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Lock Crowther
Lock Crowther (9 September 1940–1993; first name by birth Lachlan) was an Australian multihull sailboat designer. He grew up in Bairnsdale in the East Gippsland region of Victoria. Though his first name was Lachlan by birth, he insisted on being called Lock or Lockie. Career Lock and his family built his first boat, a trimaran called ''Bunyip'', in 1959 while he was still a teenager. In 1960 he raced in the Easter regatta at Paynesville, Victoria, Australia, and won against a field of 300 boats. This initial success inspired others to build similar boats. Crowther then studied electrical engineering in Melbourne and in the early 1960s became involved in multihull design and the '' Amateur Yacht Research Society''. In 1962 ''Trio'' was built based upon his designs. Crowther's next design was the Kraken 25, garnering some recognition. Later, Lockie decided to give up his day job in Melbourne and move to Sydney to design multihulls full-time. In 1969, a Kraken 40 won the N ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brighton, Victoria
Brighton is a suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 11 km south-east of Melbourne's Central Business District, located within the City of Bayside local government area. Brighton recorded a population of 23,252 at the 2021 census. Brighton is named after Brighton in England. History In England, on 29 August 1840, Henry Dendy (1800–81) purchased of Port Phillip land at £1 per acre, sight unseen, under the terms of the short-lived Special Survey regulations. Dendy arrived on 5 February 1841 to claim his land. The area was known as Dendy's Special Survey. The area Dendy was compelled to take, called "Waterville", was bound by the coastline to the west and the present day North Road, East Boundary Road and South Road. A town was surveyed in mid-1841, defined by the crescent-shaped street layout which remains today, and subdivided allotments were offered for sale. The area soon became the "Brighton Estate", and Dendy's site for his own home was named "Brighton ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sydney To Hobart
The Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race is an annual event hosted by the Cruising Yacht Club of Australia, starting in Sydney, New South Wales, on Boxing Day and finishing in Hobart, Tasmania. The race distance is approximately . The race is run in conjunction with the Royal Yacht Club of Tasmania, and is widely considered to be one of the most difficult yacht races in the world. The race was initially planned to be a cruise by Peter Luke and some friends who had formed a club for those who enjoyed cruising as opposed to racing, however when a visiting British Royal Navy Officer, Captain John Illingworth, suggested it be made a race, the event was born. The Sydney to Hobart Yacht Race has grown over the decades, since the inaugural race in 1945, to become one of the top three offshore yacht races in the world, and it now attracts maxi yachts from all around the globe. The 2019 race was the 75th edition. Australia's foremost offshore sailing prize is The George Adams Tattersall ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Multihull Designers
A multihull is a boat or ship with more than one hull, whereas a vessel with a single hull is a monohull. The most common multihulls are catamarans (with two hulls), and trimarans (with three hulls). There are other types, with four or more hulls, but such examples are very rare and tend to be specialised for particular functions. Sailing multihulls Counter-intuitively, it is unhelpful to think of the design progression to be "1-2-3", namely monohull - catamaran - trimaran; rather, it is "1-3-2". A sailing trimaran is, in effect, a modified monohull with lightweight outrigger hulls (or "amas") for stability instead of a heavy deep keel; so it follows that a sailing trimaran will be lighter and faster than a sailing monohull. A sailing trimaran will have a centre hull that may comprise up to 90% of total hull volume, and 95% of total deadweight. A sailing trimaran at rest will have both amas out of the water and, when heeled, will only ever have one of the amas immersed. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1993 Deaths
File:1993 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The Oslo I Accord is signed in an attempt to resolve the Israeli–Palestinian conflict; The Russian White House is shelled during the 1993 Russian constitutional crisis; Czechoslovakia is peacefully dissolved into the Czech Republic and Slovakia; In the United States, the ATF besieges a compound belonging to David Koresh and the Branch Davidians in a search for illegal weapons, which ends in the building being set alight and killing most inside; Eritrea gains independence; A major snow storm passes over the United States and Canada, leading to over 300 fatalities; Drug lord and narcoterrorist Pablo Escobar is killed by Colombian special forces; Ramzi Yousef and other Islamic terrorists detonate a truck bomb in the subterranean garage of the North Tower of the World Trade Center in the United States., 300x300px, thumb rect 0 0 200 200 Oslo I Accord rect 200 0 400 200 1993 Russian constitutional crisis rect 400 0 600 200 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Trimaran Yacht Club Of Victoria
The Trimaran Yacht Club of Victoria was a club in Victoria, Australia, for persons interested in trimaran sailboats A sailboat or sailing boat is a boat propelled partly or entirely by sails and is smaller than a sailing ship. Distinctions in what constitutes a sailing boat and ship vary by region and maritime culture. Types Although sailboat terminology ....TYCV Newsletters #1-44, 31 March 197011 August 1977. Newsletters The club published the T.Y.C.V Newsletter every two months. The first newsletter was published on 31 March 1970 with a list price of 5c. The final newsletter was published on 11 August 1977 wish a list price of 5c. Fate In 1977, the club became the Multihull Yacht Club of Victoria. In the final edition of the newsletter, the commodore David Drew wrote of this decision: References Yacht clubs in Victoria (state) 1977 disestablishments in Australia {{yachtracing-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Austral 20 (catamaran)
Austral 20 was a catamaran produced by Charles Cunningham in Australia in the early 1960s period of experimentation. It was apparently produced in reasonable numbers by Charles himself. See also *List of multihulls *Lock Crowther Lock Crowther (9 September 1940–1993; first name by birth Lachlan) was an Australian multihull sailboat designer. He grew up in Bairnsdale in the East Gippsland region of Victoria. Though his first name was Lachlan by birth, he insisted on ... References {{Sailing vessels and rigs Catamarans ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kraken 33
Kraken 33 Mk IV was a 4-5 berthBrochure of the Trimaran Yacht Club of Victoria. 1977 (or earlier). Accessed State Library of New South Wales, inside second volume of Trimaran Yacht Club of Victoria newsletters, 7 February 2015. ocean racing trimaran designed by Lock Crowther in Australia. It was apparently first built in the 1960s but was advertised in to the 1970s. See also *List of multihulls *Lock Crowther *Kraken 18 Kraken 18 was a day racing trimaran sailboat designed by Lock Crowther in the wake of his successful Bunyip 20 design,''Scanned specification brochure for Kraken 18 / Kraken 25 / Bunyip 20.'' as a scaled-down version of the earlier Kraken 25 w ... * Kraken 25 * Kraken 40 References {{reflist Trimarans ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kraken 18
Kraken 18 was a day racing trimaran sailboat designed by Lock Crowther in the wake of his successful Bunyip 20 design,''Scanned specification brochure for Kraken 18 / Kraken 25 / Bunyip 20.'' as a scaled-down version of the earlier Kraken 25 with similar performance. Its smaller size and folding beams made it more practical and led to its greater success. Advertised as "a slightly faster, more attractive version of the Bunyip 20 with round bilge hulls", it shared an identical rig with the Bunyip 20 but was shorter. It was accepted as a class by the Victoria branch of Trimaran Association of Australia, making it the first one design trimaran class in Australian history. See also *List of multihulls *Kraken 25 *Kraken 33 *Kraken 40 *Lock Crowther *Trimaran Yacht Club of Victoria The Trimaran Yacht Club of Victoria was a club in Victoria, Australia, for persons interested in trimaran sailboats A sailboat or sailing boat is a boat propelled partly or entirely by sails ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Crowther Buccaneer 40
Crowther is a surname, derived from the old Welsh musical instrument the crwth. Notable people with the surname include: * Arnold Crowther, stage-magician, puppeteer, and promoter of Wicca religion * Arthur Crawford (1835-1911) British administrator in India, municipal commissioner and collector * Antony Crowther, British computer programmer * Bosley Crowther (1905–1981), American film critic * Charles Crowther (1831–1894), Australian politician (Western Australia) * Edward Lodewyk Crowther (1843–1931), Australian politician (Tasmania), son of William Lodewyk Crowther * Emlyn Crowther (born 1949), New Zealand drummer * Eunice Crowther (1916–1986), British singer, dancer, and choreographer * Frank Crowther (1870—1955), Member of US House of Representatives * Geoffrey Crowther, Baron Crowther (1907–1972), editor of ''The Economist'' * Hal Crowther (born 1945), American journalist and essayist * Hilton Crowther (b.1879), English mill owner and football club chairman * Ja ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Crowther Buccaneer 35
Crowther is a surname, derived from the old Welsh musical instrument the crwth. Notable people with the surname include: * Arnold Crowther, stage-magician, puppeteer, and promoter of Wicca religion * Arthur Crawford (1835-1911) British administrator in India, municipal commissioner and collector * Antony Crowther, British computer programmer * Bosley Crowther (1905–1981), American film critic * Charles Crowther (1831–1894), Australian politician (Western Australia) * Edward Lodewyk Crowther (1843–1931), Australian politician (Tasmania), son of William Lodewyk Crowther * Emlyn Crowther (born 1949), New Zealand drummer * Eunice Crowther (1916–1986), British singer, dancer, and choreographer * Frank Crowther (1870—1955), Member of US House of Representatives * Geoffrey Crowther, Baron Crowther (1907–1972), editor of ''The Economist'' * Hal Crowther (born 1945), American journalist and essayist * Hilton Crowther (b.1879), English mill owner and football club chairman * J ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Crowther Buccaneer 33
Crowther is a surname, derived from the old Welsh musical instrument the crwth. Notable people with the surname include: * Arnold Crowther, stage-magician, puppeteer, and promoter of Wicca religion * Arthur Crawford (1835-1911) British administrator in India, municipal commissioner and collector * Antony Crowther, British computer programmer * Bosley Crowther (1905–1981), American film critic * Charles Crowther (1831–1894), Australian politician (Western Australia) * Edward Lodewyk Crowther (1843–1931), Australian politician (Tasmania), son of William Lodewyk Crowther * Emlyn Crowther (born 1949), New Zealand drummer * Eunice Crowther (1916–1986), British singer, dancer, and choreographer * Frank Crowther (1870—1955), Member of US House of Representatives * Geoffrey Crowther, Baron Crowther (1907–1972), editor of ''The Economist'' * Hal Crowther (born 1945), American journalist and essayist * Hilton Crowther (b.1879), English mill owner and football club chairman * J ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Crowther Buccaneer 28
Buccaneer 28 was a trailerable trimaran sailboat designed by Lock Crowther. It featured an auxiliary 9HP outboard motor. See also * List of multihulls Types * catamaran = two symmetric hulls * proa = two asymmetric hulls, reverse-shunting (interchangeable bow/stern) * trimaran = three hulls * quadrimaran = four hulls * pentamaran = five hulls Pre-modern Austronesian * ʻalia * Amatasi * B ... References Trimarans Boats designed by Lock Crowther {{ship-type-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
