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Sonntag, 23. April 2017
Local boats I like 2 the Classy A Class Cat
My first thought was the boat is on the trailer upside down, but the trampoline is on top. What is this boat? Like all shiny things I had to take a closer look. The other thing was the name on the boat, "Armington." I knew that name, but I had never seen it associated with a sailboat.
This is an "A Class" racing catamaran with a wave piercing bow designed by naval architect O. H. Rodgers who also provided the tooling. According to the IACA (International A Cat Assoc.) these are the "fastest single handed racing boats in the world." A Class racing catamarans are a "Box Rules" developmental sailboat. The basic configuration is simple. The boats must weigh at least 165 lbs (75kg) (which this one weighs), have a maximum length of 18' (5.49m), and width of 7.5' (2.3m). The sail area can't exceed 150 sq ft (13.94 sq m).
Like all things in life, the details of the rules impose some additional restrictions. Other than that, have at the design, and materials you make it out of. For the time being there are no hydrofoils allowed yet but some forms of lifting structures appear possible by modifying the rudders.
Like all things in life, the details of the rules impose some additional restrictions. Other than that, have at the design, and materials you make it out of. For the time being there are no hydrofoils allowed yet but some forms of lifting structures appear possible by modifying the rudders.
This is one of two nearly identical boats built by Sam Armington, and Jeremy Herrin with some technical help from their boat building dads. The dad's provided maybe a bit, or more likely a lot of their sweat also. Gary Armington was founder of Talon power boats, and Felix Herrin was Catman Cats, a builder of large custom power catamarans, Both provided the experience needed to build these custom composite vessels.
These two boats were not a casual build project. It took a year to build the twin crafts, and working with carbon fiber is not a snap. Add to this the endless hours fairing, (meaning sanding) to get the desired perfection.
I would say this type of project is akin to scratch building a composite aircraft fuselage from molds, and the finished quality is at that standard. It's worth it. A new world class A Cat could easily cost $20,000 or more. That's about $1100 per foot. That's a lot of incentive to build it yourself, if you have the skills.
The mast weighs almost nothing. That's a bit of an exaggeration, but I could have picked it up with one hand if I knew where the center of gravity was. This is a critical part of the craft, and I didn't want to be the one who broke it. Sam Armington, holding the carbon fiber structure in the photo knows where that magic point is.
If you look closely at the pictures on the Armington/Herrin blog, you can see there are some small individual differences between the way the two vessels were rigged, and equipped. I think the sailing team of Sam, and Jermey, in a friendly way want to beat each other on any given day. Exquisite work, gorgeous boats, and very talented young sailors, and dads.
The picture of Gary Armington, and Felix Herrin is from the Armington/Herrin blog site.
The picture of Gary Armington, and Felix Herrin is from the Armington/Herrin blog site.
Donnerstag, 20. April 2017
Link love Do I look like a cheap date
Every few years for some unknown nostalgic reason I think I like spam, and I buy some. It gets cooked with Don Ho singing Tiny Bubbles with his ukulele in the background. But like that extruded McRib thing that appears every now and then. I'm always disappointed. I too can get sucked into that "An ounce of image exceeds a pound of performance thing." But for sure I don't like the taste of comment spam.
In the beginning I just put up with it. My email tells me I have a comment. I look at it, and if it's comment spam I just dump it, until one day I saw this on the Rant.
Thesis WritingGreat blog very nice information i really like your post. Your article its so amazing. After reading your blog i am very helpful & i really thanks full your. Keep blogging.
Thesis WritingGreat blog very nice information i really like your post. Your article its so amazing. After reading your blog i am very helpful & i really thanks full your. Keep blogging.
The link in red, now disabled here takes you to a company that sells essays. Now that's quite an ad for writing services they left on my site. Was English the third, or forth language of the writer? In a fit of pique, and bemusement I left it there and followed up with some snide remarks. In later times, I have changed my mind, and the Rant is now providing a public service.
How most of this works is someone, somewhere in the world signs up for a free Google account to make some sort of income leaving comment spam. Local website companies sell the "I can make your website appear at the top of Google's search results, for only this amount of money. Trust us, we know how Google works, we are SEO (Search Engine Optimization) experts." They go overseas and contract with these people to leave comment spam links on websites.
In the old buggy whip days of the internet, the more links your site had, the better your search result rankings were but no more, sort of. Website links still play a role in rankings, but not all links are created equal. In sum dumping links to your website, onto lots of other websites doesn't raise a websites page rank. In the case of comment spam links, it doesn't work at all on most websites.
My little public service started with a comment spam posting for a maritime attorney. This was a big law firm. I looked at their site, and it was one of the worst websites I had ever seen, and certainly lacked the gravitas I would expect from a successful law firm. As if that wasn't bad enough, there was a horrifically written fake blog on it, that I hoped wasn't written by an real attorney, followed by made up comments glorifying the posts using their less than erudite writing skills. Ay caramba! This firm can't know their site looks like this can they? And they didn't. An outside contractor was doing it for them. They got my first email. This is an example of a more current one to give you a feel for them.
Why are you paying a company to spam my website?
Most likely you don't know this is happening, and why you are receiving this. You are likely and inadvertently, I hope, paying someone to leave comment spam my website. There is also another scenario where website developers pay to have this done, so they can say, "look at all the links to your site, and my what a good job I have done in promoting the website I created for you." In either case this is bad for you, and wastes my time to remove it.
Here is your spam comment on my site:
Harry Roads has left a new comment on your post.
We have one on our cabin; we decide on it because it’s suitable as a cooling system due to its portability and efficiency. Moreover, it is cheap and needs no hassle for installation. It’s perfectly convenient and perfect for a cool getaway.
Harry Roads (This is the link back to their website disguised as a name)
On my site Google, and most others automatically add this statement in the sites HTML code to comments left behind. Here is yours from my website:
href="http://Bobsheatingandcooling.com"; rel="nofollow">Harry Roads</a>
The "rel="nofollow" part of this tells Google's web crawlers not to index your link. So placing it there does not improve your web (SEO) ranking at all, so why are you paying for it?
And while I'm the subject have you actually read your fake blog? Seriously? Really? Try your Tankless Hot water Heater blog entry on the first page. "Tankles how water heater break down easy or are un reliably. You should be embarrassed. This crap hurts you more than it helps you. Lose this blog ASAP, and your web support company at the same time. Real professionals know this stuff doesn't work. I've been thinking about doing a story about comment spam, you don't want to be the example. This public service has been provided by The Marine Installers Rant. Questions? Call me 555-555-5555
I know these aren't pretty emails. They are meant to be a wake up call, and have the owners really look closely at their websites, and providers. I only send them if I think the site owner isn't aware of what's happening, and I have been on the money every time. Links to buy gold dust from India and the ilk just go bye bye. I have been have been told over a dozen SEO/website service companies have been fired for doing it. It took the attorney only two hours to fire their website firm, and hire a new one. They have a very nice site now.
Real professionals can improve a sites page ranking, but like all things in life it takes work. Nothing beats good content that is regularly updated, and good reciprocal links. Yeah, I know I've been a bit off topic lately, but lots of things are in the hopper being finished. Fusion kit update, flying boats, playing with PuTTy, Actisense savior, I think, and more.
I know these aren't pretty emails. They are meant to be a wake up call, and have the owners really look closely at their websites, and providers. I only send them if I think the site owner isn't aware of what's happening, and I have been on the money every time. Links to buy gold dust from India and the ilk just go bye bye. I have been have been told over a dozen SEO/website service companies have been fired for doing it. It took the attorney only two hours to fire their website firm, and hire a new one. They have a very nice site now.
Real professionals can improve a sites page ranking, but like all things in life it takes work. Nothing beats good content that is regularly updated, and good reciprocal links. Yeah, I know I've been a bit off topic lately, but lots of things are in the hopper being finished. Fusion kit update, flying boats, playing with PuTTy, Actisense savior, I think, and more.
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