Rob ... Xmas ... And, Rob, were batteries included? Do you have some numbers? Just wondering and anxious. Best regards, Han. G'day, Thought I had already...
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Rob Denney
CARBONDESIGN@...
Mar 1, 2001 8:08 am
Actually, I don't think that mention was about us. There really ARE people who think Russ is a sort of messianic character, and his reclusive nature only...
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Dave Culp
dave@...
Mar 1, 2001 8:22 am
... This is probably Joe Norwood's new proa (yes, THAT Joe Norwood; author of 21st Century Sailing Multihulls). Why he built a Bolger is beyond me, as Joe...
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william h wood
mcwood4@...
Mar 1, 2001 12:34 pm
Is anyone going to be doing anything with or about proas at the Quiet Water Symposium 2000 in Lansing MI on 3 Mar? Please let me know if you know. Also is...
1484
K_S_ONeill@...
Mar 1, 2001 3:46 pm
... a pic of ... and all! ... etc. Must ... This is the smaller Bolger proa, I guess? Actually, if I were to start a proa now, I think it would be the 20'...
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Frank Sarnighausen
sarnighausen@...
Mar 1, 2001 11:10 pm
Fritz: Itīs espaņol, with that Finn-Dingy wave (a single one) on top of the n Frank - Brasil...
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Peter Raymond
pramsec@...
Mar 1, 2001 11:23 pm
... I have just re-read Joseph Norwood Jr's High Speed Sailing and i would have expected to see his pyramid rig on his boat as he made such a good case for...
1487
fritz.roth@...
Mar 2, 2001 11:43 am
... of the n ... yah - tell my pc to generate those signs ...... and if I copy them from you or fulgencio - then the front page will not except them as a title...
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Jukka Vaijärvi
jukka.vaijarvi@...
Mar 2, 2001 12:37 pm
... Soon that all is going to change, the whole unicode character set will be supported in URIs. It makes sence, since the minority of the world population is...
1489
besin@...
Mar 2, 2001 6:52 pm
Hi every body, Just a word about CHEERS the famous Dick Newick's proa 1968 as been clasified as Historical Monument by the French Governement, we hope to...
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fritz roth
fritz.roth@...
Mar 3, 2001 6:35 am
... Russ should be lionized by the likes of us. He has done more than anyone to promote fast, modern, safe Pacific proas, and done it in a very safe, ...
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fritz roth
fritz.roth@...
Mar 3, 2001 6:35 am
... Wind got up a bit for the last little beat, terminated by a loud bang from the mast base. Suspected it was one of the spacers on the mast heel bearing....
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Dave Culp
dave@...
Mar 3, 2001 7:32 am
... Um... you are mistaken, Fritz. Russ designs and sails proas today, not some long time ago. His latest voyage was San Francisco to the Marquesas--this...
1493
ewa532@...
Mar 3, 2001 9:17 am
does Russ offer any plans on his boats?...
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fritz roth
fritz.roth@...
Mar 3, 2001 3:16 pm
dave - I think you convinced me ...... before I had the naive notion thinking anyone would want an easy - safe - inexpensive - fun boat - I spend over 300 days...
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fritz roth
fritz.roth@...
Mar 3, 2001 3:16 pm
you tell them - jukka ! if it were not for the big bad us computer industy - you would not have to sit in front of one - and if it were not for the big bad...
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John Dalziel
johndl@...
Mar 3, 2001 3:53 pm
... Dave, I may be wrong but I recall that Jzerro is the third proa of the same design he has built (other two: Kauri and Cimba). There are of course changes...
1497
hbijlard@...
Mar 3, 2001 6:57 pm
... John, If somebody with the capabilities of Russ builds 3 boats over 11 years, all to the same design it must mean he feels he is on the right track. In the...
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Dave Culp
dave@...
Mar 3, 2001 7:02 pm
... I'm not quite sure what you're driving at, John. Jzerro was designed (& built) 8 years ago, according to you (As we all know, designer/builders never...
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John Dalziel
johndl@...
Mar 3, 2001 8:54 pm
... The design history of Russ' boats. Jzerro was designed (& ... No. According to Joe Oster it was built in 1992. See his website. (As we all know,...
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Peter Raymond
pramsec@...
Mar 4, 2001 12:29 am
Dave Culp wrote: <snip> ... <snip> ... Fritz has been developing his design over at least 10 years if I have read his postings correctly. Your remark (A)...
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fritz roth
fritz.roth@...
Mar 4, 2001 9:03 am
... If somebody with the capabilities of Russ builds 3 boats over 11 years, all to the same design it must mean he feels he is on the right track. In the...
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fritz roth
fritz.roth@...
Mar 4, 2001 9:04 am
... It seems Fritz wants a boat designed this minute (or perhaps he'd settle for something penned an hour ago?) I don't know where you're going with this--are...
1503
peterfynn@...
Mar 4, 2001 3:50 pm
I seriously considered buying Kauri. I spoke to Dick Newick about her condition and was concerned that she is not on the water being used at the moment. I...
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Ted Lamont
tlamont@...
Mar 5, 2001 2:31 am
Peter i can agree that content is not always constructive, but there are ideas being floated and feedback obtained from the list so it works. The ego feeding...
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Peter Raymond
pramsec@...
Mar 5, 2001 7:17 am
... Roger, A fair go for all, then? ... Is not "About Face" large enough to make it ? Lets talk about large globe circling proas. Where do we start?...
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besin@...
Mar 5, 2001 8:42 am
... If you are interrested in differents choices about proas we have prepared an history of atlantic's proas, schooner or solomasted. a lot of...
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Ted Lamont
tlamont@...
Mar 5, 2001 9:23 am
Vincent, i'll be looking forward to a link at some time to the craft you mention and their travels. Feel free to use anything posted on About Face if you wish....
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Ted Lamont
tlamont@...
Mar 5, 2001 9:50 am
Peter, the fascination of proas for me is the endless variation - do you think there really will be a production model? Maybe there has been in the Pacific for...
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Peter Raymond
pramsec@...
Mar 5, 2001 10:56 am
... I have also wondered at the variations. How many of them are the result of one tribe trying to copy what another was doing but trying to keep some...
