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Trilars Completed May 2009
Click here for info (building log, pictures and more): 
Trilars Home Page

Updated Sail Log - 8/1/2010

Trilars Article in Small Craft Advisor issue #64 - July/Aug 2010

Toon2 -  Update June 3
Toon2 Building Log

Aaron Schindler built this Trilars see his site here https://sites.google.com/site/aaronstrilars/

Terry Burton in the UK likes building Trimarans, see more pictures here.

Larry Cheek author of "The Year of the Boat"   is building a Devlin designed - Winter Wren sail boat see his site:
here

Joel built a Devlin Zypher is the story:
here

Paul Boyer is building a Stevenson Projects Pocket Cruiser see his blog at  http://buildaboat.wordpress.com/

NEW Book Review:
The Year of the Boat
by : Lawerence W Cheek

Toon2 by Jim Michalak  marine
Review of Toon2 Plans

Designer Projects

Adeventures in Home Built Boats

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Slider is a 16 foot minimalist cruising catamaran with comfortable adjustable seating inside the hulls.  www.slidercat.com
Read about Ray's boat and adventures in the  May/June 2009  issue of Small Craft Advisor.

Terry Culley has designed, built and has plans for a folding catamaran for motor crusing 
www.casacat.com

Garth Battista has built a couple of Jim Michalaks boats including the Cormorant he and his family are sailing in the Bahamas

Garth's Blog

Tony Bigras desgined, built and took some extended cruisers in this very intersting 16' catamaran.
His site is here

Dave and Mindy Bolducs page
Microcrusing.com
Very cool site about their boats that are Matt Layden's designs

Great magazine, Small Craft Advisor, Small Boats Big Adventures. Boat and plan reivews, cartop cruising, reader boat feature, places people adventure, boat projects and more. 
I've written an article about the Trilars that is to run in issue #64 next spring/summer

Discussion group for Jim Michalak plans

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Michalak/

www.furledsails.com

This is a very cool site with podcast interviews that relate to sailing.   They have some with notables from home boat building


www.duckworksmagazine.com

Online boaters, builder magazine, plans and boat building materials store with very good prices and quality.

This might be fun, (click on image)
130 mile group adventure in the Outer Banks, NC

Project Boat

Link to Project Page

Link to Designer

Trilars Lauched 5/21/2009

  Trilars Home Page

This is my current building project a double paddle canoe with sail rig

Jim Michalak Design

Toto 13 Double Paddle Canoe

Jim Michalak Design

Skipjack -  Sailboat

Stevenson Projects

Lark 8 Kayak

Ken Brown's design
Plans form Clark Craft

  Chrysler Mutineer

Restoration of a Chrysler Mutineer

MFG 19

Restoration of an MFG 19

Com-Pac 16