Looking forwards to see the maple seed crab claw - when I google image it, I see two options - a single seed that would look like a bat wing sail, or the...
GPS is iffy at slow speeds but if you do not have one - you will probably need one anyways Paddle wheel speedometers will only tell you how fast you are going...
And not only that, but it can give you as well your tacking angle, if you sail in a place where there is steady wind and no current. Cheers, Laurent...
Here a general visualization of what I have in mind. http://groups.yahoo.com/group/proa_file/photos/album/2068201161/pic/1025914766/view The only thing I...
Hi all, I am planning to build a tacking outrigger canoe using Stitch and Glue construction. I have used the offsets for the Ulua hull from Gary's book to...
My 2 cents; I would consider option 3, and glass the entire bilge panels outside, plus the chines, stopping the glass 2" above the chines. Use lightweight...
Hi Dave, thanks for your help. This confirms much of my thinking, including obsolescence! I want a quick and cheap build, ie S&G instead of strip planking, and...
I would say option 2. My frostply dinghy is made from 4mm ply, no fibreglass. P class, starling dinghies, 3.7's, cherubs, pretty much all NZ fast boats are...
My $0.02: $45 a sheet is NOT cheap ply. I can get 1/4" ACX for about $25. (It is however a good price for high quality meranti...) I don't see your issue with...
I think it's going to be a cool boat. Most early boats in ply were simply taped at the joints--including a mirror dingy that I gave away with polyester resin....
My Jarcat 5 is 4mm ply over cedar with glass on the bottom, chines and cockpit. It is pushing 30yo and kept outside. 4mm is heaps unless you are scraping rocks...
... A) No other but the post was not signed and I guessed it might be you. ... A) Concrete maybe but not ferrocement ... A) Street surfing term I think. Not...
For an all-around use paddle/sailing canoe, that might be sailed in rough water, how much weight do you really save by going for thin panels and no glass at...
... Another way -- if you are designing ultra-light which includes the ama and akas! -- is to keep the outrigger fully assembled but with the ama/akas rotated...
Funny that you mention the difference in weight on smaller boats. And I fully agree! I just got plans for Hugh Horton's bufflehead canoe. This is a high-end, ...
My proa is now road legal width and it can be launch from the trailer... I recovered part of my common sense... On the original question. Fiber glass or not? ...
There is a simple rule for every oz. weight of cloth you use so many oz. or lbs of epoxy. Knowing your total surface area of hull. This will allow you to...
Wow - lots of useful comments! too many to reply to all but plenty of food for thought. Hi Wade - I too have been thinking about folding akas over the last few...
Hi Dan, respect to the man that has already built and sailed an Ulua AND a double Tamanu! ... Yep, your comments, and many others are giving me faith in just...
Hi Todd, yes I saw this stated somewhere recently. The rule of thumb is every oz of cloth will take an equal amount of epoxy to fill. The given cloth weights...
... My experience with taping joins is somewhat different from Hajo's. I've maybe taped 200-500 meters of joints over the years (I didn't keep count, but...
Pretty sure those are NZ dollars he mentions. That would be about 30usd. A lot of things seem to be more expensive here, I guess it's economy of scale. -Thomas...
As an alternative for sheating the outside of the hull, it is worth considering using Dynel instead of glass cloth. Dynel provides better abrasion resistance...
All true (apart from the cost, it is near enough the same as 200 gsm). It is, however difficult to apply as it seems to float in the resin so you end up with...
Everything that Dave says here is good advice. Been there too, done that the same ways. Your choice in the end. Cheers, Peter ... From: Dave Culp To:...
I switched my proa file membership to deliver messages to my gmail account a few days ago. I'm so glad I did!! Yahoo mail was slow and the proa file messages...
Not sure that's quite right on foam vrs cedar, The core is heaviest single componet of a conventional stripper canoe and 22-24 pcf vrs 5 pcf corecell is a...
