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The i550 has found a spot in the building sheds and imaginations of hundreds of sailors around the World. It is an 18 foot performance sailboat designed for amateur home builders. The performance is thrilling and has given many sailors memorable days on the water. i550's plane in moderate breeze and can be sailed single handed, two crew make ...
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This boat has been built in 3 sizes, ranging from the i550, to the MG25, to the MG30. Plans are currently being redrawn for the latter two models and will be available soon. There are also a number of other designs coming; a smaller 15 foot sportboat, that is in the works, check back in the coming months for more details on these projects.
I550 Sail Data
800 pound planing hull sport boat with bulb keel (185# max) and 58" bowsprit with asymmetrical spinnaker. Complete Sail Plan Data for the I550 Sail Data. Sailrite offers free rig and sail dimensions with featured products and canvas kits that fit the boat.
i550 Class
Welcome i550 Builders. Have a nice day! Buy the Plans, Build the Boat Whats' Happening. Class officers elected. ... Meade of West Systems took on the 2011 Everglades Challenge in an i550. The boat was build with a fin type keel that could be fully retracted to allow beach launching along with a rudder cassette with crash protection. They used a ...
i550. Annoyingly fast sport boat
i550 by Watershed Sailboats (LOA: 5.5 m). Annoyingly fast sport boat. Specs, plans, building logs, photo and video gallery. ... The i550 is easy to construct, even for even the amateur builder, with a plywood "stitch-and-glue" method that ensures a light, solid hull, and a quick build. Or, to save drawing and cutting time, you can buy a kit ...
Building the i550 Sportboat HOT CANARY
The i550 sportboat is built with plywood stitch and glue construction. We used ¼" 5-ply Okume plywood and judiciously placed 5 oz carbon fiber. The entire boat was built with WEST SYSTEM® 105 Epoxy Resin® and 207 Special Clear Hardener®. The i550 sportboat under construction in the GBI shop.
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i550 sport boat. The i550 is a very popular 18 foot stitch and glue design. Simple construction and avid builder blogs and websites add a sense of community and support for the builder. ... Design Specifications. Designer. Chris Beckwith. Year of Design. 2007. LOA. 18. Beam. 8. Draft. 4'8" Displacement. 800. Materials. Wood. Fiberglass ...
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The i550 is a fast modern sharpie type hull shape owing its roots to the historic sharpies of Long Island Sound. The sharpies were known for their speed and seaworthiness, the i550 picks up where they left off. It fits in with the sportboats speeds and ability to plane off the wind.It is a simple design for stitch and glue construction using 1/ ...
PDF i550 Fleet
i550 was created for the MicroTon class, but it has since been turbocharged and redrawn as a one-off sportboat for fleet racing. The ease of building for an amateur builder with the "stitch-and-glue" method ensures a light, solid hull, and a quick build for even those with NO boat building experience. Due
PDF BUILDING thei550 Hot Canary
The i550 sportboat is built with plywood stitch and glue construction. We used 1⁄4" 5-ply Okume plywood and judiciously placed 5 oz carbon fiber. The entire boat was built with WEST SYSTEM® 105 Epoxy Resin® and 207 Special Clear HardenerTM. The first task was to scarf three 4' × 8' pieces of the marine plywood together using the WEST ...
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i550 Sport boat M odern sport boats are expensive. Tooling, the various plugs and molds required to mold a GRP boat, are expensive. Modern gear is expensive. Carbon fiber spars and high-tech sails can cost close to what an entire, race-ready Soling cost years ago. But designer/builder Christopher Beckwith has
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The i550 is the most popular home built sportboat on the planet. At 5.5 meters long, it can be built in several variations to allow for those needing camp/cabin accommodations or an open decked racing machine with enough room below for a cooler and some gear. In 2011 the i550 won the double handed division….
2011 International i550 Racer for sale
Description. 2011 International i550. The i550 is the most popular home built sportboat on the planet. At 5.5 meters long, it can be built in several variations to allow for those needing camp/cabin accommodations or an open decked racing machine with enough room below for a cooler and some gear. In 2011 the i550 won the double handed division ...
Time Lapse: i550 Sport Boat built with WEST SYSTEM Epoxy
Time lapse video captures WEST SYSTEM Technical Advisors and company founders Meade & Jan Gougeon building in an i550 sport boat in Bay City, Michigan. This ...
2012 18' i550 i550
Youtube videos of this boat sailing search i550 poker face. Bob Perry review at the i550 class website. ... Equipment: Specifications: Weight 800 lbs. (363 kg) Length 18 feet or 5.50 meters (hence the 550 in the name) Beam 8 feet WL Beam 4 feet 6 inches inches Draft - 10 inches (300 mm) keel raised for trailering 4 8 keel down while sailing ...
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18. i550, International 110, International Tempest - Jamestown. Jul 30, 2009. #1. This past winter I got hooked on a small sportboat called the i550. It's a stitch and glue plywood screamer that is quickly growing world wide. The boat can be built from plans, kit or from full size patterns.
i550 build part 2
Mark Stieber's progress as he builds an i550 sport boat for sail boat racing in Colorado and around the country
i550 build part 1
Mark Stieber's progress as he builds a sea kayak and an i550 sport boat for sail boat racing in Colorado and around the country
Contemplating an i550
Munter Amateur. The i550 has a real buzz around it at the moment with over 200 plan sets sent out. If built to the maximum sail area it will be quite heavily canvassed and probably require attentive sailing. Of course you don't need to put every square centimeter of sail on it to make it easier to handle with just two.
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i550 no.107 "Tonka" sailing on St Georges Basin. Tonka is a homebuilt i550 sportboat sailing only for the second time.
SailboatData.com
SailboatData.com …is a database that contains information on over 9000 production and semi-production sailboats dating back to the late 1800's. COMPARE BOATS. To compare up to three boats at one time, click the (+) Remove a compared boat by clicking (-) FORUM.
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The i550 has found a spot in the building sheds and imaginations of hundreds of sailors around the World. It is an 18 foot performance sailboat designed for amateur home builders. The performance is thrilling and has given many sailors memorable days on the water. i550's plane in moderate breeze and can be sailed single handed, two crew make ...
This boat has been built in 3 sizes, ranging from the i550, to the MG25, to the MG30. Plans are currently being redrawn for the latter two models and will be available soon. There are also a number of other designs coming; a smaller 15 foot sportboat, that is in the works, check back in the coming months for more details on these projects.
800 pound planing hull sport boat with bulb keel (185# max) and 58" bowsprit with asymmetrical spinnaker. Complete Sail Plan Data for the I550 Sail Data. Sailrite offers free rig and sail dimensions with featured products and canvas kits that fit the boat.
Welcome i550 Builders. Have a nice day! Buy the Plans, Build the Boat Whats' Happening. Class officers elected. ... Meade of West Systems took on the 2011 Everglades Challenge in an i550. The boat was build with a fin type keel that could be fully retracted to allow beach launching along with a rudder cassette with crash protection. They used a ...
i550 by Watershed Sailboats (LOA: 5.5 m). Annoyingly fast sport boat. Specs, plans, building logs, photo and video gallery. ... The i550 is easy to construct, even for even the amateur builder, with a plywood "stitch-and-glue" method that ensures a light, solid hull, and a quick build. Or, to save drawing and cutting time, you can buy a kit ...
The i550 sportboat is built with plywood stitch and glue construction. We used ¼" 5-ply Okume plywood and judiciously placed 5 oz carbon fiber. The entire boat was built with WEST SYSTEM® 105 Epoxy Resin® and 207 Special Clear Hardener®. The i550 sportboat under construction in the GBI shop.
i550 sport boat. The i550 is a very popular 18 foot stitch and glue design. Simple construction and avid builder blogs and websites add a sense of community and support for the builder. ... Design Specifications. Designer. Chris Beckwith. Year of Design. 2007. LOA. 18. Beam. 8. Draft. 4'8" Displacement. 800. Materials. Wood. Fiberglass ...
The i550 is a fast modern sharpie type hull shape owing its roots to the historic sharpies of Long Island Sound. The sharpies were known for their speed and seaworthiness, the i550 picks up where they left off. It fits in with the sportboats speeds and ability to plane off the wind.It is a simple design for stitch and glue construction using 1/ ...
i550 was created for the MicroTon class, but it has since been turbocharged and redrawn as a one-off sportboat for fleet racing. The ease of building for an amateur builder with the "stitch-and-glue" method ensures a light, solid hull, and a quick build for even those with NO boat building experience. Due
The i550 sportboat is built with plywood stitch and glue construction. We used 1⁄4" 5-ply Okume plywood and judiciously placed 5 oz carbon fiber. The entire boat was built with WEST SYSTEM® 105 Epoxy Resin® and 207 Special Clear HardenerTM. The first task was to scarf three 4' × 8' pieces of the marine plywood together using the WEST ...
i550 Sport boat M odern sport boats are expensive. Tooling, the various plugs and molds required to mold a GRP boat, are expensive. Modern gear is expensive. Carbon fiber spars and high-tech sails can cost close to what an entire, race-ready Soling cost years ago. But designer/builder Christopher Beckwith has
The i550 is the most popular home built sportboat on the planet. At 5.5 meters long, it can be built in several variations to allow for those needing camp/cabin accommodations or an open decked racing machine with enough room below for a cooler and some gear. In 2011 the i550 won the double handed division….
Description. 2011 International i550. The i550 is the most popular home built sportboat on the planet. At 5.5 meters long, it can be built in several variations to allow for those needing camp/cabin accommodations or an open decked racing machine with enough room below for a cooler and some gear. In 2011 the i550 won the double handed division ...
Time lapse video captures WEST SYSTEM Technical Advisors and company founders Meade & Jan Gougeon building in an i550 sport boat in Bay City, Michigan. This ...
Youtube videos of this boat sailing search i550 poker face. Bob Perry review at the i550 class website. ... Equipment: Specifications: Weight 800 lbs. (363 kg) Length 18 feet or 5.50 meters (hence the 550 in the name) Beam 8 feet WL Beam 4 feet 6 inches inches Draft - 10 inches (300 mm) keel raised for trailering 4 8 keel down while sailing ...
18. i550, International 110, International Tempest - Jamestown. Jul 30, 2009. #1. This past winter I got hooked on a small sportboat called the i550. It's a stitch and glue plywood screamer that is quickly growing world wide. The boat can be built from plans, kit or from full size patterns.
Mark Stieber's progress as he builds an i550 sport boat for sail boat racing in Colorado and around the country
Mark Stieber's progress as he builds a sea kayak and an i550 sport boat for sail boat racing in Colorado and around the country
Munter Amateur. The i550 has a real buzz around it at the moment with over 200 plan sets sent out. If built to the maximum sail area it will be quite heavily canvassed and probably require attentive sailing. Of course you don't need to put every square centimeter of sail on it to make it easier to handle with just two.
WoodenBoat is a bimonthly magazine that delivers a blend of traditional and evolving methods of boat design, construction, repair, and related crafts—as well as profiles of unique boats and people. In each of our lavishly illustrated, carefully researched and written issues, we aim to educate and inspire our readers while conveying quality ...
i550 no.107 "Tonka" sailing on St Georges Basin. Tonka is a homebuilt i550 sportboat sailing only for the second time.
SailboatData.com …is a database that contains information on over 9000 production and semi-production sailboats dating back to the late 1800's. COMPARE BOATS. To compare up to three boats at one time, click the (+) Remove a compared boat by clicking (-) FORUM.