New Concept Sailing Rigs, Bi-Pod/AeroRig combo

The original posting of these concept sketches did not provide for a place to add a comment so I started this thread. Here is that original posting:

Future Concept: 57m Super Sailing Yacht
http://www.yachtforums.com/forums/future-yachts-concept-boats/9115-future-concept-57m-super-sailing-yacht.html
I would define this rig concept as combination of the bi-pod rig concept and the Aerorig.

My interest was drawn to the subject as I've had a past involvement with 'unusual sailing rigs'. Hopefully Carl will not be too upset with my referencing another forum I participate in, as it contains considerable discussions on these alternative sailing rigs are are far too numerous to reprint here.

1) Procyon...a bold experiment
2) Wishbone Mast Sailing Rig
3) Aerorig
4) Aftmast Rigs

Help with Identity

WOW, I just rediscovered this subject thread I had started back a few years ago. I guess no one had an interest in any of this...or maybe it was just the timing?

I was looking thru some older material on one of my computers and found this photo that someone sent to me in the past. It was their experiment with my AftMast rig design.

But I can't find the correspondence that came with that photo?

Any help out there to ID this project?? ....I think it was a steel monohull

Only that one....and no word back from the gentleman. For all I know he may have just left the project uncompleted.

I had some concerns about the manner it was rigged, but he never got back in touch to discuss them,....and I must have been heavily involved with something else at the time to have lost contact.

A-frame Rig

Speaking of unusual sailing rigs as this subject thred originally intended, i would make reference to a couple of A-frame rigs over on the subject thread

http://www.yachtforums.com/forums/general-yachting-discussion/17316-new-greenpeace-motorsailer-rainbow-warrior.html


Another example, with A-frame and 4 furling sails (a boomless main, a staysail, and two genoas, one on each bow) is the Malcolm Tennant designed catamaran "Catbird Suite".
DAMSL — Catbird Suite

Just had notification that that project is still in the works....
...from Boatdesign.net forum
Quote:

So far the gentleman building that vessel has not replied, but the project appears to be on-going.