tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4382275745747529027.post7339490032832440296..comments2010-07-25T20:59:00.688-05:00Comments on Spyglass' Piver "Nugget" Trimaran: Here she is, in all of her glory....Glen Mark Martinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06592122769805439088noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4382275745747529027.post-12625509747717535932008-08-11T09:56:00.000-05:002008-08-11T09:56:00.000-05:00Hi Glen Just like Tom I´d lie to congratulate you ...Hi Glen <BR/><BR/>Just like Tom I´d lie to congratulate you on getting a Nugget. <BR/><BR/>My name is Pedro. I live in Portugal and I think I´m the guy Tom kindly mentions on his comment to this post (by the way, thanks for the complements Tom).<BR/><BR/>As in a Nugget Owner´s brotherhood attitude I´d be more than happy to help you anyway I can in your task.<BR/><BR/>Feel free to place your questions to may e-mail at pedro_cabral@sapo.pt<BR/><BR/>My nugget is called Fulô and is, along with my father´s Gros-Plane, the star of the blog:<BR/><BR/>www.utrimaran.blogspot.com <BR/><BR/>Best regards! And good luckAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4382275745747529027.post-21767512717730139592008-08-08T15:39:00.000-05:002008-08-08T15:39:00.000-05:00Hi Glen,Congratulations on getting your Piver Nugg...Hi Glen,<BR/><BR/>Congratulations on getting your Piver Nugget. I have a fiberglass version of the Nugget that was built by Texas Trimarans back in the 60’s that I am in the process of slowly re-building. I think we both have our work cut out for us. I have been in contact with several Nugget owners. I see that you already have a link to his blog that already has a lot of pictures on it, but there is a guy in Portugal has a beautiful Nugget that has been lovingly rebuilt and maintained. He is a very cool guy who has sent me lots of pictures of his Nugget getting rehabbed. These pictures are really invaluable to someone who is rebuilding. There is another guy in California who sent me some pictures of his Nugget that is set up with Hobie Cat rigging. There are a lot of pictures that I would be happy to forward to you. Since there are so many pictures, the best bet would probably be to burn them to CD and mail them to you. Let me know you address. My email is tom@Forgetechnology.com and I live in Illinois. <BR/><BR/>My obstacles now are designing a folding mechanism that will allow the amas to fold down but remain high enough so that the boat can sit low on the trailer to be launched from a relatively shallow ramp. I also hope that the amas can fold while in the water, although I’m not sure if this will be possible.<BR/><BR/>I’m also struggling to come up with some better way to steer the boat. Since the cockpit is so far forward from the rudder, It requires a really long tiller. I’m thinking a tiller in the cockpit connected to the ruder via two lines on a cam might work well.<BR/><BR/>I’ll look forward to hearing from you and following your progress.<BR/><BR/>TomAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15013855945601960871noreply@blogger.com