Gracie, CEO (Canine Executive Officer) of Watershed
Got plans? Get your Build On!!! Instant Gratification Special!!! Could be pulled at anytime when we get enough orders.
If your email inbox can receive 12+MB, we will send you the same pdf plans for $100USD (normally $150 + shipping) via email & you won’t have to wait forever for snail mail or have your order get stuck in customs. Offer available until who knows when, maybe sooner, maybe later? … so don’t procrastinate.
We can send you a paypal invoice, that’s the easiest. Or you can use Western Union. As soon as we receive payment, we’ll email you the plans/hull license.
QUOTES on Boats! (Hulls & Finished i550’s).
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i550watershed@yahoo.com
970-507-0428
Gracie gives an explanation of the six versions (graphics of which can now be seen on the About Page) and what current & forming classes accept etc., so you can specify A1 – A6 for your Tyveks or Kits.
(NA.org., i550class.org & Australia):
A1 Full Cabin with Narrow Cockpit. This is the original configuration typified by TTB. This model sails as a Trailer sailor in Australia. It is acceptable to all rule interpretations.
A2 Full Cabin with Wide Cockpit. This version widens the cockpit of A1 for more working room in the cockpit. The tradeoff is less room below. It is acceptable to all rule interpretations.
A3 Half Cabin with Narrow Cockpit. The original Half Cabin configuration. Cockpit is 14 inches longer fore and aft than A1. Illustrated nicely by Alchemy. It is acceptable to all current rule interpretations.
A4 Half Cabin with Wide Cockpit. Half Cabin with wider cockpit. The same cockpit width as A2 but the length of cockpit is extended 14 inches forward as per A3. It is acceptable to all rule interpretations.
A5 No Cabin with Narrow Cockpit. Rounded foredeck configuration. Cockpit length same as A3 and A4. Cockpit is the same as the A1 narrow version. Currently acceptable to the NACA (i550na.org,) but not allowed under the i550class.org interpretations.
A6 No Cabin with Wide Cockpit. Rounded foredeck configuration. Cockpit length same as A3 and A4. Cockpit is the same as the A2 and A4 versions. Currently acceptable to the NACA (i550na.org) but not allowed under the i550class.org interpretations.
We’re now up to Hull License #497 with the latest plan set going to France.
If you do a google search for i550 blogspot, you’ll see there are 91,000+ entries for building and sailing blogs from all over the planet.
The speed i550 build video has gone viral, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GDs_BKdYjaQ, and we have seen it on car sites and even Russian sites! It’s the legendary Gougeon Bother’s technical division speedy build of “Hot Canary,” which finished third in their class at the insanely extreme Watertribe Event. Go to www.epoxyworks.com/ . There’s a really great article in the archives of Epoxyworks Magazine on Hot Canary: Building the i550 & the Everglades Challenge. Especially like the Tweety Bird & Cat photo.
CHEERS AS USUAL!
Happy Sailing!
Tim Reiter & Susan James
i550watershed@yahoo.com
970-507-0428
Kit, ready to ship
Copyright 2013, Watershed Sailboats, Recognized Design Owner. All Rights Reserved. i550 originally Designed by Christopher Beckwith.
All manufacturers need to have a signed contract with Watershed if they build and sell more than one boat per year. If you buy your plan set from anyone other than us, please check with us first to see if your hull license will be honored. If you got your plans beyond hull license 56 directly from the designer, they are not legal i550 plans & break the written agreement with Watershed. If you bought them from a private builder & we can verify it, those plan sets will be honored. The Open550 class group also breaks the original agreement & will not be recognized as a legal class. Please email us if you have any further questions.