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 302011
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 272011
All future site update information and Webmaster messages will be found in the Forum, under Website News. The reason for doing this is to allow the Blog to focus only on IOA members Posts.
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 [...]
Oct 202011
(From Martin Corrick) New rudders for an Iroquois Mark 2A – part 1 The Iroquois Mark 2A (my boat, Ambler, dates from 1971) was originally built with longer stern lockers containing two petrol engines with outdrives set into the transoms. Whether any of the boats still have this layout I don’t know, but Ambler’s engines [...]
Oct 132011
Does anyone have any knowledge or know anyone that has raised the bridgedeck roof or popped the top. Thank you for any feedback.
Oct 122011
I’m selling my boat, here in Hawaii. I have been getting some little things fixed, but am not done so there is a bit of work yet. She is sea worthy, just not sparkleing. For any info see craigslist Kauai “boats”. So far price is 12kUSD or 17K including all new equipment. Cheers, S. Chapin
Oct 092011
any way to ascertain and add to owners list?
Oct 042011
Over recent weeks much of this websites software has been updated. The latest one being the ‘theme’ software (4 days ago). I think that I’ve covered all angles and tested everything – however sometimes things slip through. If anyone finds a problem, please let me know (via Comments at the bottom of this Post) and [...]
My MK 2 is for sale, hull #198. Details at: http://www.yachtworld.com/boats/1974/Sailcraft-Iroquois-2394174/Deltaville/VA/United-States John
Jim Barden has kindly submitted a further two excellent technical articles about board case and rudder repairs. All of this work was conducted over a 4 year period. Here is the first: From the log of Martes… THE BOARD CASEMENT EDGES: I did what Rod Downing suggested to do with the board cases to reinforce [...]
Aug 242011
s/v Zen ii , 1972 Iroquois, her home port is Alameda , CA. The owners will move aboard in Sept 2011, as they make ready to sail to Osaka, Japan in Sept of 2012. You can follow the progress here: www.zensekai2.wordpress.com
For Sale: Mark 1 Iroquois ‘Catapult’ My Iroquois is in good condition and has been cruised extensively in the English Channel, including the Scilly Islands, north and south Brittany and along the French coast from Cherbourg to Dieppe. The boat is lying at Caen in Normandy and can be delivered to England or to a [...]
Aug 232011
I must admit that I intended to post here more regularly, but I have been severely distracted this summer by my rudders. My Iroquois, Ambler, is a Mark 2A, which means that it was originally built with skegs and rudders under the hulls, engines (with outdrives) mounted in the stern lockers and twin fuel tanks [...]
Aug 222011
This is an excellent technical Post kindly submitted by Jim Barden. There are many photos, so please be patient if the page takes a few seconds to load. Dear IOA Members, I had read many stories by Iroquois owners of problems occurring from the drop board casements; how the drop boards cracked or ripped the outer [...]
Aug 212011
Members can now email each other via this website, a form of personal messaging. I have added this feature for the sake of completeness, making sure I haven’t left anything off the ‘wish list’. This facility is available after members have logged in. Peter Humby.
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Aug 132011
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Aug 072011
Many thanks to our Hawaiian member Samuel Chapin for providing information about the Pacific Voyagers Polynesian voyage from New Zealand to California (summer 2011). Note. Wikipedia has a detailed entry about Polynesian Navigation. Polynesian voyaging canoes are relevant to modern multihulls because the canoes are the antecedents of today’s catamarans… M.Corrick. These pictures are of [...]
Aug 022011
A beautiful picture and short note from an IOA Member in Ireland. Cheetah 304 is an Iroquois Mk2a, with fixed keels, very much a cruiser rather than a racer. We bought her from Gearoid Flanagan in 2007. We are based in Mountshannon on Lough Derg, on the river Shannon, in Ireland. Dermot Mangan
Jul 152011
The Archives section has expanded and now includes an album of older pictures. The latest Newsletter is Autumn 2006 although there are some snippets of material after this date. If there are any gaps, additional or missing content – please send it in!
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Jul 102011
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Jul 062011
(POST UPDATED 07/07/11) This Post is on behalf of an IOA member Jon Jakobsen from Norway. Here he tells us about his boat Vouvray and the Vestfjordseilasen Regatta. Jon has also kindly submitted some great photo’s and archive material which we will add to the site… I have just participated in a regatta 36 nm north [...]
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