent (per gear box) of the meager human output, while chains or belts take something like 1 percent. This means sitting sideways, but why not? Some production units with right-angle gears have not proven very reliable either, but I've only heard stories...
This keelboat system hooked up to the prop shaft (after the engine was removed) and took up most of the cabin. Just getting past it to take a photo was a challenge, but I think it worked okay.
This was a very impressive, efficient system, but I'm not sure why the cranks and big sprocket weren't part of the "leg". The belt in this system would go slack when retracting the leg, but it looked like a well thought-out system. Mounting the unit on a separate beam allowed the cranks to be low (compared to the next system shown).
Wednesday, August 15, 2018
Pedal drives on 2018 r2ak boats.
Friday, May 25, 2018
Pedal drive.
Monday, March 26, 2018
Catching up.....
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The GC32 International Class Association (ICA) was set up to administer, oversee and promote regattas and the other sailing activities of the GC32 one design foiling catamaran internationally.
The GC32 ICA was founded by Laurent Lenne, Flavio Marazzi, Andrew MacPherson and Christian Peer in 2014 with Flavio Marazzi elected President. Christian Scherrer became Class Manager in October 2015, while Simon Delzoppo took over as President in 2017.
The GC32 ICA maintains the one design integrity of the GC32 via its Class Rules and Regulations. While the GC32 is a strict one design, the ICA permits strictly controlled modernisation of the boat. This ensures racing remains competitive and fair, while enabling the GC32 to remain cutting edge, helping to preserve boat resale values.
Changes to the GC32 Class Rules and Regulations are made by voting of the ICA membership at its AGM.
The GC32 ICA monitors and polices the GC32 one design rule via its appointed Class Measurer. It promotes a professional organisational structure for the management, development, execution and promotion of GC32 sailing events worldwide.
The GC32 ICA also offers a forum to GC32 owners for the exchange of information and experience about GC32 foiling catamaran racing.
The GC32 ICA represents its membership when negotiating with third parties, such as federations and authorities like World Sailing.
The GC32 ICA received recognition by World Sailing in 2017, allowing it hold an annual World Championship.
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Small boats capsize. Sooner or later you will too!
Thanks to Keith at Towndock.net for catching Alan at the Oriental Boat show with the Mast head Floats!
Usually a small boat capsize is not a big deal and if you've been sailing small boats very long you have probably experienced a capsize or two. You should know (and practice) how to swim around to the centerboard and lever the boat back upright BUT Albert Einstein may have said it best...
“In theory, theory and practice are the same. In practice, they are not.”
Conditions may be much more than you bargained for, your favorite hat may be floating away. Whatever the case if you don't get to the centerboard quickly enough it is quite likely your boat can go "turtle" meaning the mast drops below the waters surface and the boat completely inverts usually making recovery much more difficult in the best case and impossible in the worst. Our boats are perfectly suited to sailing in the shallow and often mucky waters of the Outer Banks but sticking the tops of the masts of any boat in the mud often means a tow is required to get un-stuck if the boat turtles especially when the wind is up. Below, a Core Sound 17 during capsize camp 2019 with mast stuck in the mud required a tow forward to get un-stuck.
Some small boats have enough volume in the mast itself to prevent turtling or at least delay it but few masts are perfectly sealed and water starts to get in making the mast heavy. If the mast fills with water if can be impossible to right a small boat by leveraging the centerboard. What if the centerboard is up? Then what do you do? If you're reading this thinking..."I have no idea". Then we highly recommend you practice a capsize in your small boat at the next available opportunity close to shore in calm water and get some experience before you are caught off guard!
Enter the mast head float! A mast head float is the simplest and best way to make a small boat un-turtle-able and most importantly, make you more self sufficient on the water. W ith a mast head float, you have plenty of time to right the boat without worrying about turtling. Below, the crew holds onto the mizzen mast and the heavier skipper prepares to right the boat. The crew is scooped aboard automatically and can then assist their partner and keep the boat under control. Check out the video here .
When designing a mast head float we apply the same design principles we always do. It must be simple, reliable and light weight. But that isn't quite enough, we also do not want to sacrifice performance. Our design is simple to assemble, very light weight and always points into the wind with a aerodynamic shape to minimize drag as much as possible. It is quickly removed from the top of the mast with a cotter pin.
We were partly inspired by Russel Brown's rebuilt mast float for his G32 catamaran which he sailed in the Race to Alaska. The G32 of course was designed by Jan and Meade Gougeon who have always been a strong advocate of self sufficient sailboat designs that could be recovered from a capsize in any conditions. You can see pictures of that float here . While his float is immaculately built, it requires molds to construct. We wanted a simple to build version suitable for small boats.
We have two sizes available. A 20lb buoyancy float and a 30lb buoyancy float. The 20lb version is suitable for the Core Sound 15 or 17. The 30lb float is suitable for the Core Sound 20. Check out how we make our float kits in this video .
Our glassed and painted 20lb float weighs just over 1lb with a couple ounces of balance weight in the nose.
Pictured above, Graham's 20lb float for Carlita.
Click here for photos of our 20lb Float KIT , See the data sheet here .
Click here for photos of our 30lb Float KIT , See the data sheet here .
Note: All mast head floats are now installed using the new "Side mount Brackets" ( click here for pictures ). The brackets are included in the float kit. They are 3d printed from strong ABS plastic. The mast and float can be removed using the included button pins in the kit. If you need a different mounting solution just contact us and we'd be glad to help.
Jump in the latest mast head float discussion in this thread .
Check out our Capsize Camp where we gather and practice capsize recovery together.
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GC32: A profile of the cat that learned to fly at 30 knots
Matthew Sheahan
August 25, 2015
Conceived as a 32ft one-design racing cat, the GC32 is now on foils and regularly hitting 30 knots. Matthew Sheahan was hooked
First published February 2015.
“Hike her down, guys, and we’ll get her up,” called our helmsman Paul Campbell-James to the five crew of the GC32 Richard Mille . As our backsides slid over the rounded gunwale and our feet took the load on the toestraps, I could feel the power come on.
As the cat accelerated steadily and rose above the water’s surface, the noise of ripples on the carbon hull were replaced by a quiet hum, like an electricity substation, from the foils and rigging. The transition from displacement to flight took just a few seconds and our speed hit 14 knots – in barely six knots of true breeze. At speed in flat water she sliced straight though the wake of a powerboat without missing a beat – a first indication of what was to come.
Given the stress involved in climbing the steep America’s Cup learning curve for the foiling AC72 teams, along with a plethora of spectacular crashes and nosedives in the foiling Moth fleet and the long history of brave attempts and heroic foiling failures elsewhere, there is every reason to feel twitchy about sailing on foils. Yet the racing scene is now learning at an incredible pace as foiling becomes ever more popular.
The GC32 was never designed to foil, but this rapid development in foiling technology and knowledge left her creators in no doubt that this one-design 32ft cat had to fly.
Laurent Lenne, a French entrepreneur based in Amsterdam, was originally looking for a racing cat pitched somewhere between an F18 and an Extreme 40. In 2012 he commissioned multihull expert Martin Fisher to create the GC32 (Great Cup 32) one-design. Originally, she had S foils to reduce displacement, but not to fly.
“When the Kiwis started to foil we knew we had to follow,” he says. “Fortunately, we were working closely with the Flying Phantom guys and C-Class cat builders and were sharing information on designs and sails, which allowed us to go through six iterations of the design in a short space of time.”
“In many ways we now feel safer on foils,” explained crewmember Nick Hutton, who is no stranger to high-performance multihulls. “What we’ve quickly realised is that we have a big reserve, particularly when it comes to burying the bow at the weather mark. The AC45s seem pretty twitchy by comparison.”
As the breeze built and we foiled more readily the GC32 certainly felt very stable at speed. But there were some interesting differences that took a little getting used to.
The first is how quickly heel comes off as the speed increases. Having hiked hard to get her going, you’re sitting upright and inboard before you know it. Then there’s the hobbyhorse heaving motion that sets up as the vertical momentum generated as she accelerates lifts her a little too high initially. With too little foil in the water she then drops down a little to find her equilibrium.
And then there’s the windward heel and the splash that comes with deceleration in a lull as the leeward foil continues to generate lift after the sail plan has reduced power and heeling moment – a strange and unnerving feeling the first few times it happens.
So although the GC32 was never meant to foil, she’s a great example of how rapidly the technology is being embraced – to say nothing of a claimed top speed to date of just under 38 knots. One trip and I’m hooked.
Specifications
LOA 12.00m/39ft 4in
Hull length 10.00m/32ft 10in
Beam 6.00m/19ft 8in
Displacement 850kg/1,874lb
Draught 1.60/2.10m/5ft 3in/6ft 11in
Mast height 16.50m/54ft 2in
Mainsail 60m 2 /646ft 2
Jib 23.50m 2 /253ft 2
Gennaker 90m 2 /970ft 2
Designed by Martin Fisher
Price ex VAT €239,000 (£190,715) ex sails
Hull built by: Premier Composite Technologies, Dubai
Rig, spine and beams by: Southern Spars, South Africa
Foils and rudders by: Heol Composites, France
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The Gougeon 32, or G32, was designed by Meade and Jan Gougeon, best known for their WEST System epoxy. Meade and Jan set out with some very lofty engineering goals: make a fast, light, strong catamaran that can be trailered by a car. Full of innovative ideas and processes, production of the G32 ended after just 14 boats were built.
G32 Flying 32 Cat Explained: Interview with Andrew MacPherson
G32 Flying 32 Cat Explained: Interview with Andrew MacPherson. by Editor · Published October 28, 2012 · Updated May 24, 2019. One of the good things of editing CSN is being in touch with some of the very best new projects going on worldwide. ... A 32ft catamaran develops much more power than a Moth and we were a bit afraid that the surface ...
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The G-32 is an innovative 32'catamaran designed and built by the Gougeons in the early 1990s. These production boats feature a water-ballast system, are self-righting, and are trailerable. The masthead float doubles as a wind vane and prevents the boat from going completely upside down if capsized.
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What is so different about the G-32 catamaran? It is a road legal (8 1/2′ wide), 32′ long trailerable catamaran. It's the same width as a Hobie 16, yet twice as long. It trades initial stability for efficiency. The boat is very aerodynamic and has incredibly slender hulls, so the tiny rig pushes the boat at competitive speeds.
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168. sail area (m2) GC32 ONE DESIGN. The 32ft Full Flying Carbon Catamaran. Inspired by the 34th America's Cup and the advent of the AC72 catamarans racing with their giant hulls flying above, rather than through, the water, the GC32 is fitted with high performance foils allowing the boat to achieve a fully flying foiling catamaran. The GC32 is ...
Gougeon 32 Catamaran, Essex, Vermont, $24,000, SOLD 6/24/16
The G32 was designed and built in the 1990s by the legendary Gougeon Brothers (of West System Epoxy fame) to become a new racing class of towable high performance cats with some very unusual design goals: A 32 ft catamaran that can be towed with a mid-size car or small SUV. That can go from trailer to sailing in 10 minutes.
Gougeon 32 catamaran
Cost and grief of ownership must be minimized. The G32 wins there... by light years. The L7 is most likely another very strong contender along with a light waller/jarcat. Fast! The L7 and G32 win there too. Accommodation.. waller/jarcat are strong, the L7 and g32 pass as well in my opinion. Sticker price.
1991 Gougeon G32
1991 Gougeon G32. United States. Listed Oct 10. Expired. $40,000 USD. Seller's Description. Hull #2 of the legendary Gougeon 32 Catamarans. Meade Gougeon's personal boat Restored and updated 2020 to full racing/cruising trim. All new high tech running rigging, gear, 2021 suzuki outboard, electrical, nothing left undone.
A fascinating inside look at a marine design
Incognito is a composite catamaran that was fabricated by Gougeon Manufacturing in 1990. Russell Brown of Port Townsend, WA raced the 28-year-old vessel, a G32, single-handedly in the grueling R2AK (Race to Alaska). In the qualifying leg from Port Townsend WA to Victoria, BC he finished 40 minutes ahead of the rest of the fleet.
Gougeon 32 Refit in 2015: Adventures and a misadventure
G32 catamaran refit and testing...review of gear failure and capsize in this post. Gougeon 32 Refit in 2015 Russell Brown notes on his refit of a Gougeon 32 trailerable catamaran, featuring photos, repairs, and changes. Thursday, November 10, 2016. Adventures and a misadventure ...
Gougeon 32 catamaran
After watching the promo video of the Gougeon 32 catamaran I have to say that boat is pretty damn clever, and with a PHRF rating of 21, the boat has to be fast as well. ... The rig on the G32 is pretty interesting. It cants sideways so the boat can be righted at sea. Another source of info on a roller furling boom is the designer of the L7 ...
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Conceived by Amsterdam-based French businessman Laurent Lenne (left) and designed by Dr Martin Fischer, the GC32 is a 10m long (12m including bowsprit) by 6m wide foiling catamaran, that is one of the world's fastest racing yachts. It is aimed at both pro-sailing teams and private owners looking to experience the latest in ultra-high ...
Gougeon 32 catamaran?.....
Sailor182. Registered User. Join Date: Feb 2013. Posts: 7. Gougeon 32 catamaran?..... Does anyone have or know where i can get schematics, drawings, detailed pics anything of the G32? I have an improbable dream of building one. I rember reading somewhere that they have a water ballast system is that true?
Gougeon 32 Refit in 2015
G32 How-to boat building & epoxy fiberglass carbon fiber composites. Gougeon 32 Refit in 2015 Russell Brown notes on his refit of a Gougeon 32 trailerable catamaran, featuring photos, repairs, and changes.
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GC32 Racing. Classes. GC32 (2014-present) Champions. Realteam (2017) Website. www .gc32racingtour .com. GC32 Racing Tour is a southern European-centered sailing boat circuit for GC32 one design foiling catamarans. It attracts both private owner-driven teams and those that are commercially-backed.
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The GC32 International Class Association (ICA) was set up to administer, oversee and promote regattas and the other sailing activities of the GC32 one design foiling catamaran internationally. The GC32 ICA was founded by Laurent Lenne, Flavio Marazzi, Andrew MacPherson and Christian Peer in 2014 with Flavio Marazzi elected President.
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We were partly inspired by Russel Brown's rebuilt mast float for his G32 catamaran which he sailed in the Race to Alaska. The G32 of course was designed by Jan and Meade Gougeon who have always been a strong advocate of self sufficient sailboat designs that could be recovered from a capsize in any conditions.
GC32: the cat that learned to fly at 30 knots
Mast height 16.50m/54ft 2in Mainsail 60m 2 /646ft 2. Jib 23.50m 2 /253ft 2. Gennaker 90m 2 /970ft 2. Designed by Martin Fisher Price ex VAT €239,000 (£190,715) ex sails Hull built by: Premier ...
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The Gougeon 32, or G32, was designed by Meade and Jan Gougeon, best known for their WEST System epoxy. Meade and Jan set out with some very lofty engineering goals: make a fast, light, strong catamaran that can be trailered by a car. Full of innovative ideas and processes, production of the G32 ended after just 14 boats were built.
Gougeon 32 Catamaran 1991 Promo video Parts 1 and 2. ©1991 Gougeon Bros Inc. Calculations Help. SA/Disp.: A sail area/displacement ratio below 16 would be considered under powered; 16 to 20 would indicate reasonably good performance; above 20 suggests relatively high performance. SA/D = SA (ft²) ÷ [Disp (lbs) / 64]^.666 ...
G32 Flying 32 Cat Explained: Interview with Andrew MacPherson. by Editor · Published October 28, 2012 · Updated May 24, 2019. One of the good things of editing CSN is being in touch with some of the very best new projects going on worldwide. ... A 32ft catamaran develops much more power than a Moth and we were a bit afraid that the surface ...
The G-32 is an innovative 32'catamaran designed and built by the Gougeons in the early 1990s. These production boats feature a water-ballast system, are self-righting, and are trailerable. The masthead float doubles as a wind vane and prevents the boat from going completely upside down if capsized.
What is so different about the G-32 catamaran? It is a road legal (8 1/2′ wide), 32′ long trailerable catamaran. It's the same width as a Hobie 16, yet twice as long. It trades initial stability for efficiency. The boat is very aerodynamic and has incredibly slender hulls, so the tiny rig pushes the boat at competitive speeds.
168. sail area (m2) GC32 ONE DESIGN. The 32ft Full Flying Carbon Catamaran. Inspired by the 34th America's Cup and the advent of the AC72 catamarans racing with their giant hulls flying above, rather than through, the water, the GC32 is fitted with high performance foils allowing the boat to achieve a fully flying foiling catamaran. The GC32 is ...
The G32 was designed and built in the 1990s by the legendary Gougeon Brothers (of West System Epoxy fame) to become a new racing class of towable high performance cats with some very unusual design goals: A 32 ft catamaran that can be towed with a mid-size car or small SUV. That can go from trailer to sailing in 10 minutes.
Cost and grief of ownership must be minimized. The G32 wins there... by light years. The L7 is most likely another very strong contender along with a light waller/jarcat. Fast! The L7 and G32 win there too. Accommodation.. waller/jarcat are strong, the L7 and g32 pass as well in my opinion. Sticker price.
1991 Gougeon G32. United States. Listed Oct 10. Expired. $40,000 USD. Seller's Description. Hull #2 of the legendary Gougeon 32 Catamarans. Meade Gougeon's personal boat Restored and updated 2020 to full racing/cruising trim. All new high tech running rigging, gear, 2021 suzuki outboard, electrical, nothing left undone.
Incognito is a composite catamaran that was fabricated by Gougeon Manufacturing in 1990. Russell Brown of Port Townsend, WA raced the 28-year-old vessel, a G32, single-handedly in the grueling R2AK (Race to Alaska). In the qualifying leg from Port Townsend WA to Victoria, BC he finished 40 minutes ahead of the rest of the fleet.
G32 catamaran refit and testing...review of gear failure and capsize in this post. Gougeon 32 Refit in 2015 Russell Brown notes on his refit of a Gougeon 32 trailerable catamaran, featuring photos, repairs, and changes. Thursday, November 10, 2016. Adventures and a misadventure ...
After watching the promo video of the Gougeon 32 catamaran I have to say that boat is pretty damn clever, and with a PHRF rating of 21, the boat has to be fast as well. ... The rig on the G32 is pretty interesting. It cants sideways so the boat can be righted at sea. Another source of info on a roller furling boom is the designer of the L7 ...
Conceived by Amsterdam-based French businessman Laurent Lenne (left) and designed by Dr Martin Fischer, the GC32 is a 10m long (12m including bowsprit) by 6m wide foiling catamaran, that is one of the world's fastest racing yachts. It is aimed at both pro-sailing teams and private owners looking to experience the latest in ultra-high ...
Sailor182. Registered User. Join Date: Feb 2013. Posts: 7. Gougeon 32 catamaran?..... Does anyone have or know where i can get schematics, drawings, detailed pics anything of the G32? I have an improbable dream of building one. I rember reading somewhere that they have a water ballast system is that true?
G32 How-to boat building & epoxy fiberglass carbon fiber composites. Gougeon 32 Refit in 2015 Russell Brown notes on his refit of a Gougeon 32 trailerable catamaran, featuring photos, repairs, and changes.
GC32 Racing. Classes. GC32 (2014-present) Champions. Realteam (2017) Website. www .gc32racingtour .com. GC32 Racing Tour is a southern European-centered sailing boat circuit for GC32 one design foiling catamarans. It attracts both private owner-driven teams and those that are commercially-backed.
The GC32 International Class Association (ICA) was set up to administer, oversee and promote regattas and the other sailing activities of the GC32 one design foiling catamaran internationally. The GC32 ICA was founded by Laurent Lenne, Flavio Marazzi, Andrew MacPherson and Christian Peer in 2014 with Flavio Marazzi elected President.
We were partly inspired by Russel Brown's rebuilt mast float for his G32 catamaran which he sailed in the Race to Alaska. The G32 of course was designed by Jan and Meade Gougeon who have always been a strong advocate of self sufficient sailboat designs that could be recovered from a capsize in any conditions.
Mast height 16.50m/54ft 2in Mainsail 60m 2 /646ft 2. Jib 23.50m 2 /253ft 2. Gennaker 90m 2 /970ft 2. Designed by Martin Fisher Price ex VAT €239,000 (£190,715) ex sails Hull built by: Premier ...
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