Hi, Proa File International is a public world-wide forum for the discussion all aspects of proas and outrigger sailing canoes, including design, sailing,...
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Othmar Karschulin
karschulin@...
Feb 23, 2000 3:27 pm
Hello Proa Friends, my name is Othmar Karschulin from Germany and I'm engaged in multihulls since 15 years. I designed my own 30 ft wharram- based catamaran 7...
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Michael Schacht
michael@...
Feb 23, 2000 5:30 pm
Welcome Othmar! As the first person to sign up, (the list moderators don't count) we should give you some sort of prize! How about all the banner ads you can...
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Michael Schacht
michael@...
Feb 23, 2000 5:32 pm
Oh yes, I forgot to mention, would you mind putting up a link to PFI at eGroups on your site? It would help get more EU members, I think. Michael Schacht --...
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Michael Schacht
michael@...
Feb 28, 2000 6:57 am
http://www.boatshow.com/BenzeSmartSail.html Is this a dream proa rig, or what? It looks like he got a Bolger rig to work! Michael Schacht...
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Othmar Karschulin
karschulin@...
Feb 28, 2000 12:21 pm
... to work! ... ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~ Hello Michael, it was not easy to realize how the Benze rig...
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Michael Schacht
michael@...
Feb 28, 2000 6:24 pm
I have seen a video of an R/C model trimaran that Benze made. Very slick operating system. He controlled the sail with the lower boom, which could spin around...
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Othmar Karschulin
karschulin@...
Feb 29, 2000 9:54 pm
Hello Michael, it is how it is - and I am what I am. So I waste no time to scribble a first proposal for a new rig like Benze's. You remember, I wrote I have ...
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Tom Henry
tomhenry@...
Feb 29, 2000 10:14 pm
Othmar, It's hard to ask questions when I don't understand what the page says about the drawings :-( I cannot read German It would be most appreciated if you...
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Michael Schacht
michael@...
Mar 1, 2000 5:49 am
... Gutsy move, Othmar! Dieter (the previous owner of your proa) had a terrible time with that Bolger rig, and is the Benze rig sufficiently different? I would...
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Max Osterried
osterrie@...
Mar 1, 2000 12:10 pm
Hi I'm a student of civil engineering at the University of Karlsruhe, Germany. I'm very concerned with hydromechanics and fluid-flowing around bodys and, of...
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Robert Hobbs
dynawing1@...
Mar 3, 2000 2:51 am
I am the inventor of the DynaWing, a completely new means of creating an Asymmetrical wing-sail My main interest, is of course, furtherance of the...
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Michael Schacht
michael@...
Mar 3, 2000 2:54 am
Welcome to the list, Max. 6m is a popular size, it is a shame there are no plans for one....yet. I will be interested in your progress. Michael Schacht --...
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Othmar Karschulin
karschulin@...
Mar 3, 2000 12:17 pm
michael schacht <michae-@...> wrote: original article:http://www.egroups.com/group/proa_file/?start=13 ... are no ... Hello Michael, you are...
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John Dalziel
johndl@...
Mar 4, 2000 3:12 pm
This site may be of help to a lot of people on this list: http://translator.go.com/ All you do is paste in the URL, select which language to translate into...
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Dave Culp
dave@...
Mar 5, 2000 12:10 am
Yes, it's finally happened. A fansite for Bernard Smith. If you haven't been exposed to this man's brilliance, well, shame on you. (Yes, it's virtually all...
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Ron Badley
badley@...
Mar 5, 2000 6:27 am
So I found myself ( don't be rude! ;-) ) on Daves web site looking at the kites and was wondering if any launching/retrieving progress has been made. Can a...
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Ron Badley
badley@...
Mar 5, 2000 6:27 am
Hi Robert, I'm wondering what features about the Smart Sail you feel would be an asset to your DynaWing? Ron Kismet 31 "Big Bird" ... creating an Asymmetrical...
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Ron Badley
badley@...
Mar 5, 2000 6:27 am
Hey Dave, Hi Group. Thanks for the link. Neat site. Neat guy! Lots of good info. Hey, Dave, what ever happened to the Big Proa idea? Ron Kismet 31 "Big Bird"...
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David O. Coy
dcoy@...
Mar 7, 2000 6:57 pm
Hello, My name is David Coy and I'm interested in and have long experience with sailboat design and seamanship. Currently I'm refining and learning to sail an...
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Michael Schacht
michael@...
Mar 8, 2000 1:28 am
Welcome to the list, David. I was down in S.F. for Mac World, and made a quick tour of Marin County afterwards, driving through Sausalito. I saw Makahiki...
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Othmar Karschulin
karschulin@...
Mar 10, 2000 10:09 am
Hi all, it follows my attempt to translate some (I think) interesting statements about the bolger/benze rig I get from a friend (who lives in madeira). It...
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John Dalziel
johndl@...
Mar 10, 2000 3:41 pm
Thanks for the translation! I think we need to separate discussion of the Benze and Bolger/AYRS rigs, as they are are very different in a number of important...
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Michael Schacht
michael@...
Mar 10, 2000 5:23 pm
... Much better translation that I could do from English to German. BTW, Othmar and I are working on a German-English nautical dictionary to aid the ...
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Peterfynn@...
Mar 11, 2000 12:09 am
Hi, I am a new member to this group having been a subscriber to the multihulls group previously. Some of you know me and my dreams and construction projects....
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AZSKYBUM@...
Mar 11, 2000 2:05 am
Hello group...My name is Curtis Clark and I live in Scottsdale, Arizona. I am an airline pilot flying 737's for a living and am into sport avaition and ...
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Dave Culp
dave@...
Mar 11, 2000 6:23 am
... Hi, Curtis. I gotta know, WHERE in Moss Landing, and how can I see it?? I was there a month ago (I spend a lot of time in Santa Cruz, across the bay), but...
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AZSKYBUM@...
Mar 11, 2000 4:27 pm
The proa I saw at Moss Landing is about thirty feet long and on a side tie dock at the extreme southern end of Moss landing. If you drive across the single...
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S Fishwick
Fishwick@...
Mar 11, 2000 6:33 pm
"John Dalziel" <johndl@...> wrote on: Fri, 10 Mar 2000 10:30:10 -0500 ... <cut> ... If I understood the drawings of the Benze correctly, it has TWO...
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Michael Schacht
michael@...
Mar 11, 2000 6:39 pm
-- We had to leave the partial ... I am very sorry to hear that. It must have been tough. Any chance of giving it to a good home on the west coast? Or perhaps...
