building pandiono (1992-1996)
Pandiono is a fast 40ft sea going trimaran designed by Tony Granger and build at the RMY boat yard in Amsterdam. It took 4500 hours to complete the job of which RMY took 1500 hours
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spring 1992, de designs of the TR40 arrive. Trijnie, a martime design engineer thinks: is this the cross section of the whole boat ??
within this frames the main hull of TR40 will be build
this cross section setup of the mainhull looks more real. (Simon Rhebergen of Rhebergen Multihull Yachts)
the hull showes it shape, beautiful !!
look at the thin connections with the floats and the heavy pack of glass at the hull. That is counter intuitive.
preparing the upper side of the deck
a cold christmas 1992, shaping the daggerboard
the outer frames are removed. the hull will be turned over to apply glass at the outside
the main hull is coated with epoxy/filler plaster. The fairing and sanding can begin
sanding the TR40, days and days hard working to remove pumps and valeys in the fairing
may 1993, thinking about the ergonomics of the cockpit
designer tony grainger and trijnie. this TR40 is the first design build in foam/epoxy and he is impressed by the stiffess of the construction
the floats are mounted to the end of the beams
this looks special :)
the main construction of the TR40 is finished, however years more work still
dec 1994, another winter in the unheated building shed
A helper from outer space
the living area in the front cabin takes form
working in the evenings is a custom habit
may 1995, preparing to paint the TR40
martien and trijnie painting one side
between the floats, the caravancan be seen in wich we lived for 5 years during the weekends
flying and shining
11 may 1996, christening of pandiono will happen today
5 years of work in weekend and evenings and holydays, worth 10 years of my life
relaxing, but the table is not yet finished
the navigator seat at the chart table
in the lock of the oranjesluizen for first trial at the IJsselmeer