{"id":1576,"date":"2017-04-13T02:49:12","date_gmt":"2017-04-12T16:49:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/arrowarafura.com\/?page_id=1576"},"modified":"2017-04-20T21:28:36","modified_gmt":"2017-04-20T11:28:36","slug":"new","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/arrowarafura.com\/?page_id=1576","title":{"rendered":"About"},"content":{"rendered":"

What is an Arrow?\"\"<\/a><\/h2>\n

The Arrow is a lightweight 4.3m (14 foot) catamaran with timber or fibreglass hulls. It is sloop rigged, ie has a jib as well as a mainsail, and to add further challenge, is sailed with a trapeze. Competitively sailed by one adult, it is also an excellent learning boat for two young teenagers.<\/p>\n

History<\/h3>\n

Designed by Neil Fowler and Roy Martin and first launched in Darwin in 1963, the Arrow was one of the first light-weight catamarans. It was specifically designed to be simple to construct by the home handyman. Originally an all-timber hulled boat, it was modernised in 1977 by changing to aluminium beams and a trampoline deck. In the late 1980s, foam sandwich fibreglass hulls were introduced to produce a practically maintenance free boat.<\/p>\n

What is an Arafura Cadet?\"About<\/a><\/h2>\n

The Arafura Cadet is the smallest catamaran sailed competitively in Australia. Despite its diminutive size, it is fast and exciting to sail and easily outpaces monohulls of similar size. With a mainsail, jib and an optional trapeze, it offers plenty of challenges and is the ideal step-up class for young sailors graduating from training classes, or a first boat for older novices. It is sailed competitively by teenagers and lighter adults. As a fully rigged Arafura Cadet weighs less than 50 kg, it is easy to move around and is easily roof-topped. Its compact 3.35 x 1.54m dimensions mean that it is also easy to store.<\/p>\n

History<\/h3>\n

The Arafura Cadet was designed by Neil Fowler in Darwin in 1963 as a compact trainer for teenagers, although there is no age limit in competitive sailing. Like its bigger brother the Arrow, it was modernised in the late 1970s from its original all-timber construction to lower maintenance aluminium beams and a fabric trampoline. All existing boats have timber hulls, although fibreglass is permitted.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

What is an Arrow? The Arrow is a lightweight 4.3m (14 foot) catamaran with timber or fibreglass hulls. It is sloop rigged, ie has a jib as well as a mainsail, and to add further challenge, is sailed with a trapeze. Competitively sailed by one adult, it is also an excellent learning boat for two […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1020,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1576","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/arrowarafura.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1576","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/arrowarafura.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/arrowarafura.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arrowarafura.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1020"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arrowarafura.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1576"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/arrowarafura.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1576\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/arrowarafura.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1576"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}