... however, to illicit, late-night fantasies about a mono-hull proa -- something about 30 feet long, that shunts, with a cockpit to windward and the rig to...
Hi Greg &al How about a lifting/canting keel to assist stability? You could have a bulb on the end of a blade that could be locked into a rotating box acting...
On looking back at the date of the message, I just had the horrible thought that I bit on some bait. Oh well, it is still an interesting image. Have a good...
... G'day Jim, The canting keel is exactly the same system as used by "Skandia Wild Thing", in last year's Sydney-Hobart, without the blocks and tackles, and...
Hi Peter So where do you think I got the idea from? This month's NZ Boating, of course; article on Maximus ;^) To keep it in the spirit of a proa it would only...
Hi Todd, Been across the country delivering a canoe, so have not seen to mail. ... On "torsional compression" - that was intended to mean 2 things - Torsional...
Still waiting to be enlightened. Data yes where is it. With out data whos to say. Being a backyard tinker'rrr frees one up to experiment. How did Kevin make...
Hello -- Today I decided to make my windwardboard into -- I don't know what to call it -- an external tilting daggerboard? It will be contrained at the...
The dory is so near to double-ended already that one could easily make it so. With a ballast outrigger to windward, it would make a fine proa. Not fast, but ...
No, it wasn't a joke, Jim, but now I wish I'd thought of pulling one. My original thought stems from the housing difficulties I'm in right now. It's a tempting...
That's a good link, David. I'd never seen it before. Good story, especially hom his ama broke off five miles from Hawaii after, what, 68 days at sea? Now ...
Hi Greg OK. It was just a thought. I hope that I didn't offend you with the suggestion that it was too crazy an idea to take seriously. That certainly wasn't...
... make it so.> With a ballast outrigger to windward, it would make a fine proa. Not fast, but> with accommodations in a short length. In fact, I'm going to...
My original thought stems from the housing difficulties I'm in right now. It's a tempting prospect to move onto a small boat, but the proa idea won't let me go...
Perhaps additional reason (3) might be: a proa-dory with an ama that is just an ama would be easier to right from 180 capsize than a harry? -- Wade G'day, ...
Harry proas do not capsize to 180 degrees. The buoyant masts mean they stop at 90. The added weight and windage of the windward hull with accommodation makes...
... No kidding. Also to sail and mess about in kayaks in the surf, which is where I've been this weekend. Sorry for the delay in answering. ... I beams were...
... I think that sounds like a nice boat. It won't have what we think of a proa-level speed, but it will move along nicely, have a lot of room on a tramp, and...
G'day, Yes the mast is large enough to carry sufficient buoyancy to prevent capsize. The mast will never have imperfections allowing water in. All fittings are...
... decked-over watertight space (or at least flotation-filled space) and perhaps self-bailing cockpit. This goes double for a dory after I 180'd mine years...
Kayaks in the surf sounds fun. Thanks for shedding some light on the how your Ibeams were made. 1/4 ply does sound alittle to flimsy for ibeams with out alot...
I had emailed Joe about Flaquita a while back and he's just sent me this, so I'm forwarding it to the list. Joe has a few more photos up from a sailing/diving ...
Hi All, Flaquita seems to be, indeed, a great boat. If his plans had been ready by the time I started building I would have bought them. Would have spared me...
... Likewise. As one of the Ulua outrigger builders, I still think that little tacking outrigger is a treat. Clever design features such as long storage area...
Hello all -- Finally launched today -- good weather to test the new low-buoyancy ama. It seems to work well, so far. I sailed about three hours; the winds...
Hi Wade as to the photo that contains a picture of your board. It seems very long and with short cord, thus more efficient as far as theory goes. But appeared...
Hi Peter -- ... as theory goes. But appeared to not have a very sharp leading/trailing edge. Almost seems 10mm wide. As a non expert thought that something a...
Hi You might look at Tom Speer's dedicated proa foils, if you're going to make fore/aft symmetric foils anyway. They're much better than just guessing at a...
