... ...... I am sorry to having to tell you all very diplomatically > you missed the point completely ! as usual ! because on this planet you are not allowed...
... against a 3 knot current last year for three miles, and I remembered that riverboat pilots used to seek them out. I didn't find too many but I did find...
... You might be right there (speaking for myself. Maybe there is no point wasting your time. And remember: When communication problems occur, there are two ...
Jim, and all, Fritz thinks his boats have all of the answers for all proas. He does not understand why We do not understand and accept his boat as the answer ...
... What are the benefits of having the mast offset, do you think? Why is it placed there? Best, Peter <<<< Hi Peter, I'm not very technically savvy, at all,...
... is ... an ... for ... the ... face. ... HI Peter & Charlie The reason for the offset is to get a good angle for the sidestay that holds the mast up. The...
Hi John Thanks for the comments. I agree with you completely. I have been intrigued by his designs almost as much as I've been put off by Fritz' arrogant and...
I am intrigued by the vector fin. What I don't understand is that if the fin is fully submerged it has a lifting force and partially lifted has a depressing...
Hi Robert I was also a bit puzzled to see the profile of his new fin. Perhaps it is a "style statement"? Or, more likely, it somehow relates to the new ...
Bonjour à tous Une semaine que la pirogue Energie Equitable a quitté Les Acores. Après être bloqués dans des vents contraires et faibles à cause d'un...
Hi jim, Bain's Harry is a beauty. With the extra half meter of the extended version it would do me. I'm trying to save my bikkies to be able to get started but...
-This analysis reminds me of an SF short story where the US government agency showed a picture of a russian anti gravity device to a group of physicists and...
... ...... you can at any time check out these forces >>> at www.proatech.org or at the yahoo proatech group .... ... ..... if you relate a vfp to the lenght...
-I can see the diagrams but still don't understand the source of the forces. Is it because of the profile of the fin as the boat is moving forward through the...
Hi Charlie and Ed, all, thank's. Ok, the jib needs to line up with the mainsail. This little thread has helped me to get there. I didn't have a clear idea...
... Fritz' drawings are not obvious if you don't understand the principle already. We had exactly this discussio about half a year back, and someone made a...
I wish we had a quick jpg of his proa shunting - kind of like equilibre - a picture or a movie is worth a K words john h wright <jhargrovewright2@...>...
Is there a price for RareBird? Jim Baltaxe <jim.baltaxe@...> wrote: Nicely put, Marc. I wouldn't have been so diplomatic. BTW I just came back from a...
Yes there is, but perhaps you should contact Mark Stephens for details. He is in touch with John's family. I only wish I could afford it. Then again, that's...
G'day, $AUS395,000. Less than it cost to build, much less than it would cost to replace. Either add on shipping (probably another $20,000) cruise the Great...
Has anyone actually built one of Fritz's proas? I have never been able to get an answer about that. If all that there is is models, then it is tough to have...
Fritz built one himself. AFAIK that's the only one but WDIK (what do I know? ;^) Hopefully he'll tell us. Better yet, one of the builders might. Enjoy Jim...
I would realy like to see the big one. Fritz, is the big one you are building still continuing or is it stalled due to finances like my ambitions, Robert -- In...
... ...... the profile of the fin is asymetric as you can see on all drawings .... the ww side being more the lee ward side less thick ( the ww side being...
... The new ... ...... and the lenght the hinged fin has to be from the float ! since if the out rigger is to steady going from the weight the fin has to be...
... ...... not finances ! but being so involved in having good ideas for making it even better yet .... like the new rigs or the hinged vf its a lot easier and...
..... any one contemplating to build a vfp .... should go to the yahoo SmallBoats group and check out don elliots booklet on building one ! it has as well some...
in the summer i kayaked 20 km up a river i don't know how swift, but it was hard not to loose ground if you dashed across to the other side through the main...
... Merrimack river is often 500 feet wide or so -- lot's of lost ground looking for that eddy in the S turns. I ended up just hugging the reeds on one side...
