• Boat,  Journey,  Wind Dragon II

    BS4 02 – Travel

    We thought this year we were going to the Bahamas with two new buddy boats, friends we have made along the way who live on boats comparable in size and speed as ours, who have both been sailing quite a…

  • Boat,  Wind Dragon II

    Introductions

    It is important to note that when we were introduced to C-Cat (now Wind Dragon II), she was currently being lived aboard by Jim and Janet who had recently completed a partial refit on her and had started on her…

  • Boat,  Wind Dragon II

    Specs

    Catalac 10M Brochure Because Tom Lack designed this catamaran with such a versatile layout most were built and finished to the desire of the purchaser. Wind Dragon’s layout is a bit different than any illustrations we’ve found, but still very…

  • Boat,  Projects,  Wind Dragon

    Painting on Her Name

    I decided that instead of paying $100 plus for custom vinyl lettering to put Wind Dragon’s name on her transom, I would paint it on.  Armed with Frog Tape, sharp knife, black acrylic paint, and a paint brush (all stuff…

  • Boat,  Projects,  Wind Dragon

    Replacing the Cutlass Bearing

    This project to replace the cutlass bearing was compleated in March of 2011. Here are the tools I used to complete this project: 1 – 22mm socket from Ace Hardware 1 – 1/2″ threaded rod 12″ long 4 – 1/2″…

  • Boat,  Projects,  Wind Dragon

    New Shaft Seal

    This project to replace the old style stuffing box with a new PYI Packless Sealing System, was completed in March of 2011. PYI part number: 02-100-112  WebSite Rueland 1″ shaft collar part number SP-16-SS GraingerHere is a photo of the…

  • Boat,  Projects,  Wind Dragon

    Prop Shaft

    This project to remove the prop shaft turned into a rudder removal situation.  Was completed in March of 2011. Well here is the hole story.  I needed to remove the prop shaft in wind dragon to check the shaft, put…

  • Boat,  Projects,  Wind Dragon

    Stern Tube

    This project to replace the original shaft tube, was completed in March of 2011. This is the 1-1/2″ Bronze Thru hull with one side ground flat to fit into the location of the original one. This is looking from the…