Hello all Has anyone tried setting up c'claw on a boom and offset rotating mast (diagram in photos "boom claw") a bit like aerorig or am I dreaming again. What...
G'day, I have found there are very few problems. Ensure you have a boat width or two to leeward, and it is no sweat. This means caution when trying to pinch...
Hi all Comment so far been - flippant - matter of fact Reality is we have no argument with the "rule of the road" My concern is about keeping our craft within...
Well... Imagine this: "Last night I picked up a really strange paperback at the stand down by the railway station. It's a book about proas, sailing outrigger ...
... I put a few pictures in photos of how i rigged my proa with extra block and rope to help prevent the mast from falling over when caught aback. I was think...
Darrell I wasn't sailing proa yet and my experience in this area comes from model trials, so feel free to ignore following thoughts. It is your choice to...
Hello, Considering that question we may have a comparision with snow sports. Here in The Alpes we have ski , tacking, and snowboard , shunting, when the space...
As I understand the rules are the same for all vessels in the sea: - motorship should go around sailing ones (in theory) and - among sailing vessels rules...
Is it possible to attach a short "semi-mast" (or brace) to the mast, such that it attaches to the "forward" aka via something simple like a pin or even a snap...
Hello. ... when the space is free and largely open we never have any problem, but when there are to many people the twoo groups begin to fight. Funny you...
Hi Pasi, As other posters have indicated, the legal and racing rules remain the same, but there are aspects to sailing a proa in mixed company that bear...
On the marshall canoes that I have seen They don't have that curved stick from aka to mast.I know, they didn't have shinny metal surfaced blocks, bungee, or...
... to ... Right. It's your weird deal, as one sailing buddy of mine says, you have to adapt to them. ... that ... Also think about the lee-boat rule in...
... mast, such ... pin or ... shunting, it ... When the ... brace ... brace would ... boat. ... would ... would add ... be worth ... (seem to ... Doesn't...
... This seems to me to be the key message in the various posts. You will ... It seems to me that they are entitled to pass behind you with impunity, as close...
... go ... In 30 knots! We don't get 30 knots here unless a storm or santa anas blow and both are pretty predictable. ... My leestays are half hitched to the...
I could put stoppers on the stays one on ... midmast) ... overstretching ... the ... I use two leestays with a gibbons rig. They are of fixed length so the...
Hey Janusz-I understand -If we want to get into sailing forget all the rot and go with what is known to work! Then play. Question - Say if we've got a sail...
Since a sailboat has no rights during a tack, I assume the same would apply to a proa during a shunt. Defining exactly when a shunt is taking place (as opposed...
... limit ... these ... Along with the fore and aft stays? Or just two leestays? I have fore and aft stays made of bungee and line which work great. But am...
and I think they are too flimsy. This is based on looking at pictures of the boat and it always looking like they're sagging a bit whenever anyone is sitting...
The easiest way is to hold the tube in the curve while laminating. This way you have greater resistance to compression loads. A trick for gluing aluminium is...
Compact bench bender maybe? 49$ http://www.harborfreight.com/cpi/ctaf/Displayitem.taf?itemnumber=44094 Todd ... bit ... the ... by ... in ... on ... had ... I ...
I don't use separate fore and aft stays, just the two leestays. Your system sounds good. I've been thinking about trying something along those lines. I'll have...
... your own dimensions a year later. ;-) At least you have not yet under-judged your boat's weight by 40% ;-) ... tying my 70 pound kayak to the roof of my...
Kevin Thoughts on the bending of Ally tube. Sand packing is good as well as the winch bending idea ( Spanish windlass could do the trick) The slight amount of...
... From: "Robert" <cateran1949@...> ... ... This is not likely to result in a permanent bond. You actually need to have a strong oxide coating on the...
... This heating would be likely to remove some of the heat treatment and therefore reduce the strength just where it is needed most. ... Right on both counts....
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