While reading through the reports on the recent Air France Concorde acccident I learned that the Captain was Christian Marty. Christian was the first person to...
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R Biegler
r.biegler@...
Aug 8, 2000 5:58 pm
I have admired David Coy's Makahiki, a (close) replica of a Santa Cruz proa (I guess they use a different name there, but I don't know what it is). I was...
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peterfynn@...
Aug 8, 2000 10:02 pm
Hi, all. I wrote to Kevin privately regarding the sea kayak race to Key West in March 2001 as I did not want to bore the group with race details. He felt we...
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John Dalziel
johndl@...
Aug 9, 2000 4:20 am
Peter, Kevin, Thanks for posting this. I don't think anyone would have been bored with the discussion, though. ;-) Just a couple thoughts: first, as to traffic...
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Brian Southwood
briansou@...
Aug 9, 2000 7:26 am
How about an inflatable proa? Get one of the inflatable boat builders to build you a couple of hulls and make up a bridge deck frame from either light ...
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K_S_ONeill@...
Aug 15, 2000 8:53 pm
Hola I suppose that's what it's called-the spot on the foredeck where the yard lands/rests. A few questions for those of you with actual boats in the water:...
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Gary Dierking
garyd@...
Aug 16, 2000 12:38 am
T ... The loads on my 16'er don't seem like much as I can lift the mast to pop it into a different step position while the rig is fully loaded. ... I use the...
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K_S_ONeill@...
Aug 18, 2000 12:31 am
I ran across this. Weird. Really was searching for something else entirely. http://www.ace.net.au/schooner/FT1saga.htm#start Kevin...
At these URLs one will find book reviews of "The Innovator's Dilemma," by Harvard Business School Professor Clayton Christensen, with information that appears...
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Dave Culp
dave@...
Aug 22, 2000 5:15 am
... One of our erstwhile organizers is being modest. This website was built and is maintained by--Craig O'Donnell. Very nice work. Hi, Craig! DAC...
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Ronald Biese
Ronald.Biese@...
Aug 22, 2000 9:09 pm
Hallo all out the in the cyberspace Me Ronald and my wife Barbara a total European mix with 7 year old Julien, bonjour to all living on the half-island Medoc,...
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John Dalziel
johndl@...
Aug 22, 2000 10:22 pm
Hello Ronald, Welcome to Proa Files! There are several others on the list who are interested in a handy cruising proa, so hopefully we will see some...
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Michael Schacht
michael@...
Aug 23, 2000 5:02 am
I am forwarding to the list this note I received from Steve Isaac, the organizer and creator of the Watertribe Cruising Challenge. I know we've had a lot of...
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Rob Denney
CARBONDESIGN@...
Aug 23, 2000 12:07 pm
Bonjour Ronald. Without knowing your precise requirements, it is not easy to design you a boat. However, Harry, or a variation on it may do the trick. Harry...
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Craig O'Donnell
dadadata@...
Aug 23, 2000 1:34 pm
Hi Dave, Oh, I'm around reading the Digests. That's John Harris' old personal web page. It gets updated infrequently. It suffers from our mutual scanner...
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Michael Schacht
michael@...
Aug 23, 2000 4:20 pm
Cool! I'll be there one day. Anyone else? -- Michael Schacht...
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doug.taylor@...
Aug 24, 2000 3:06 pm
-I might have replied twice, now. Did not seem to go the first time. Anyway, I will likely be at the WB Fest one day, too. Will watch out for proa looking...
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Sam and Dave and Morgan
rsrddsmcs@...
Aug 25, 2000 4:45 am
probably will drop in as we always seem to be coming back from vacation about then. Dave...
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K_S_ONeill@...
Aug 25, 2000 5:04 pm
... the ... we've had ... really ... Well, I'm going. I'm the one already signed up, though. Don't we have a list member or two in Fla? It does sound like a...
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Gwyndaf Jones
gdaf@...
Aug 27, 2000 2:28 pm
To the proa list, I am new to this list and proas. I guess I have wondered since childhood how a canoe with a single outrigger could work well on both tacks...
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Ronald.Biese
Ronald.Biese@...
Aug 27, 2000 5:41 pm
Dear Rob a pleasure to read about Harry maybe totally crazy but what about ...the same accommodation, 1 toilet, 1 shower for up to six or even 8 means...
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Rob Sky
robsky13@...
Aug 27, 2000 6:34 pm
Hi, proa fans, Just a couple of tips here gleaned from quite a few miles and experimentation on my 16' traditionally rigged open proa. Tip #1: Build her with...
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proa_file@egroups.com
Aug 27, 2000 7:09 pm
Hello, This email message is a notification to let you know that a file has been uploaded to the Files area of the proa_file group. File : /RudD.jpg ...
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Jim Luton
islander253@...
Aug 27, 2000 7:25 pm
... There's been a little discussion of quarter rudders lately. I developed one for sailing canoes that have difficult sterns, or for builders who don't want ...
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DDibling@...
Aug 27, 2000 8:37 pm
Are there any photos of Harry on this site? Or elsewhere, for that matter. Sounds very interesting but, as they say, a picture is worth a thousand words....
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John Dalziel
johndl@...
Aug 27, 2000 9:02 pm
There is another a quarter rudder sketch in "files": http://www.egroups.com/files/proa_file/John+Dalziel/Quarterrudder.JPG ... John Dalziel...
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Gary Dierking
garyd@...
Aug 28, 2000 12:31 am
... My canoes seem to balance best with the geometric center of the sail right over the midpoint of the hull. You may need to move your yard steps back from...
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Rob Denney
CARBONDESIGN@...
Aug 28, 2000 11:11 am
G'day, Welcome to the list. Accomodation for 6-8 (or 16-18) is possible. All you need is a bigger weather hull, plus a bigger leeward hull to support the ...
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Roy Mills
rsirfj@...
Aug 28, 2000 4:05 pm
I hope to be there too, just have to convince the wife that we should leave in our trailer a couple of days later and make our first destination Port Townsend...
