Double Bullet II 76' Racing Catamaran Delivery trip after 1995 TransPac Race Kauai, HI to Marina Del Rey, CA, five men, 12.5 days! (via Lat. 39º) Designed, built and raced by Bob Hanel; max. speed noted on this trip: 27 knots(!!) crossing the Kauai Channel - Ala Wai Yacht Harbor, Oahu, to Nawiliwili Harbor, Kauai, in 5 hours!! Photos and text by Joseph Oster click images for larger view! |
Forward beam, seagull striker, headstay on traveler track, starboard hull bow. |
Main crossbeam, port hull, 101' wing mast in center of boat surrounded by winches, aft crossbeam main traveler, daggerboard and hatches in port hull. |
Double Bullet II Capsizes, Crew Rescued - Transpac, July 7, 1999 (four years later, not us!) |
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