Medieval mapmakers called it the Ultima Thule. It was Terra Incognita, the place beyond all places. For explorers it was the ultimate conquest, for poets a dreamland, a place to be pondered but never attained.
People who build and sail small boats are looking for the place that cannot be found. Fortunately, the joy is in the journey.
This is the story of the birth and life of an unusual project. My name is Kellan Hatch and I am the owner of the prototype XCR, an expedition trimaran designed and built by Chris Ostlind. I call this blog Deviant Wind because the XCR is a rare kind of sailboat that flies in the face of convention. It's the kind of thing that cannot be bought, because it is a child of imagination, not of mass production. A flash of inspiration. A rebel, wandering deviant of creativity and engineering. Deviant like the strange desert winds that will drive her.
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