This book covers many newer and some older models not featured in the first book. A cruising couple and their microcruisers if you had told my wife, mindy, and me 28 years ago that someday wed be sailing from florida to the bahamas and back in a boat little bigger than a dinghy, we wouldnt have believed you. Matt lawrences latest book is designed to help you and your family prep for disaster. There is going to more interior space than i thought. Gives a clearer idea of what the plan is trying to show. Sailing wizards elusion at the end of the 2018 everglades challenge alan s. Its a hybrid design between matt s enigma and paradox. The books follow his unrelenting chase of the man in black over countless years and how he has become a cold. Matt leydens elusion i believe both bolger and matt adopted the idea of using the same curve for the bottom and sides, the theory being that when the boat heels on the chine, whatever flow is good for the bottom is good for the flow going past the side as well. It has room for 2 people for daysailing, but only enough room for one person to sleep aboard the e460 may have enough room for 2 smaller people to sleep snugly. Its a hybrid design between matts enigma and paradox.
Whitewater rafting in the olympics would be awesome if these were the kayaks used. Watertribe everglades challenge in the rob royoid canoe by. Rachel is a drunk and blunt goes for broke with her drunk performance. Tales of illusion the latest work on illusion is to add the internal tiller steering, just like matt layden s paradox, enigna and elusion designs. Building a paradox by a beginner duckworks magazine, for modern boat building techniques i found the following books very useful. The concept is to permanently mount the tiller through a hole in the transom and run a loop of rope around the cockpit that ties off on the tiller. Although a bit small for me at 6 tall it was a fun short sail. I also got to try out matt laydens 8 cruising pram, sand flea, which he guided. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading elusion the new victorian chronicles book 1. Having been a lurker on many microcruiser sites over the years, i was very familiar with the layden family of designs including little cruiser, paradox, enigma, swamp thing, elusion. Set in 1994, dying to get here chronicles the robaina familys struggle for survival in their small havana barrio before deciding to make.
The enigma is a selfrighting, flat bottomed and beachable minicruiser. John dearden of dearden marine in gibsons british columbia builds custom aluminum minitugs. His first boat was the 16 foot cat boat, terrapin, and later he went on to create swamp thing, gjac, little cruiser, paradox, enigma, sand flea. If you like this kind of writing style, feel free to visit my blog, tristram shandy in the 21st century. Paradox and enigma are boats very cleverly designed and built by matt layden.
One version of this design was sailed engineless as. Elusion is the first book in the duology known as elusion. There is some concern for the folks going down the wilderness waterway in the everglades that portions of the route are still closed due to damage from irma. Construction of a prototype enigma 460, designed by matt layden. Boat dock designs and plans ive gotten interested in microcruisers, and thought a thread on this topic might be of interest. Matt layden designed and built the original enigma 360 in 2005, and sailed it around florida in the florida ultimate challenge, coming in 3rd place.
Written by coauthors by claudia gabel, and cheryl klam, elusion is a young adult, science fiction story featuring 16year old regan welch. Matt also designed a larger 460 version with a hard cabin top. Tiny boat small sailboats dinghy canoes small boats boat building water crafts sailing coastal. I am pleased to say that chris curtis of sandpoint, idaho is the new owner and will be taking fantasma to the next level of refinement and adventure. Elusion, the boat i am currently building, exactly the. Not long ago, he commissioned watercraft designer matt layden to create a totally new, 22foot trailerable small trimaran with some very specific features. His first boat was the 16 foot cat boat, terrapin, and later he went on to create swamp thing, gjac, little cruiser, paradox, enigma, sand flea, and elusion in this order. Similar to his enigma design in construction and design, this boat is even lighter at approximately 120 pounds, which means she can be realistically transported on the roof of a vehicle. Some sailors actually read a book while standing in the cabin hatchway. The plans for both boats are not yet available from matt. He was a british barrister, and an outdoorsman at a time 1860s when that passtime of the emerging middleclass was just starting to be respectable. Has anyone here built one of matt laydens designs micro. Ive gotten interested in microcruisers, and thought a thread on this topic might be of interest.
Sailing wizards elusion at the end of the 2018 everglades. Matt layden designs very interesting shallow draft boats. Matt layden s paradox is my current favorite micro. Hobie forums view topic pictures from the watertribe. This film, which was inspired, not adapted from the stephen king novels of the same name, takes a sweeping epic, dumbs it down, loses the focus and lazily tries to make it look cool for a younger audience.
And if that wasnt enough, he took things to an even higher level this time around. Shanty boat canal boat narrowboat sailing boat tug boats boat building rowing outdoor life canoe. This page documents the advantages of matts paradox and enigma 460 sailboats. The east coast has a lot of shallow water, as does indeed much of the rest of the world. George in michigan is building one of matt laydens distinctive little sharpies and tells us all about it at building an enigma 460. The chine runner concept was invented by matt layden. Elusion the elusion is matt laydens newest microcruiser.
Ec2018 thread sailing anarchy sailing anarchy forums. The designs of matt layden and the folks who sail the wade, you can buy the books from ereads, but its cheaper to go to amazon and get used copies theres always plenty of those. Matt s new boat 2005 enigma my brother matt layden has built a number of small boats in his day. Matt leydens elusion the woodenboat forum is sponsored by woodenboat publications, publisher of woodenboat magazine.
For everything that you need to know about epoxy resin look at the manufacturers leaflets and web pages. Why did i decide to build mayfly 14 han learns to build. The forum is a free service, and much like the free content on public radio, we hope you will support woodenboat by subscribing to this fabulous magazine. Sea trials went well and im very happy with the overall design. Daves wiki advantages of matt layden mini cruisers pbworks. I do have a small book on colvins common designs with notes etc but whats on the web site was a pretty direct crib from this, so im not sure if its worth posting any pages. I really hated the character of rachel in the books and blunt does nothing to really win me over with the performance in the film either. Taken at anchor in tinline bay, abel tasman national park, new. He has performed well in a variety of his owndesigned and homebuilt craft.
Mar 23, 2015 matt and elusion i believe im right in saying that matt layden, known as wizard, has completed nine races organized under the banner of water tribe, either in the everglades challenge race or the ultimate florida challenge race. A walkthrough of my paradox mini with some of its features and also a couple of modifications to the design that have worked out. Matt layden s paradox, elusion, and enigma are also fascinating designs, especially because of their shoal draft, chine runners, and lugsails. This boat, enigma, weighed only 180 pounds unloaded and was just 11ft. The bolducs little cruiser and matt laydens paradox dry out in a. Fabricators of aluminum sailboats, aluminum power boats. Air n drive is to book a privately owned boat rental online. Heres a design for which we stretch the definition of a. He showed a picture of this sailboat which appeared in the book. They offer a full custom aluminum yacht builder service on bcs sunshine coast. Matt laydens paradox is my current favorite microcruiser, and it is all of 10 long with a 4 beam. The sun website is regulated by the independent press standards organisation ipso our journalists strive for accuracy but on occasion we make mistakes.
What i really wanted to build is paradox, or enigma 460 if there is a detailed plan by matt layden. I quite often stand leaning with my elbows on the hatch cover with a book in front of me, but watch the sun on your back. Feb 22 doing butt joints on hull panels and twisting the hull to shape. Discussion in metal boat building started by imaginarynumber, oct 6, 2015. Jason nabors and tenacious turtle, demonstrating pop up cabin top. Elusion the new victorian chronicles book 1 kindle edition by patterson, jack, jay, brooke. Small boats, bikes and trailers electric boat, boat. This page logs his progress on his newest creation called enigma.
Matt layden is a gifted marine draftsman who designed, built and sailed fulltime for about 10 years aboard five of his shoal draft microcruisers. I was talking to guru john wright who had seen matt layden s paradox boats in use i had never seen one in the flesh and i asked him about the chine runners. Hi all, name here is terry and im new to the forum. Matt layden is returning after a long absence to do the ec in his 9 extreme sharpie elusion. Its being constructed right now, as he writes below. Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets. Waiting for cooler weather to get her out for some weekend fun. Enigma is referred to as a small, long distance coastal cruiser and is propelled by a single sail, or with an oar. Has anyone here built one of matt layden s designs micro cruisers. Ocean explorer storer boat plans in wood and plywood, ocean explorer a micro cruising sailboat for inland waters from perttu korhonen. The designs of matt layden and the folks who sail the. I recently finished my second matt layden design and thought id share. I was fortunate to find her for sale, over 90% complete for a very fair price.