I had the mast up on Rozinante this weekend. (22' round aluminum tube). It is stayed in the usual way: one windward stay from the mast head to the ama, and 2...
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Jake Bishop
jak3b@...
Sep 5, 2000 11:15 pm
Hello, I live in San Francisco.I have had a life long involvement in sailing.More recently I have become interested in multihulls.I would like to build a ...
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Gary Dierking
garyd@...
Sep 6, 2000 5:27 am
... Three beams has turned out to be a good idea on Te Wa because as you've discovered, it's convenient to have a lot of hard points in that area. ... I've...
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acres73@...
Sep 6, 2000 7:56 pm
I recently bought a copy of the 1919 Annual Report of the Smithsonian Institution. It has a very good article plus photos of the powered hydrofoil built by...
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Rob Denney
CARBONDESIGN@...
Sep 6, 2000 9:15 pm
G'day, Well done, Michael. Will it be sailing before the big freeze sets in this year? Regards, Rob...
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Michael Schacht
michael@...
Sep 7, 2000 12:21 am
We don't really get the big freeze over here, more like a chilly monsoon season, so I figure it will be done shortly, but whether I actually launch or not is...
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John Dalziel
johndl@...
Sep 7, 2000 2:53 am
Terry, As far as I know _everything_ in the US before 1923 (25?) is fair game, so you're OK. And generally US government documents also may be copied freely,...
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coquilleau4@...
Sep 7, 2000 5:36 pm
Hello, My name is Laurent Coquilleau. I am French but leave in Texas. I have always been interested by sailing boats and in the past 2 years, my interest...
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Michael Schacht
michael@...
Sep 7, 2000 6:23 pm
Hi Laurent, welcome to the list ( and welcome to all the recent members!) ... I don't think there is a "norm" for proas, yet. 2.0 is very high, and will of...
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thomas dalzell
proaconstrictor@...
Sep 7, 2000 6:35 pm
Laurent, What is you displacement figure? about 950-1000 lbs? Thomas ... _______________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free...
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K_S_ONeill@...
Sep 7, 2000 8:04 pm
... Hi Laurent! Where in Texas are you? I am building a 20' proa in Dallas. I have ... Cypress ... and ... Almost exactly my dimensions too (well, my...
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coquilleau4@...
Sep 8, 2000 4:34 am
... No!! It will be way less than that (I hope). I used a scantling figure of 1 lb/sq ft. It is close to reality for 1/4" thick cypress with one layer inside...
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Gary Dierking
garyd@...
Sep 8, 2000 5:23 am
... I had 100 sq ft on my 16'er for a while but it was too much for any wind over about 12 kt. I'd guess that you could go to at least 120 sq ft. Gary...
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John Dalziel
johndl@...
Sep 8, 2000 3:03 pm
Hello Laurent, Welcome to the list! Some years back I built a 18'7" LOA proa which came out at 300# weight, plus crew. The first sail was a 150 square foot...
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John Dalziel
johndl@...
Sep 8, 2000 4:12 pm
Kevin, Your proa looks great! Very clean, simple design, and it should fly. I'm intrigued by the X-bracing in the ends; why did you go to this instead of a...
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Michael Schacht
michael@...
Sep 8, 2000 5:21 pm
... Very cool, Kevin. Your boat looks fantastic! Many thanks for uploading the photos, they truly are worth a thousand words. Have the pre-launch jitters set...
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thomas dalzell
proaconstrictor@...
Sep 8, 2000 7:25 pm
I've got it, Laurent, It's like a beachcat. I was thinking 12-1 ratio, coffin bearth etc... That's the cruiser in me! Thomas ...
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K_S_ONeill@...
Sep 9, 2000 12:05 am
... fly. Aw, shucks. 'twern't nuthin. (scuff scuff) ... I copied it from the bracing shown inside the Tornado shown in the Gougeon bros book. It was nice in...
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Gwyndaf Jones
gdaf@...
Sep 11, 2000 1:40 am
In a previous message to the list I described having built a very crude proa in a couple of days based on a cheap used canoe with a PVC water pipe ama, 2x4...
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Gary Dierking
garyd@...
Sep 11, 2000 9:16 am
... I found that after a lifetime of sailing I had to develop completely new instincts. It's kinda like windsurfing in that nothing you've done before is any...
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FISHWICK Simon
simon.fishwick@...
Sep 11, 2000 3:35 pm
It's a stall. If you sheet in too fast then the sail develops a lot of side-load that the leeboard is unable to resist without the leeway angle going too high...
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John Dalziel
johndl@...
Sep 11, 2000 3:49 pm
I'll agree with Gary; since you already know the board is too small, correct that first then see what happens. My best 2nd guess is that the polytarp sail has...
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Othmar Karschulin
karschulin@...
Sep 11, 2000 4:42 pm
Annother new sport 'desktop shunting' Hi all, it's a great look, if my proa lift the ama in force III of my fan. Also to see the action of my 12 sqm Gibbons...
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Gary Dierking
garyd@...
Sep 11, 2000 7:25 pm
... Here's what I did. First lay the luff spar on the floor over the top of your blank piece of sail fabric and lay the boom across it in the normal rigged...
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Frank Sarnighausen
sarnighausen@...
Sep 11, 2000 10:23 pm
Somewhere I read that the submerged part of a center/dagger/leeboard should be 4 percent of sail area So, perhaps you could check on that. I suspect that for...
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K_S_ONeill@...
Sep 11, 2000 10:37 pm
Congrats on your boat! In addition to the stalling boards, consider the apparent and true winds while you're sailing. When I started sailing my Hobie I was a ...
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Dave Culp
dave@...
Sep 12, 2000 12:41 am
OK, OK here's the scoop: If you want the short story, we came, we flew, it was awesome. See the web link below for pics. For the longer version, read on... We...
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Frank Sarnighausen
sarnighausen@...
Sep 12, 2000 1:07 am
Somewhere I read that the submerged part of a center/dagger/leeboard should be 4 percent of sail area So, perhaps you could check on that. I suspect that for...
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Michael Schacht
michael@...
Sep 13, 2000 2:00 am
Just a quick note to say that I went to the Wooden Boat Festival at Port Townsend last weekend. No proas present, however I did get a chance to finally meet...
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Othmar Karschulin
karschulin@...
Sep 14, 2000 9:13 am
Hi all, I beg your pardon, because the first drawings of the 7 m car top proa I have put in the FILE SECTION were unreadable. Now I have made an update and I...
