Mal You remind very important fatigue issue. Pjoa will have aluminium tubes but for inshore use it seems acceptable. If he would be planned for longer trips...
ALUMINIUM!!!!!!!!!!aH MAN .......... What a dissapointment. I thought you were building a tipnol or a walap style outrigger? Nice beefy looking ama though. ...
... I'm ashamed, but duraluminium tubes I have ready to use. Painted for corrrosion prevention will have acceptable look I hope Crabclaw yards will be wooden...
Hello to all, my name ist Herbert, I`m a new member and I would like to give you a short overwiew concerning my activities about Proa- building. In the file...
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Rhisiart Gwilym
Rhisiart@...
Aug 3, 2004 8:08 pm
Hi Herbert! Welcome. Your English seems pretty good to me. Boat sound good too. Keep telling us more. Regards, RhG...
Hey Janusz, Really Like I'm one to talk. Foam amas and epoxy every where.May even use a fiberglass mast on my new rig. Like you, use what I have lying around....
I'm a new member of the group. I live in Park City, Utah. I estimate I'm about half way finished with a 35' proa that is taking far longer than I or the...
Hi Roy, Welcome to the list. Sorry to hear that things are not moving along as well as expected. Posting some pics of the project would be helpful. Who is the...
Hello Roy, It will be helpfull to know more about the boat, type atlantic or pacific and different measurement also some pictures. It is sad to hear your...
Good to hear about your cruising in Ping-Pong, Terho. Glad the marriage survived, too! With a dagger board, do you expect the tacking/shunting angle to be ...
... dumb ... into ... I was talking about the real angle read from the plot of GPS. Pointing angle is about 90-100 degrees. For me, after I was familiar with...
Thanks for the reply, Terho. ... This seemed to work well for Rob Denney ... Sounds good! A schooner with the masts at the ends of the beams just looks right ...
Hello, I'm a brand new member so I'd like to introduce myself. My name is Colin Simeons. I live in Rome, Italy. My interest in the Proa stems from the fact...
... Hi Colin Welcome to the group. I'm delighted that you're thinking about proas, of course, but regarding sailing your kayak, have you looked at the Balogh...
I was very impressed with the introductory post of Colin Simeon, and felt obliged to come out of lurk mode. My name is Richard Stanley, and I live in San...
Hi Richard, First of all let me thank you for your kind words. We seem to have a lot in common. I used to have a Drascombe longboat. My plans for a proa are...
Hi Kevin, Thanks for your mail, yes, I have looked at the Balogh sail systems. This is my personal opinion and in no way a valuation on the various sailing...
hi proa-filers, i'm Karel from Belgium and i'm a furniture-maker for the living 3 years ago i builded an 17' stripped canoe (5 metres and now i just...
If you like strip building check out Gary Dierkings site there's a link in the links folder. or go here /homepages.paradise.net.nz/garyd/ Todd ... finishing my...
Hey Colin, Speaking with the vast experience of someone who has never built or sailed a proa, here's my two cents. All these postings from new members talking...
Hi I have to say, I think there's a huge amount of wisdom in this advice. Further, such a design exists, it's Bolger's 20' proa. Flat bottom, plumb sides,...
Hi Greg, I totally agree with you. As you rightly point out, I am a complete "proa" beginner and that is why I first want to build according to plans that have...
I think if you read up on the ways of traditional proas you shouldn't have a problem. What causes the problem is when we try and westernize the proa. Gary...
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Rhisiart Gwilym
Rhisiart@...
Aug 12, 2004 8:10 am
Hello all. I second these guys' comments below - ruefully..... Build a little quickie-cheapie, get it on the water, pick yourself up out of the water bleeding,...
... beautiful hulls are alarming me. It would be much quicker to throw together a quick-and-dirty, plywood box hull first. You could get it on the water and...
Exactly. Thing is, the traditional proa is closely tied to its traditional uses and territory, i.e. warm, wide-open Pacific water, trade winds, lots of hardy...
Hello evrybody: This is Antonio Tutusaus just back from 10 day holliday in Switzerland. Laussane. lake LeMans. Spectacular setting, spectacularly expensive...
Hi - my name is Graham Cox and I have joined the proa group to help me evolve my dreams of proa voyaging. I am an experienced blue water sailor who currently...
Skip I wanted to ask you on your proa with its single beam . I remember you stating that there was alot of wearther helm . Due to a number of things . I have...
