... your ... much more information than the photos I already posted. ... degrees) or even reasonable performance (50-55 degrees), but I want reasonable...
I hope I'm not being insulting, but oversheeting the main is a common error on rigs without a jib. Everything looks good but in reality the sail is stalled...
... the ... sailing? I've only farted around a few years, essentially. I taught myself to sail by just going sailing and made every mistake and perhaps...
... Sure, time on the water is important, and enjoyable too, before you mess about building any more. Just for fun, though, what's the immersed area of your...
The design of a displacement hull for proas should be much easier than in normal boats, for the simple reason that it is symmetrical. If the beam-to-lenght...
I suspect your suspicion is dead on correct. I've designed a number of racing canoes, optimising the boats for a given set of circumstances, weight, speed,...
Hi Skip and "aqlunafoo", Aside from asymmetrical deep ‘V’ hull well proved on proas has anybody acquaintance of other successful hull forms besides Gary...
The concert as at a waterfront state?park in Bridegport. Kind of nuts once you got in. A good time was had by oen and all. George ... From: Wade Tarzia...
... nuts once you got in. A good time was had by oen and all. ... low stretch halyard and a becket block for a main downhaul. That sailboat hardware is so mad...
Czesc I've used to build windsufrfing boards in the past. When glueing foam I used as thick blocks as possible and put them such, that layers of glue where as...
Czesc Wade My advice is to master your sail trimming skills before you start to redesig anything. Simple advice how to do it comes from my own experiments with...
Czesc Tsan I can speak for deep V. Harmen's Toroa goes well to widward and uses foils. My Pjoa goes to windward not worse then regualr boats. He is deep V...
Wade, Get some sunscreen, water, food and block off some time and just....sail. Play, experiment, then catch another sailboat and try to make your boat go as...
My current proa P52 has a trapezoidal cross section hull and extremely deep v float. There's still a lot of development work to do but don't feel any major...
I have used a drill press and sander to make things perfectly round many times. The key is to be able to have a good center point well attached so that the...
Czesc Janusz, Thanks for your comment; the thing is to do the job without underwater foils. So deep V it is! Where can somebody see more of VMG? Haven’t...
Hi Wade - Sounds like you're getting good advice all around. IMHO, there is a big difference between making a lot of changes and setting up the rig properly. I...
I don't believe there is such a beast as a perfect displacement hull, proa or any other kind. That's not to say that some aren't better than others, but...
Duckworks has a lot of lower tech ideas for rigging. Lots of PVC pipe and sheet aluminum kinds of things. That is why I occasionally stp in teh Salvation Army...
Czesc Tsan My pleasure you like it. Are you going to build your own ? Files in directory: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/proa_file6/files/CC%20analysis%20on% ...
... pipe and sheet aluminum kinds of things. That is why I occasionally stp in teh Salvation Army and my local salvage yard to do boat shopping. ... the small...
I have been using a product called Epiphanes. I have found nothing to equal it for making the woodworking look great . A fresh coat each year with no prep work...
... stuff is out there that you people have been holding back from me??? Have you heard of this really cool stuff called beer? I don't go sailing without...
... VERRRY important :-) ... IMHO: it will be very difficult to realize on 7 m LOA hull ... I prefer curved spars too :-) ... Aloha! Robert [Non-text portions...
... This is exactly the advice i'm looking for. I realize now that it is very important to know in advance where you're going to sail. My reasoning was: in a...
G'day, Seems a pity to give up performance just so you can sail closer to the beach. Rudders and boards that lift or kick up can provide the best of both...
Hi All, There is a link to short summary of this year Pjoa trip on Bay of Gdansk and Bay of Puck ("Pucific Ocean" ;-) ...) Total circa 125 Nm. It's in Polish...
