Dose anybody have the original Sail dimensions for the Iroruois Mk2a please. I dont think mine are original and as they need replacing i want to get it right.
Feb 192012
Feb 102012
Hello-I am writing my first post as a new member to IOA. I would like to thank all those who make this site possible. A wealth of knowledge here. My name is Mark, I live in Punta Gorda, Fl. and sail on Charlotte Harbor. I own an Iroquois mkII and am putting her back to [...]
I am working on the interior of Flying Feather now and would like some ideas. I saw a Youtube of “Baron” where it appears to have a large head expansion, but I think on an MK2. Does anyone have floor plans of the MK1 or the MK2 with dimensions? What ideas can you share with [...]
Samu formaly known as War Dancer had her name changed between 2002 and 2005 She ws built in 1974 SSR 103267 sail number is 117 Hull number 179 special nuber 36113 ???? i dont know what this number is? She has spent time in spain but other than that i donot know much about [...]
Hello, Why does everybody use plywood when they build new rudders or leeboards. I used to shape kitesurf boards with corecell, glassfibre and epoxy ( and carbon for finish) and the big plus is that it is and enormous weigth reduction and it is easy to shape. I’ve been surfing for years without [...]
Hi IOA Members My name is Pär and come from Sweden I have started a restoration (like Benjamin) of my cat Nr.186 I bought the cat in very poor condition , but a saw a boat with wery nice sleek lines it looked fast and i couldent resist buying it Here is my list [...]
The IOA has been contacted by Paul Buttin, who is a member of Golden Oldie Multihulls. This French association is devoted to preserving classic multihulls such as Moxie, the trimaran designed by Dick Newick and sailed to victory in the 1980 OSTAR by the 65-year-old Phil Weld. The aims of the association are set out [...]
Hello, I just become the owner of a iroquois mk2, nr.221, wich is a full restauration project. For the outside of the catamaran it i pretty basic, but the inside is a different story. It is completele stripped and i am looking for pictures or drawings of the inside. There used to be [...]
Dec 042011
I have hove-to on my CAT out in the Bay under fair condition just to check. Has anyone done a heave-to on their boat under “live” conditions?
Dec 012011
I am in the research stages of buying a boat and the Iroquois got my attention because of the nature of the North Carolina coastline where we would be doing most of our sailing….at least until our two boys get a little older. The North Carolina Coastline could best be described as looking as if [...]
Nov 262011
I have heerd several comments about not overloading the Iroquois. We live on ours and I do not think it is overloaded. Right now we have everything we need on the boat, except food and water for 3 weeks. RIght now without a full load my water line is about 3-4 inches before hitting the [...]
Nov 262011
Hello I am wondering about the Iroquois and sailing heavy weather. I have heard one person say, leave one centerboard down and one up when sailing heavy weather on a reach. Another says both down, but not all the way. Any feedback here?
Roy Powell from the USA has contacted the IOA to ask about the capability of the Iroquois in blue water. I know that many Iroquois have made blue water voyages successfully, but I’m sure other members will have useful opinions, and I’d like to open the question to everyone. What’s your view? Martin (Chair, IOA) [...]
Nov 202011
Thanks to our member Panicos based in Limassol for these ‘before and after’ pictures of his Iroquois MK2, Kalypso. Also, please take a look at his Youtube videos of Kalypso.
Nov 202011
Thanks to Andrew in Florida (boat and username ‘Misty’) for this Post. Misty, an Iroquois Chieftain. Only her main sail is taller and larger than original main. The jibs are all the same as original Iroquois. Ive changed from centerboards to daggerboards for ease of building a replacement, they’re also much lighter. I have found [...]
Hows this for an idea. I am a new Iroquois owner having bought ‘Catcracker’, a mk 2 No 292. She was in a terrible state when I bought her having been laid up from 2004 and being part way through a refit ( mainly destruction, very little reconstruction). I have a complete set of Iroquois windows as I [...]
Nov 082011
I’ve at last had an opportunity to try the new rudders that I have fitted to my Iroquois IIA, Ambler. Ambler’s original steering system used a wheel and two very long cables to drive a pair of rudders fitted to massive skegs under the hulls. This equipment has been replaced by transom-mounted rudders, and [...]
Nov 072011
This website is the result of a decision by an Annual General Meeting in the UK in March 2011, which decided that the IOA would now be run entirely through the internet. It makes good sense for an organisation which has a worldwide membership, and some of the work can be done automatically – for [...]
A notoriously unpleasent activity of sailing an iroquois is the hoisting and lowering of the outboard, especially since the 4-stroke engines haven’t lost any weight over the years, and the angle of hoisting (starting from the frame down below towards a person standing upright) remains backbreaking. Especially at my length of almost 2 m. Even [...]
Good morning from Cote Azur ! Some great photos from Alain of ‘Idylle’ Iroquois Mk2 on the French Mediterranean. Alain lists his port as Golfe Juan, a small French locality near Cannes.
Oct 302011
Hi am interested in buying an Iroquois to live on and sail,can anyone help in suggesting how to convert saloon into a double bed as the berths look small in hulls.
Oct 282011
Here is a photo of MARTES, Sailcraft number 274, owned by Jim Barden and Lori Klaidman. This photo was taken at Catalina Harbor in the mud flats where an 18 inch draft keeps her one foot off the bottom! This little place tucked into the already protected cove is one of the best reasons to [...]
Oct 282011
This Post courtesy of Jim Barden. Many again thanks Jim… While in Catalina [three years ago] I dove MARTES to see how the new bottom was holding up from the previous work while on the hard. To my surprise there were 5 inches missing off of the starboard rudder! This must have happened while surfing [...]
Oct 252011
Hi Iroquois Owners, I’ve got the Iroquois bug and am in search of an Iroquois owner that might be considering parting with their beloved catamaran. It seems that the only ones for sell recently in the U.S. are on the East Coast or Hawaii. Would prefer to find one on the West Coast, but would [...]
Oct 232011
New rudders for an Iroquois Mark 2A – part 2 This picture shows one of my new rudders temporarily fitted with its lifting blade and mounted on the new starboard rudder post. The shape of the new rudder blades required some thought. The lifting blades of a typical Mark 1 Iroquois have an elegant [...]
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