Acrux Main Page


The Acrux is a Norman Cross 42 MK II trimaran sailboat.  Built in 1978, it was old and in very poor shape when I first got it.
The background on this page is a photo I took of the boat in May, 1992 just a little over a month after I got the boat.  I used
the Acrux extensively in Prince William Sound in the 1990's, keeping intermittent logs.  In 2003 I sailed the boat to Seattle
and PMC totally rebuilt it, converting it into an essentually new boat.  While doing the rebuild I also added a sugar
scoup, which added 6 feet onto the length of the boat.  This makes it easy to board from a dingy, and it also
improves the shape of the hull, making the boat faster.

Acrux is a star in the Southern Cross.  This is the origional name of the boat.
History (such as I know it).
My sailing experience.
Old logbooks: 1990's; 2000's;
 
Sailing the boat to Seattle to have the proposed rebuild project made into reality.  Photo of the "new" boat.

In May, 2004 we took the Acrux out for a week long shakedown cruise to test all the changes, putting
240 nautical (276 statute) miles on the boat.

In June we took possession of the Acrux from PMC and headed north with the boat.  When we
got to Seward we turned south, and (with a stop in Kodiak) headed for Hawaii.  We sailed a total of
5,105 statute miles over the summer. Our logbooks:

I have some more (older) info about the Acrux on my old page.







This background photo was taken the first time I took the Acrux out sailing in May, 1992. 
Since there was no engine on the Acrux I towed it out of the harbor with a dingy.
I was alone, and when I took this photo the boat was ghosting along at 1/2 knot by herself.

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