BlackIce First Sail

The pics are from a phone camera so low res, but the boat is sailing.

Maxi Yacht Forward Foil Design

New forward foil retrofitted to existing maxi boat.
Design work was carried out by Simonis-Voogd.
Design co-ordination by Carbonicboats...

BlackIce in Production Under License

Parts for the first production BleckIce IOM.
The short fin trunk only extends up as far as the waterline.
The RC shelf provides structural support for the fin, which also incorporates a LERE that is accommodated in a recess in the hull.

Please note that this boat is not produced in house by Carbonicboats.
The design is licensed to an external builder who sells independently.
Contact us for more details.

More on IOM BlackIce Prototype

Some images of the low windage foredeck arrangement, and neat hull to deck joint.

BlackIce IOM Progress

Prototype work progressing in QLD...

Octave Marblehead First Sail

Nice conditions for a shakedown. Let the observations begin!

Octave Marblehead Prototype Rigs: Bunjees

A beautiful precision job and a snazzy detail by Ray Joyce.
The idea is to incorporate a bunjee into the Dyneema 'limiter' strop for the automatic speed/height 'moding' adjustment on the swing rigs.
A lesser mortal would have tied the bunjee separately, but this would have left an untidy loop of Dyneema when the limiter was slack.
Here is Ray's description of the procedure:

I did a few trails and decided not to include tying the elastic within the fixing knots because of it being too bulky. I found that with a piece of elastic captive within the 
spectra it did not need much encouragement to stay where it was, so came up with a solution which seems ok. 

The pics show. 

You'll see that at each end I passed the elastic in/out/in then through the 
spectra for 50mm then out/in/out. I then whipped each end over the end 4mm sections.

Octave Marblehead Prototype Rigs Progress

Neat detailing for jib boom adjustments. Neatly executed by Ray Joyce.

BlackIce IOM in Series Production