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...
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John Slattebo
dijslatts@...
Mar 11, 2000 9:13 pm
Iam John Slattebo of Pescadero, California. A life time interest in sailing and a proa sailor since living in the Marshall Islands. Built several outriggers...
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Dave Culp
dave@...
Mar 12, 2000 6:13 am
... Ha! That was the problem--I'd gone there specifically to meet with the chap *on* the 90'er (to talk with him about kite power for her--think of that!)....
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Michael Schacht
michael@...
Mar 12, 2000 6:34 pm
... Hi John, welcome to the list. I see that you are still of the opinion that the tacking single outrigger is a better compromise than the proa. (By that I...
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Dave Culp
dave@...
Mar 12, 2000 6:57 pm
... How much? Will you deliver it to SF Bay? How about half-way? ;-) Dave Culp (Who figures this is still a proa-related message, since we're talking about a...
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John Dalziel
johndl@...
Mar 13, 2000 4:30 pm
Hi David, And welcome to the list! I've been fascinated by the te puke since I first saw pictures of them, and by yours when I ran across your web page. They...
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AZSKYBUM@...
Mar 13, 2000 4:54 pm
Is there such an animal as a proa, although that might not be the name for it, that simply tacks like the one armed Windrider? As a firm beliver in the KISS,...
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Othmar Karschulin
karschulin@...
Mar 13, 2000 5:47 pm
Hello John, ... What's the difference between a camber made by pre-curved fixed battens and a camber made with straight battens which are permanently bowed by ...
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Gary Dierking
garyd@...
Mar 13, 2000 6:29 pm
... The most famous example is the Malibu Outrigger designed by Warren Seaman back in the late fifties or sixties. Many were built and racing fleets were...
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Michael Schacht
michael@...
Mar 13, 2000 11:58 pm
... I think we can start the haggling at $1900. Want it delivered on its own bottom? I'll sail it to the Pacific Ocean, you can take it from there. (sorry for...
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Michael Schacht
michael@...
Mar 14, 2000 12:21 am
Tacking outriggers are ubiquitous throughout Polynesia/the eastern Pacific. The Hawaiians are currently reviving sailing outrigger canoes, as an adjunct to the...
