Honestly could not believe there was another giy out there more genuine than yourself. Nice one pal.

I started a couple hours ago with the first video in the series to find one specific thing and now find myself here, sad that the story has come to an end. I truly don't expect such an interesting series. Thanks so much for telling this story.

Thanks Tim, another great video, as the current owner of this catamaran I can absolutely confirm your statements here. Our experiences Offshore and bay sailing are very much the same, incidentally I currently have the Mega Board out at the moment refurbishing it, primarily a repaint and to fit new roller guides. It has certainly stood the test of time mate. Cheers Malcolm

Tim your videos are excellent. It's hard on KZfaq to find good content with good engineering included. Please keep it up! I have lots to learn.

In the sport of windsurfing which I have enjoyed for the last 26 years.... We can't sail our old 12' long course boards very well without a vertical dagger board... On a 12' board which is about 28" wide with the dagger around 24" to 30" deep and a cord of about 5" .. When the board speed would pick up we angle the dagger back into the sailboard to about 10% exposure just to give a little positive direction..and reduce the resistance.... Up wind is where is does best... I can relate .. Thx for the cool unassuming videos.. So from a Kiwi to an Aussie cousin ..don't quit now, you have many of us I'm sure, glued and waiting to enjoy your next project....

I loved your Videos, all of them. I could keep watching you all day. Thanks for showing them all. I used to live in Montville so I know Noosa well. I also ran the Geelong marina for five years and now live locally.

Absolutely one of the most informative and accurate videos I've seen.

Well Tim, I made no comment though I watched all your previous videos and left it till your final take. I certainly admired your journey and thoroughly enjoyed watching your work and your comment. I lived 15 years on a boat when I was a civil engineering diver and like you loved it. Thanks for sharing and may 2018 bring you all that you imagine. Harley Nathan, Nelson, NZ

I got pretty invested in this series. Great work all around

Hi Tim, I've just binged the whole lot. I have to say my favourite bits were at the end of each one when you say, "Thanks for watching," as if the effort was all ours. I lolled every time. At first, watching the sheer amount of work you were putting in I thought you were utterly bonkers, but watching your footage at sea and then Malcolm's footage 20 years on, it seems bonkers not to put the effort in. Remarkable achievement. Well done, fella. Oh, and thanks for reading.

You sir built a fantastic cat. Well done.

What a awesome adventure for you and your family and friends. Bless you 🙏 for sharing it's amazing how you accomplished the build ... Loved watching the entire build and seeing you all get it out to the water Living the dream .. awesome 5stars Captain

Old series, but still holds up. Watched all of them.

This was a great series of your build. Thanks for pulling it together for us to see.

This was the most comprehensive explanation of a single daggerboard approach I’ve ever heard. Thank you.

That’s amazing!!

WOW! Some great information here, thanks for sharing. You have a wonderful way of conveying your experiences!

I really enjoyed your videos from start to finishing of the boat and launching and sailing around to the Pacific. Great inspiration for me, I want to build one now, iam an aircraft engineer. Thank you for the videos..

Mate your a legend and that was one hell of a boat you built. I really enjoyed watching this and thanks for sharing.

Thanks Tim thoroughly enjoyed your series and so many great points brought to mind particularly the mega dagger ... I would love to discuss that with you further mate. I also have much to learn

Always love your videos

Thanks so much. Very interesting video.

Amazing and inspirational Tim. Thanks for sharing with us.

Those were some pretty awesome videos thank you for posting them.

Great series of vids to watch and also very inspiring - cheers and well done mate.

This is my second time watching all of the videos

Your videos really inspire me to build my own boat. Thank you!

Thanks for this series of videos, i really enjoy them in this crazy times (covid) we do a lot of virtual sailing ... Cheers Mate & Good Winds !!!

Thanks Tim, good information

A big thanks Tim for all your shared videos. Your such a nice bloke and big inspiration. Regards from the Netherlands

Thank you for sharing your brilliant idea

Great vid and excellent information and technical details. Thanks plenty mate. It makes me consider making our new catamaran purchase one with a daggerboard!!

Very nice vids man.

seeing a notification that there was another Tokyo Express video is quite a treat!

A very moving tribute to a talented and hard working man. I am constantly amazed at what one human being can do. Persistance, patience, and knowlege pay off. Many could learn from your example. The congratulations will last a lifetime and a legacy to pass on to many on this eer YT. Thanks.

Amazing effort, really. Inspiring. Thank you.

Tim; this is totally enlightening for me. I sailed a Granger Cat 7000mls back to NZ from Borneo mainly on the wind and usually in under 10kts. Pointing into the wind was so frustrating that we ran 1 engine a lot of the time and it put me off cats. Sometimes we did 120mls and only made good 40 when tacking. I like the way you back your ideas by making radical changes to the normal way of thinking. Keep it up and keep sharing.

You Sir, have lived your dream. Nice workmanship ... a labor of LOVE.

WOW Tim that was a wonderful and educational video about dagger boards I ll keep in the back of my mind .

Fantastic job Tim, I am about to set out on the big adventure of building a boat like the one you had. Thanks so much for taking the time and trouble to document your dream and sharing it with everybody. It is just so wonderful that you found her again after such a long time. Obviously, you did a great job with the build. You should be very proud of your work.

I noticed the dagger board in the photo you showed of the new owner and thought it was something they added to it after you sold it and was wonder why that was. I guess I was wrong and it was your addition, but this explains why it was added.

thanks for the quality of the videos and the build process , very nice sir. hopefully made a little bit of money.

This was an inspiration to watch. This was done before the days of crowd funding and social media ad revenue. I'm sure you received plenty of negative comments from friends and neighbors when you started. I could see the point where your family really took pride as the project came together and looks more probably to succeed. I hope you are chasing your next dream now. You never regret the things you do in life. You only regret the things you don't do.

Really appreciate your videos. The boat you built is really an awesome boat. It's great to hear in simple terms just how you went about each aspect of the build.This addition to the dagger design and how it works really should be looked at by all the cat builders.

I believe you are a very good storyteller. who built the boat, good-looking boat the Storyteller none-the-less. I thank you for your time. I was very inspired and it gave a wealth to my imagination. So from Texas USA. Have a good day

I created a playlist for this series. I'm a land locked prairie boy from Canada. Never been on the ocean, now I want to build one!

Great video mate. Good on ya. Our family had a 18 foot Hobie cat with the customary 2 boards. We wore it out. Used up 2 sets of sheets. Tried everything on it. It would point well with one board but it did crab more of course. I had the same idea. One bigger board is better than two smaller, but we were too busy sailing to build anything. But a board on that cat would need to be 12 ft long. LOL

Tim great job I am jealous!! it,s a work of art..,i'm building boats too plywood and epoxy resin its my dream to build a bigger one cheers from the Philippines...

love your videos Tim, i know nothing about sailing almost..i plan on buying a cat later this year and learning.. but..i do have a problem solving mind and ive wondered about a larger daggerboard and thought "i would make a larger one if i made my own boat" and... well here you are already having done in 20+ years prior!!!

Brilliant series Tim. A real credit to your skills as a craftsman and engineer. What are you sailing now?

so that's where the Cyber Truck got its inspiration

Are you worried about it tripping you up on the leeward side? I also put a set of new boards on my crowther, making them longer, but didn't consider using just one... 150 kilo seems like a lot... but I think that's around the same as both of mine. How do you like it a year later? Thanks for the info!

Great to see another vid Tim! It's amazing that none of the major manufacturers have figured out that one big dagger board is better than two little ones yet despite having countless "experts" and computers at their disposal. Keep up the great work and best of luck on the kits. P.S. Do you have any plans on building another cruising cat that will utilize all of the improvements in materials and design that you've made from the first boat? Cheers.

hey, great edit Tim, love the roosters at the end .. id love to read more about how you made your daggerboards, it looks like theyve transformed your cat, have you got any more info/photos/website?

So, area three times that of either of the original two cambered daggerboards that I guess were intended to be used alternatively. That had to make a difference! I am surprised, though, that there was no difference in helm balance from one tack to the other, given the distance off the boat's centreline that the new 'board is acting. We live and learn.

Wow, incredible video series, very inspirational, I loved it, the design is very timeless, looks modern even by todays standards, but I cant imagine why did you sell it?

Great video Tim. Is it very expensive?

Hi Tim, Thanks for sharing. where did you get the plan? Thanks Mike from Canada

Interesting video. Does it matter for the board to be longer, (front to back), vs deeper in the water? I'd assume there'd be a point of diminishing returns, but you did the testing. Any difference, or would the sweet-spot depend on the boat it'self?

bought a 9m twin mast cat earlier this year . would really like to build a centre cabin and extend it retrofit any ideas on best ways to do this would be great

Thanks Tim, as an Electrical Engineer, I am really like your engineering spirit on Tokyo Express. I want to build a 40' cat with cedar core method. Do you still have your old hull plans to make those mold boards ( just both hall and mid deck)?

That's interesting - I'd always assumed the reason cats didn't go to windward was too much windage. OTOH TE looks a bit more streamlined than your average modern cruising cat.

Excellent stuff you've done building her. Are there any cat designs that are free, with free licence to build them? And preferably with cnc files and a good tutorial. Something like an open source design?

I was on a junk today in Taihu lake (China) and was thinking about your video at the time. I have come back to make a comment. The skipper told me that without the keel boards down, there is no point in having sails unless all you want to do is run downwind. These junks have an extremely shallow draft and without the boards it just goes sideways. One thing that occurs to me is a question about depth. Why does the board need to be deep in the water? It is not like a monohull where you have a counterweight on the bottom. Why not have a board that runs long and shallow between the hulls? It would not take up any internal space and could be set shallow or deep just by changing the angle. If fast you could reduce drag by raising it. If slow you drop it down till close to verticle. Mounting would need to be strong, but should be possible.

Wonder why more of the Cats today still using two daggers if they use them. Ive never seen one using just one.

Great build story. Curious the sale price 1st time you sold. Understand if you do not want to disclose.

Nice! Can't understand why all commercial cats are using two daggerboards........ It would be great to hear how you have designed this big one... what is necessary to consider.... can't find any books about it... all daggerboards that I see are straight ... not sure why... if they are angle like 45degrees this could avoid getting fishing net stuck to it...

Yes I have to agree, size dose matter, or at least that's what my beautiful wife says! Your work on Tokyo express interest me, have you books/planes for sale! I am looking to build a tri hull 49' similar but with the outer hulls load bearing with a single dagger board in the centre main hull. Can you send me a link/info on your stuff!

What made you move on and sell the boat? Was it more of a specific event or a point or a long time coming conclusion to a nomadic life?

You really created a beautiful boat, how come you decided to sell it ?

Hi Tim - don't need exact amounts, was just wondering what you sold your Cat for?

Hi Tim - stumbled over your Videos, while on search for Informations about Boat Building. First of all: Thank you for such informative Films, Thanks for sharing! Second: Is there any Chance to get a Copy of the Plans to Tokio Express? (Maybe including your Daggerboard upgrade?) - Catas are my most Favorite, and the Look and Shape - in Combination with your Words - of your Build makes it trustworthy enough, to give it a go. At least, maybe you can shoot me over an Adress, whre I can find the Plans? Thank you in Advance. Fair Winds!

Could you make them into foils?