Expedition Catamaran Motor Yacths on the Horizon

Bloomfield Catamaran Designs is developing a new range of Expedition Catamaran Motor Yachts with U.S. based company 'Pacific Expedition Yachts'. The new line of boats will suit owners who are looking for the toughness and reliability of a trawler with the comfort and classic styling of a motor yacht combined with all of the speed stability and room advantages of a catamaran. The great looks and cruising potential of these boats have already generated a lot of interest with both traditional monohull and seasoned multihull sailors who recognise the potential of the designs' many advantages over existing alternatives.

The hull design for the new boats is a development of a long line of catamaran ferry and workboat designs that have proven successful in the commercial arena. More details on the range of boats is available from the Pacific Expedition Yachts' Website - www.PacificExpedition.com

Carbon Spar Design Endorsement

Cheekee Monkee's owner is very happy with his new carbon fibre mast design, he says:

"The mast is spectacular and everything is working very well. The capshroud and headstay attachment system is terrific, the soft padeyes and external halyard sheaves have worked very well, and nothing shows any signs of unusual wear or chafe. The mast is very stiff."

A new carbon fibre mast design was built to replace the previous carbon fibre mast which suffered irreparable damage. The new section is lighter and stiffer than the previous mast.

The boat has had a very successful and eventful first season with the new mast. She suffered an unfortunate capsize in her first race in which the mast suffered no structural damage despite hitting the the sea bed. Following that the boat has scored in a string of races including First place in the Queens Cup, multhull line honours in the Chicago Mackinac Race and second in the Port Huron Mackinac.

The carbon mast was designed by Bloomfield Catamaran Designs and constructed by Wahoo Composites. The design incorporates a lot of proprietary technology developed by Bloomfield Catamaran Designs, which has been well proven on a number of yachts. Bloomfield Catamaran Plans offer engineering for a wide range of carbon fibre and other composite components.

45' World Cruising Catamaran Design added

We have added a new sailing catamaran design to the website, a 45' Crowther Design cruising catamaran (Design No. C462). This is a very successful design ideally suited to long term cruising with an excellent payload (5000kg) and impressive performance. Follow the link for more details including layout plans.

Raw Nerve Wins Fifth Gladstone Race

Raw Nerve has once again proven itself to be the fastest offshore yacht in Australia by taking out line honours for a record fifth time (four in a row) in the Brisbane to Gladstone Race, the longest running mulihull offshore race in the world; skippered by Martyn Riley with designer Stuart Bloomfield as navigator/helmsman. Finishing an hour and a half ahead of Ichi Ban, the monohull race winner and current Sydney to Hobart winner, the 56' catamaran maintained it's offshore racing record, not having been beaten accross the line in it's current configuration.

Sailing away from the fleet at the start of the Race

Bloomfield 30 first in Adelaide to Port Lincoln Race

Martyn Riley's Bloomfield 30 Catamaran recently took line honours (first to finish) in the Adelaide to Port Lincoln Race beating the 98' maxi Skandia across the line in the 156nm race. Despite conditions not well suited to catamarans, included many hours of bashing upwind in 20-30 knots followed by square running in light to moderate breeze, the little catamaran crossed the line 12 mins ahead of the big monohull and an fleet of over 80 monohulls and multihulls, after starting 10 mins behind the monohulls. The little catamaran was unbeaten across the line during the Port Lincoln Regatta the following week. Stuart was navigator/helmsman for the series.

Skandia in Wake at Sunrise

Bloomfield 30 Takes Line Honours at SOMR

Martyn Riley has won the line honours trophy on his Bloomfield 30 'Raw to the Core' at the 2007 Southern Ocean Multihull Regatta. The Bloomfield 30 has proven its' speed and durability once again at a regatta that experienced conditions from drifters to gale force winds that wiped out over half the fleet. Racing against one of the most competitve multihull fleets in the country the 31' catamaran took out the prize for the fastest boat in the fleet for the second year running, congratulations Martyn!

56' Luxury Cruising Catamaran Design

We have recently added details of Crowther Catamaran Design No. 294, a 56' Luxury cruising catamaran design capable world cruising in comfort with excellent performance under sail and power. Three boats have been launched from this set of plans, 'Felino', 'Hakuna Matata' and 'Duplicity'; all of the owners are extremely happy with their boats. Click here for further details.

Catamaran Building Resources

If you own or are building a catamaran, check out our Catamaran Building Resources Links for a great source of everything from trampoline netting to survey authorities. The resources on this page are suitable for leisure and commercial power and sailing craft of all sizes.

Carbon Fibre Masts

Wahoo Composites have recently constructed a new carbon fibre mast for Cheekee Monkee, the flat out racing Farrier trimaran in the US. Bloomfield Catamaran Designs (who have many years experience in carbon fibre rig design) did the design work for the new rig. Wahoo Composites specialise in high tech carbon fibre parts for many applications, including multihull rigs and boats. A new 26' production racing trimaran design from Bloomfield is currently under development. The owner's own boat 'Wahoo' a 50' racing catamaran was one of the companies first projects several years ago; video of Wahoo's successful maiden race from Port Huron to Mackinac Island can be seen here with owner Ed Wheatley and designer Stuart Bloomfield aboard.

50' Crowther Catamaran Design Shaping Up

Construction on the 50' Crowther catamaran design is proceeding well with the support of Bloomfield Innovation. Stuart Bloomfield recently inspected the construction at the boatyard where he was able to offer the owner piece of mind by confirming that the structure is being built in accordance with the plans.

During the site visit Stuart was also able to work though minor modifications to the structural layout with the builder and develop some alternative solutions to the original plans that are tailored to this particular builder's practices and will save thousands of dollars from the overall cost of construction.

The owner, Justin Grunwald, is extremely pleased with the outcome and said:

"Stu, thanks for all your invaluable support during the building process. Thanks to the inherant strength of the design I have one less thing to worry about when bashing to windward, a worry I would definitely have on less well engineered designs."

The construction is being done by a small but dedicated team on the central coast of New South Wales on the east coast of Australia and is proceeding according to schedule.