Cool Kevin, thanks for the description and pictures. I've yet to cross over and embrace the shunting thing, still clinging to my tacking security blanket lol....
Hi Dan, chuckle at self - I've been in circles on this question a few times. Planking with gaps, held by webbing underneath was starting to sound good. I have...
Hi Dan, chuckle at self - I've been in circles on this question a few times. Planking with gaps, held by webbing underneath was starting to sound good. I have...
Kevin, good talking points on the characteristics of your boat in different configurations. Did you ever figure out why your proa was so sensitive to weight...
I've had a couple of iterations of down dirty and cheap tramps on P52 (of the trampoline variety!). Not terrible secure or comfortable and a hassle to rig. Far...
Skip, I have noticed a number of butts dragging in the water that a 1x something just lashed under the stretchy tramp would help a lot. Even if the 1x6 were...
Dave, I have seen the chair video before; this is brilliant. I am just not sure I am smart enough to make this work on a boat (how do you make this still be...
I use 2 planks 1''x8''x6' pine or fur I forget which both are sealed with epoxy. I used the boards as wet out table for fiber glassing so they have a far bit...
Hi Laurent, yes its one of those 'OMG thats cool' ideas that stick in your head looking for a use. Someone suggested vertical strips of wood glued to fabric as...
For a strong rudder have you tried end grained balsa as a core with some strong stiff fibres on the outside. I had some succes with using endgrained balsa...
Todd, Use Bamboo Mate Immensely strong, floats, easily lashed up with strips of inner tube, comfortable with the rights spacings, great to hang onto. See Hone...
Hi John. I suspect you're right, some 'battens' in the tramp material might help keep everything out of the water. Could be that some pvc pipe sections would...
Yes that's similar, the leg on the 'T' is 2 laminations 1-1/4" wide of the same $2/board cedar. First iteration was poorly glued and split when I put my weight...
... Not quite. I uploaded the drawing: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/proafile7/files/krzys/canted.gif There are central sections of typical proa hulls: First...
Hi All I'd love to come along but I wouldn't be a full participant since I don't have a boat yet. I've had a bit of a problem with work (basically I took early...
Nothing but thunderstorms out here, seems forever, but I snuck in a relatively rainless afternoon yesterday on the lake. Endlessly varying light winds, good...
Hey Paul, Looks like good times really nice man. I'd used bamboo if I had it laying around or to cut down. Is it true you have to hollow the bamboo out so that...
Does your cockpit have a floor above the true bottom? Or is the bottom of the hull the cockpit floor? If so make a raised watertight cockpit floor. Is that...
After two years of construction and re engineering my Wa'Apa (unnamed) went down to the river for its first test float this afternoon. Took it down in pieces...
Good info on the flotation test, and props on actually going for a sail. We've been having 1 to 5 mph, I just can't bring myself to take the boat out in it,...
Proa file 7 showing build to so far. And diagram of still to do linkage set up for dual rudder steering. The handle at top of linkage is what is steered with....
... The construction problems seem about the same for either sole or thwart-height decks so I would probably go for thwart-height with footwell (if passenger...
Hi everyone, The more I read up on proa's (Way to much!) trying to decide what to build, the more I'm drawn to a simple traditional style proa. Also I wan't it...
Hi Todd, I just use the bamboo as it is when cut down, No cracks in it, I consider it has a life of 2 yrs, sat out in the sun, so always keep some spares. Had...
I think you'll be sorry if you build a smaller one. Build the longest one that you have room for -- 18 feet is a good all-around length. If you plan to car-top...
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