... Er... Regarding *longitudinal* stability? I don't remember it. By longitudinal stability, I presume you're asking about resistance to pitchpoling??? We...
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Othmar Karschulin
karschulin@...
Apr 6, 2000 6:41 pm
Hi friends, I know you are not totally ignorant ;-) but I have made a animated gif to show the shunting maneuver. May be it's interest for really ignorants and...
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John Dalziel
johndl@...
Apr 6, 2000 11:08 pm
Othmar, this is excellent! And good fun too... ... John Dalziel...
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Othmar Karschulin
karschulin@...
Apr 7, 2000 9:09 am
Hi John, may be it was only a fluke, but today I get a series of photos as an animation of a WALAP SHUNT. It's a fascinating sight ... ...
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John Dalziel
johndl@...
Apr 7, 2000 2:01 pm
... This is worth watching through many cycles, to pick up on all the details! Thanks to Hans-Dieter and you for this. John Dalziel ____________________ Duct...
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Barbara Cook
eriklori@...
Apr 9, 2000 4:22 pm
Greetings, I am a (currently) Gulf of Mexico-locked surfer looking for some water excitement. Quite frankly the waves in the Gulf leave a lot to be desired...
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Michael Schacht
michael@...
Apr 9, 2000 5:13 pm
Hi Eric, and welcome to the list. ... towards a tacking, not all that strong to windward, Hawaiian influenced rig, i.e oceanic spritsail.. I am fascinated by...
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Jim Luton
islander253@...
Apr 9, 2000 7:52 pm
Hi Eric and Michael, This thread presents a good opportunity to introduce myself, also. I've been developing a tacking single outrigger canoe design for a...
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Michael Schacht
michael@...
Apr 9, 2000 8:15 pm
... Well, I'm interested, and if the moderator's interested, then everybody's interested, right? :-) The intent of this list is to be as inclusive as possible,...
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peterfynn@...
Apr 10, 2000 3:48 am
Othmar, How do you initiate the animation on your two shunt demos. Do you need special software? Peter...
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Jim Luton
islander253@...
Apr 10, 2000 2:56 pm
... Alrighty then, I have designed a single tacking outrigger setup to be used on stock glass canoes, which can be made to sail very well. I had been racing C...
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John Dalziel
johndl@...
Apr 10, 2000 10:26 pm
... No, you shouldn't. They should start automatically; if they don't, there is some sort of browser issue. The browser needs to support "animated .gifs," and...
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John Dalziel
johndl@...
Apr 10, 2000 10:33 pm
... American's reed boat arrives at Easter Island SANTIAGO, Chile -- (AP) -- An American adventurer attempting a trip around the world on a reed boat has...
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peterfynn@...
Apr 11, 2000 12:52 am
John, Thanks for the help. I managed to get it to run on NetScape running through aol. The aol browser wouldn't run it. Great to watch it once it has loaded....
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John Dalziel
johndl@...
Apr 11, 2000 1:18 am
If anyone is within reasonable distance of the ISCA Maritime Museum, Oulton Broad, there are a couple proas (proi? praoi?) listed as being there; the Anglia...
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FISHWICK Simon
simon.fishwick@...
Apr 11, 2000 8:39 am
... proa. ... See <http://www.btinternet.com/~isca.maritimemuseum/> Includes a searchable index of boats The Exeter Maritime Museum is now closed, and its...
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Othmar Karschulin
karschulin@...
Apr 11, 2000 12:11 pm
There were a lot of interesting boats in this museum. A short search through the list of ISCA Maritime Museum: 17 LOWIS:1997.17 FIJIAN PROA 20 LOWIS:1997.19...
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Michael Schacht
michael@...
Apr 11, 2000 6:15 pm
First, I'd like to say that I think your concept is wonderful. What a great way to "re-energize" an old canoe. The simple expedient of adding an outrigger also...
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John Dalziel
johndl@...
Apr 12, 2000 12:25 am
... Othmar, The ISCA museum (International Sailing Craft Association) is the one located in Lowestoft, and appears to be operational, so you can go visit and- ...
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David O. Coy
dcoy@...
Apr 12, 2000 3:14 am
There seems to be some confusion with the term "fore and aft rig". It is any rig in which the working sails can be brought to or nearly to the fore and aft...
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FISHWICK Simon
simon.fishwick@...
Apr 12, 2000 8:20 am
On: Tue, 11 Apr 2000 19:21:42 -0700 ... any rig in which the working sails can be brought to or >nearly to the fore and aft line of the boat. In other words...
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David O. Coy
dcoy@...
Apr 12, 2000 1:20 pm
The wind on one or both sides of the sail works well, and I guess we'll have to admit un-square square sails to the other camp. Good correction. Cheers, David...
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Gary Dierking
garyd@...
Apr 12, 2000 7:27 pm
Check out: http://members.xoom.com/_XMCM/janeresture/ki33/fishing.htm It's a good article on fishing in Kiribati (Gilbert Islands) with a nice animated .gif of...
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John Dalziel
johndl@...
Apr 12, 2000 9:27 pm
In the stern-on animated gif frame the latticework of the outriggers is pretty obvious; that's a decent breeze, too. I like the looks of the little outboard...
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Gary Dierking
garyd@...
Apr 13, 2000 7:09 pm
TRADITIONAL CANOE FROM YAP EXPECTED TO ARRIVE ON WEEKEND SAIPAN, Northern Mariana Islands (April 12, 2000 – Saipan Tribune)---As of 10:00 a.m. Monday, the...
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John Dalziel
johndl@...
Apr 19, 2000 4:00 am
Not unusual, but earthquakes up to 5.9 on the Richter scale are now hitting the area of Fiji: http://www.iris.washington.edu/seismic/60_2040_1_8.html then...
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John Dalziel
johndl@...
Apr 19, 2000 4:06 pm
Hello everyone, I've been doing some necessary "list owner" tasks today on the E- groups website; here are a few items: 1: We are now up to 42 members in only...
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Othmar Karschulin
karschulin@...
Apr 19, 2000 9:44 pm
Hi friends, I have I put a nice picture of a 45' proa mock-up in the file directory of the eGroup: http://www.egroups.com/files/proa_file/ I found it in the...
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Othmar Karschulin
karschulin@...
Apr 19, 2000 9:53 pm
Hi friends, a short look at the website of the 'Geo Magazine' shows me in the overview to the 'Pacific Special' a good link collection for all which are...
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Dave Culp
dave@...
Apr 20, 2000 5:07 am
Now that powered trimarans are all the rage, especially for long-distance cruising, has anybody seen or heard of any powered proas? I had a short...
