Always Something New at SIC

I always love dropping by the Ding King/S.I.C. Not only is it one of the coolest buildings around, but there’s always something interesting going on. I’ve been watching Mark and the gang build a set of Stand Up Paddle catamarans for the last few months. Here’s the first one, ready for it’s trial run.

These are semi-production cats, with the hollow hulls built in a mold. Mark is building them for Ray Phillips and some friends of his. Ray is an ehthusiastic Stand Up Paddler who lives in Wailea. Ray always seems to have a great new toy, these are going to be just spectacular. While I was looking at them I fantasized about building a radio controlled sailing cat with these hulls. What a rocket that would be.

While I was at SIC I also saw and photographed the new production F16s. These are hollow F16s, made using advanced composite approaches and autoclaved carbon fiber in China. the manufacturer is one of the best of the Chinese OC1 producers. More on that next time.