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Thompson 8-meter

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Readers who prefer a more sedate sailing style should take heart that some sailors are pushing the envelope. Eventually we may see developments from these radical boats that will be of benefit to cruisers, that is, asymmetrical cruising chutes. Also keep in mind that clever designers are managing to develop very fast boats that have forgiving handling characteristics, like the Thompson 8.

Tom Tom Taxi is a Thompson 8-meter (26.4-foot LOA) designed by New Zealander Steve Thompson. The boat was winning a lot of races in Auckland harbor with extremely well-rounded performance. The 8-meter has been so successfull that there is talk of an 8-meter development-style class challenge cup.

The D/L of this design is 82. The 2,464-pound boat has almost a 50 percent ballast to displacement ratio, with all the ballast in a bulb at the end of a vertical, constant-chord Iroko fin. Tom Tom Taxi is dry sailed dinghy style and the keel is pinned in the down position for sailing. The hull shows low wetted surface sections with some flare to the bow sections to help keep the boat dry. Taxi is also sailed with the biggest crewmember forward to help break the spray. The bow sections are fine and sharply veed. This deadrise is faired into a flat bottom at about station 4.3. Freeboard is minimal and the photos show each crewmember making a physical effort to keep the boat flat. We call this "hiking."

The rig shows swept spreaders, with the third set of spreaders at the hounds to support the big masthead chute. There is a retractable bowsprit. If we use the designers figures for main and No. I jib areas, we get a total sail area of 444 square feet, which gives us an SA/D of 38.97. Speeds in excess of 16 knots are commonplace on this boat. The sailing reports all praise the boat's surprising stability and forgiving handling characteristics. On deck you are really looking at a big dinghy. Yes, there are hiking straps. The cockpit well is very wide, with narrow side decks for seating. The deck edge is generously radiussed to make hiking more comfortable. There are two winches for halyard and jib sheet control, along with winches for the spinnaker sheets and runner controls. The rest of the deck gear is strictly dinghy style for lightness.

Construction uses carbon fiber and glass vacuum-bagged over a foam core with a male mold. Auxiliary power is by outboard motor.

I think the answer is to tow your Thompson 8 behind your Little Harbor 60. This way the crew can live and travel in comfort between the races. I'll do all the cooking on the LH 60 and have dinner ready when you return from a wet afternoon hiking your way around the race course. I'll stay busy wiping the dew from the brightwork and planning tomorrow's menu.

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Review of Thompson 850

Basic specs., sailing characteristics.

This section covers widely used rules of thumb to describe the sailing characteristics. Please note that even though the calculations are correct, the interpretation of the results might not be valid for extreme boats.

What is Capsize Screening Formula (CSF)?

The capsize screening value for Thompson 850 is 1.97, indicating that this boat could - if evaluated by this formula alone - be accepted to participate in ocean races.

What is Theoretical Maximum Hull Speed?

The theoretical maximal speed of a displacement boat of this length is 7.0 knots. The term "Theoretical Maximum Hull Speed" is widely used even though a boat can sail faster. The term shall be interpreted as above the theoretical speed a great additional power is necessary for a small gain in speed.

The immersion rate is defined as the weight required to sink the boat a certain level. The immersion rate for Thompson 850 is about 131 kg/cm, alternatively 738 lbs/inch. Meaning: if you load 131 kg cargo on the boat then it will sink 1 cm. Alternatively, if you load 738 lbs cargo on the boat it will sink 1 inch.

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From the drawing board of the man who helped engineer the Auckland Sky Tower and, more recently, designed the Viper 830, comes a speedy prototype called the T590. That’s 5.9 meters, or about 19 feet LOA. The “T” is for Steve Thompson, who quit his career as a construction engineer five years ago and turned to his passion for yacht design.

Like his other designs, which include Chris Bouzaid’s 30-foot Wairere, the 590 is light (about 1,000 pounds), with a narrow waterline beam and a fair amount of rocker (fore-and-aft hull curvature). The latter two characteristics help it go upwind, and Thompson relies on its low displacement to give it downwind legs.

A shallow, double-bottomed cockpit is rigged with hiking straps, and the side decks are wide for comfortable, effective hiking. Controls lead to the front of the cockpit beneath a removable section of deck, which keeps the deck clear and “butt friendly,” although you can’t reach the controls from a hiking position.

The T590’s real departure is in its sail plan, which is set on a stayed, carbon rig. Upwind, with two or three crew aboard, a powerful mainsail alone drives the boat. Downwind, you hoist an asymmetric from a channel under the foredeck, adding plenty of horsepower. There are no backstays, but the prebent mast with swept spreaders can handle the chute. Thompson’s approach results in a fun boat that’s quick and also easy to sail.

I sailed the drop-keel prototype one morning last winter on Auckland Harbor in six to eight knots of breeze. Thompson trimmed the main (there being no jibsheet to attend to), and we hiked out a little. In a puff, I’d feather the boat, and if I lowered the traveler slightly, the boat responded. I’d estimate we were sailing at a little over five knots. Downwind, the boat moved well as we sailed wide jibing angles, building apparent wind and then carrying the speed down to a deeper angle. We caught up to a ferryboat wave, and our speed jumped at least three knots as the forward sections popped out of the wave. That was a small taste of how much fun this boat would be to sail downwind in breeze and waves.

I put the boat on a shy spinnaker reach and found it had no tendency to wipe out. Just when I thought I was heeling way too much, the extra stability of the flared deck wings would kick in without much fuss. Jibing came easily enough, with me on the main and Thompson on the chute. For those of you who are dinghy sailors, a roll jibe would come naturally. The only difficulty I had was that–with the mainsheet cleat in front of the traveler–it was hard to switch sides and trim the main properly on the new jibe. Thompson also put a full-length batten in the main, and it was a challenge in light air to pop it onto the new tack. With a third crew aboard to handle the main, I’m sure a practiced roll jibe could be a thing of beauty.

We launched the 590 on a trailer ramp in a drysail park in less than 15 minutes. With its narrow waterline, the boat was tippy at the dock until we lowered the 180-pound keel into its tapered slot. The rudder was a simple, high-aspect blade that slipped easily into its housing, hung on a faired mount in the open transom.

Thompson still has a few things to work out. For one, he’s going to rearrange the mechanics of the retractable pole so it doesn’t interfere with the chute going up and down. The system for raising and lowering the keel also needs development. But later this year, Thompson hopes to deliver boats in the United States for about $17,000.

If you want to start a one-design fleet for a crew of two or three weighing about 500 pounds–or just have a fast, simple boat for daysailing or Portsmouth Yardstick racing–keep an eye on www. tboat.com or e-mail enquiry@tboats. co.nz (64-9-483-3520).

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Thompson T830i

Build year:  2008, hamburg, germany, sailing boat for sale.

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Length = 8,30 m Width = 3,00 m Draft = 2,65 m Displacement = approx. 700 kg (ready to sail) Sail area upwind = approx. 38 sqm Sail area downwind = approx. 130 sqm Year of construction 2008 The Thompson T830i is a no-compromise racer. A canting keel with 280 kg bulb, adjustable canard, pivoting prod and rigorous lightweight construction of hull and appendages in epoxy carbon/kevlar sandwich allow ambitious sailors unprecedented possibilities, from soft to stiff breeze. Construction: Hull: Epoxy-Carbon-Kevlar sandwich. Deck: Epoxy-Carbon-Sandwich Mast: Epoxy-Glass-Carbon Keel: Epoxy-Carbon (vacuum infusion technology) Rudder and canard: Epoxy-carbon sandwich (vacuum infusion technology). Rig: Detachable mast Dyneema forestay Dyneema backstay (split backstay) Shrouds made of epoxy carbon rods with lashings Mast hydraulics for flexible rig tension (hydraulic cylinder to be replaced) Sails: Mainsail (2018) / UK Sails / only been sailed a couple of days / suitable for racing. Mainsail (2008) / heavily used Mainsail Dacron (2008) / hardly used Jib #1 (2008) / used Jib #2 (2008) / heavily used Jib #2 (2015) / North Sails / hardly used / suitable for racing Jib #3 (2008) / heavily used Code0 (2008) / used Masthead gennaker (2008) / heavily used Fractional Gennaker (2008) / hardly used Equipment: Outboard engine Tohatsu 5 hp (2005) 2 shaped fenders tarpaulin The boat might benefit from a refit ... even if it doesn't sail any better as a result ;-). The standing rigging needs to be replaced partially, the running rigging needs to be replaced in its entirety. The overall state of the boat is already considered in the listed sales price. Trailer included. For road transport, a special permit for overwidth needs to be obtained (available for little money for 1 or 2 years.

Dette er en privat annonce for Thompson T830i, årgang 2008. For yderligere information, som til eksempel en udførlig bådbeskrivelse, komplet bådudstyrsliste eller flere foto til Sejlbåd Thompson T830i - skal du kontakte sælger via Send E-mail eller hvis sælger har oplyst et telefonnummer kan det naturligvis også benyttes. For at se annoncer der matcher Thompson T830i skal du klikke på Lignende Sejlbåd oppe i højre hjørne af denne annonce. Bemærk, sælger kan have en mere detaljeret beskrivelse af Thompson T830i på tysk, engelsk, svensk eller hollandsk, dem finder du via de viste flag, ovenfor denne tekst. Opret en Annonceagent: Så får du automatisk besked med ændringer af den annoncerede Thompson T830i eller en besked når der kommer nye Thompson T830i. En Annonceagent oprettes på søgesiden ved vælge Gem Søgning. Samme mulighed for at oprette en annonceagent får du når du via Send E-mail skriver til sælger. Er du på udkig efter bådtest og videoer: Tjek Youtube ved at søge efter Thompson T830i.

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Länge = 8,30 m Breite = 3,00 m Tiefgang = 2,65 m Verdrängung = ca. 700 kg (segelfertig) Segelfläche Upwind = ca. 38 qm Segelfläche Downwind = ca. 130 qm Baujahr 2008 Die Thompson T830i ist ein kompromissloser Racer. Ein Canting Keel mit 280 kg-Bombe, trimmbares Canard, schwenkbarer Prod und konsequente Leichtbauweise von Rumpf und Anhängen in Epoxy-Carbon/Kevlar-Sandwich ermöglichen ambitionierten Seglern ungeahnte Möglichkeiten, vom ersten leichten Luftzug bis zur steifen Brise. Konstruktion: Rumpf: Epoxy-Carbon-Kevlar-Sandwich Deck: Epoxy-Carbon-Sandwich Mast: Epoxy-Glass-Carbon Kiel: Epoxy-Carbon (im Infusionsverfahren hergestellt) Ruder und Canard: Epoxy-Carbon-Sandwich (im Infusionsverfahren hergestellt) Rigg: Teilbarer Mast Dyneema-Vorstag Dyneema-Achterstagen (geteiltes Achterstag) Wanten aus Epoxy-Carbon-Rods mit Lashings Mast-Hydraulik für flexible Riggspannung (Hydraulikzylinder muss ersetzt werden) Segel: Großsegel (2018) / UK Sails / nur eine Handvoll Tage gesegelt / Regatta-tauglich Großsegel (2008) / viel benutzt Großsegel Dacron (2008) / wenig benutzt Jib #1 (2008) / wenig benutzt Jib #2 (2008) / viel benutzt Jib #2 (2015) / North Sails / wenig benutzt / Regatta-tauglich Jib #3 (2008) / viel benutzt Code0 (2008) / wenig benutzt Masthead Gennaker (2008) / viel benutzt Fractional Gennaker (2008) / wenig benutzt Zubehör: Außenbordmotor Tohatsu 5 PS (2005) 2 geformte Fender Persenning Das Boot könnte ein Refit vertragen ... auch wenn es davon nicht besser segelt ;-) Das stehende Gut sollte teilweise ausgetauscht werden, das laufende Gut vollständig. Der Zustand ist im o. g. Verkaufspreis bereits eingepreist. Das Boot wird einschließlich Trailer angeboten. Für den Straßentransport muss eine Sondererlaubnis für die Überbreite eingeholt werden (ist für wenig Geld für 1 oder 2 Jahre zu bekommen).

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Thompsons Water Seal on Canvas??

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Hi everyone, I was in Borders Books looking throught their sailing section, and I had read somewhere, I forget the book but it was about maintence and improvements on a sailboat, that Thomspsans Water Seal works wonders as a waterproofing agent on canvas. The book says to simply paint it on the canvas and let it soak into the fibers. I have never done this, but I think it would work. Probably be a lot less expensive than using mulitple cans of Scothguard and i think it would last longer as well. I was going to make some new interior cushion slip covers and try it with them. If it worked, I was going to make a new cockpit shade and try it there as well. Any help or stories from past experience would be greatly appreciated! Thanks, Mike  

Worked For Me nm  

Mostly linseed oil Thompson's is mostly linseed oil. It may darken with age and exposure to sunlight.  

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Awning maker's instructions. When we had new Sunbrella-TM awnings made for our office building, the maker instructed us to spray them with Thompson's in a garden sprayer twice a year. Could be bunk, but we did it and saw no adverse effects. They lasted over five years until a hurricane took them out.  

I would warn you against this I used Thompson Water Seal on a bimini and it darkened some of the sunbrella as well as st4reaking the fabric. I used a spray bottle to apply the water seal. I went to a local awning outlet and they recommended a product used for sunbrella and it worked very well. I've been told, and this is incomplete information, that West Marine sells in its catalog a prodcut with part of the title 303. You may want to look in thier catalog for this product. It has gotten good comments. If I remember I'll look tonight and try and find it. Good Luck  

Thanks so far!! For those of you who has tried this and found it sucessful, did it give the canvas a change in feel at all, did it feel sticky or uncomfortable to sit on? If used in a seating application would it soak into clothing or once dry is it set into the fabric?I looked in the west marine cataloge and found a waterfroofing and fabric treatment. I says it won't change hte color or feel, but there is no 303 in its title... I wonder if this is it?Thanks Again, Mike  

Just bought some... of the 303 sealer and protectant for a friend. It is recommended by Sunbrella. I also used it last year on my sunbrella dodger and it worked great. It's also available at Boater's Works for $1 cheaper. Spray bottle. It was recommended by my canvasmaker, also.  

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Some resources for you Mike Paul is correct about the 303. It is called 303 high tech fabric guard.Sunbrella is very specific about how to clean and protect their material. The 303 fabric guard is applied after a deep thorough cleaning.Complete instructions are given on their websitehttp://www.sunbrella.com/usa/carecleaning_awningmarine.shtmlThe complete low-down on 303 high tech fabric guard can be found on their website. see link belowHope this helpsWard  

303 High Tech Fabric Guard I believe that 303 is the only one Sunbrella recommends.  

Sunbrella Cleaning. I revisited the Sunbrella site and it reminded me of an unanswered question from my last visit. Where do you get soap these days? Everything in the grocery store is a detergent it seems. Wahtever happened to Ivory soap flakes in the box?  

Stu Jackson

Thompson's Worked for Me, Too Old (14 yr) dodger, off white.Yes, darkened.Yes, kept water out.Successful application of product.I had no problem with darkening since we're getting a new dodger (need to).Anyway, if the color was problem I would have carefully done the whole dodger, and detailed it completely. I actually paint-brushed it on!It kept the water out.Yes, there are other products out there.Stu  

Not everything is detergent. Chris:There are several products on the market that are NOT detergents. Check out woolite, ivory and several of the other products that would be used for sweaters and other delicate type of clothing.You just need to shop at the girl store, not the guys store. Guys like Tide, not Ivory!<g>  

I wouldn't If you use Thompson's on your interior cushions you may get an oily residue on you clothes, not to mention the odor. I think that Thompson's might have been good for old-fashioned cotton canvas, but with Sunbrella, I wouldn't use it, I'd stick to the mfgrs recommendation.  

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2019 Waka – Thompson 850

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Waka – Thompson 850 modified

Extremely fun, fast and very rewarding boat to sail.

Professionally maintained with an extensive refit in 2019 with extensive list of mods including new Greg Elliott designed keel and water ballast system, mast stiffening & Antal mainsail track by Hall Spars, full exterior repaint, new Harken Performa winches etc…

Mini refit late 2022 inc. new carbon boom, carbon tiller, backstay deflectors, new optima batteries + solar charging system, professionally sprayed bottom job etc…

Almost nothing hasn’t been improved & upgraded duringthe past few years.

Currently has Cat 2 for longer coastal racing, optimised for two-handed sailing but equally competitive fully crewed.

Fixed Keel (2.45m draft), water ballasted with 2x 300l tanks, carbon mast and boom, rod rigging, extensive North Sail inventory inc. new 3Di Mainsail 2023, 3Di reefable J2 2022, North FR0 with KZ Furler late 2020, B&G electronics with AIS and Sat phone for the longer stuff. All safety gear for Cat 2 in service.

Comes with tandem axle trailer for road transport/storage

Please contact for full inventory

$90,000 NZD ono.

Rig and Sails

Auxilary power, accomodations, calculations.

The theoretical maximum speed that a displacement hull can move efficiently through the water is determined by it's waterline length and displacement. It may be unable to reach this speed if the boat is underpowered or heavily loaded, though it may exceed this speed given enough power. Read more.

Classic hull speed formula:

Hull Speed = 1.34 x √LWL

Max Speed/Length ratio = 8.26 ÷ Displacement/Length ratio .311 Hull Speed = Max Speed/Length ratio x √LWL

Sail Area / Displacement Ratio

A measure of the power of the sails relative to the weight of the boat. The higher the number, the higher the performance, but the harder the boat will be to handle. This ratio is a "non-dimensional" value that facilitates comparisons between boats of different types and sizes. Read more.

SA/D = SA ÷ (D ÷ 64) 2/3

• SA : Sail area in square feet, derived by adding the mainsail area to 100% of the foretriangle area (the lateral area above the deck between the mast and the forestay).
• D : Displacement in pounds.

Ballast / Displacement Ratio

A measure of the stability of a boat's hull that suggests how well a monohull will stand up to its sails. The ballast displacement ratio indicates how much of the weight of a boat is placed for maximum stability against capsizing and is an indicator of stiffness and resistance to capsize.

Ballast / Displacement * 100

Displacement / Length Ratio

A measure of the weight of the boat relative to it's length at the waterline. The higher a boat’s D/L ratio, the more easily it will carry a load and the more comfortable its motion will be. The lower a boat's ratio is, the less power it takes to drive the boat to its nominal hull speed or beyond. Read more.

D/L = (D ÷ 2240) ÷ (0.01 x LWL)³

• D: Displacement of the boat in pounds.
• LWL: Waterline length in feet

Comfort Ratio

This ratio assess how quickly and abruptly a boat’s hull reacts to waves in a significant seaway, these being the elements of a boat’s motion most likely to cause seasickness. Read more.

Comfort ratio = D ÷ (.65 x (.7 LWL + .3 LOA) x Beam 1.33 )

• D: Displacement of the boat in pounds
• LOA: Length overall in feet
• Beam: Width of boat at the widest point in feet

Capsize Screening Formula

This formula attempts to indicate whether a given boat might be too wide and light to readily right itself after being overturned in extreme conditions. Read more.

CSV = Beam ÷ ³√(D / 64)

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Water district to close Hubbard Creek Reservoir boat ramps

For the first time since 2012, the West Central Texas Municipal Water District has closed boat ramps at Hubbard Creek Reservoir.

The district announced in a statement Friday they will close Peeler’s Pier and the Corley Ramp due to low water levels.

The ramps at Bob Clark Landing and Paul Prater Landing are still open at this time.

Water levels recorded Friday were 1,171.27 feet above mean sea level or 51% full. On Monday, March 18, water levels were recorded at 1,171.37 feet or 51.2% full.

A year ago, Hubbard Creek Reservoir was recorded at 65.8% full.

Chris Wingert, district general manager, noted the 2012 closure of boat ramps stayed in place until 2016.

Wingert urged caution to citizens who operate watercraft on the reservoir.

“There are many submerged boating hazards, so it is very important that each operator familiarize themselves with the changing underwater conditions,” he stated.

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