Ciao Giorgio, che sorpresa anche per me trovare un altro italiano qui! Come ho scritto per il momento sono solo appassionato ma senza pratica sulle proe. Tu ne...
Unfortunately, no competitive sailing in Tuvalu, either. I only know of two sailing canoes on Funafuti, and one of them is mine. While my in-laws paddle it...
... Standing rigging is permanently mounted, and all the stuff you manipulate is part of the running rigging. A running stay is a stay (holds up the mast) that...
... The coefficients of expansion of aluminum and glass are fairly compatible. However, the "scuff and wipe" approach to removing the aluminum oxide layer,...
Ciao Vittorio, ma č incredibile! Addirittura 3 italiani che si interessano di proe! Tu hai una proa? Curiositą: ma.....dalle nostre parti (se vivi in Italia)...
I have a question about stays and mast bending. My goal: if I use stays on the tacking outrigger, I do not want to place them so that a freshening breeze will...
Thanks everybody that help answer the Running Stay Question! Does any one have an idea what kind of rigging was used prior to Anson's drawing and does any have...
... Hi Wade How much bury do you have in the hull? What is the staying base on the non-ama side (by this I mean the distance from the mast step to the staying...
... in other words, "to be designed in, or not." ... now; an add-on could be fairly easily built to take it out say two feet over all on that side, or a little...
Czesc Wade. Your perception of mast/sail bahaviour seems right to me. There is one more aspect to be taken into account: load pattern for which windsurfing...
I've found a strange-looking boat in the Museo Maritimo in Barcelona. It's a catamaran 5.6 meters long and 1.6 wide, carries a triangular sail without boom. ...
... easy ... sailing . ... be captured by the cross-piece at the gunwale; I will glue a collar on the mast that will fit under the cross-piece and be held...
... shrouds ... normally ... with ... mast ... will ... collar ... by a ... support to ... I think this is a good idea too. It lets you reef the sail, but ...
Why are you guys so nervous about bury? With the right engineering an unstayed mast can be deck mounted on a slider (this has been done on a boat that crossed...
... I dunno, because if you have too little bury you'll break your mast, or your boat? ... slider (this has been done on a boat that crossed the Atlantic about...
CHEERS that is the name of the boat, it is an atlantic proa. Just google it or go on youtube and search for " Cheers prao'' yes PRAO and not PROA. The guy that...
I have a question for the builder/designer of the harryproa I would like to know if you ever have tried to sail your harry proa as an atlantic proa??? The ...
G'day, I have thought about it, but never really tried it. The benefit is obvious, there is more weight to windward, hence more righting moment. The...
The beefing up required for the deck of that boat (built by a mate of mine in South Africa, a long time ago) was very heavy, not helped by it being able to...
Hi Kevin, as far as I remember it was called Datsun Skyline, It was built by Richard Glanville (sp?) in Cape Town, I think in the 80's. Mast was if I remember...
Quite so, Rob, The point is there is no black or white for bury, it is all shades of grey. You can deal with whatever is required by appropriate engineering of...
The mast is 13 feet long, the bury is 22 inches, the material is fiberglass, about 1/16 inch wall thickness and 2 inches in diameter at base, tapering to about...
1/16" is almost certainly oo thin for the wall at the top bearing. Either wrap it in copious quantities of uni and double bias from a foot either side (taper...
All good points that you bring up, this is the reason I am building a pacific proa, simpler stucture and less stress and strain on the members. But I thought...
G'day, Thanks for the nice words. Forgot to mention. One place whhere an Atlantic proa would be a success is the Little America's Cup. 25' catamarans, 13' ...
I'm pleased to place short relation and few photos from this year trip with Krzys Mnich on Pjoa. More harsh conditions then in previous year resulted in less...
... Either ... either side ... split it ... bias. ... of short cut-off sections too, of various diameters and tapers, ample to slit and overlap for a variety...
