Well my experiment will be based solely on my experience over the last 6 years of kitesurfing. Never seen his 12 foot cat. About going to weather Kite boater...
I totally agree with you now, Rob. The solution would be to have the ama of equal length to the main hull. But that would no longer look like a proa but rather...
Hello guys: Very interesting subject this of using kites in sailboats. But, from a total novice to kite sailing (just finished my three day course of...
Well for a 275$ consultation fee I could show you;) Launch kite on beach walk kite up to boat, hook to boat, shove off and go. Recovery on the water just like...
Summing it up, just consider the boat a very big surf board, right? Toni Tutusaus ... From: Todd To: proa_file@yahoogroups.com Sent: Friday, October 01, 2004...
No ......... You hook the kite to the boat instead of you hooking into the kite. I won't be standing either. Todd ... off ... to ... If ... fling ... on ... ...
Hi Todd: You probably mean Don Montague with the web site: <http://www.kiteboat.com/index.html> They are using Kite surfer kites with Hawaiian sailing canoes....
G'day, Couple of things to watch out for: 1) Unhooking from your harness and hooking onto the boat. The relative line lengths alter, so need to be allowed...
Good point. I fly in the hard loop only not the trim or chicken loop. So my lines stay the same unhook or hook in. Will be on the leeside but will not be...
... It is interesting to watch the wheel being reinvented--again and again. We were kitesailing boats (as large as 35' cruising trimarans) upwind in the 1970's...
... It is interesting to watch the wheel being reinvented--again and again. We were kitesailing boats (as large as 35' cruising trimarans) upwind in the 1970's...
good day ... what really happens in waves with the vector fin proa ? starting out level .... the forces of hydro dynamic water resistance and the aero dynamic...
You got it exactly . Its pretty apperant High speed sailing .... Even on a beach cat. Are you telling me you build apperant wind pinching to windward. I meant...
Fritz , On your vector fin what sort of foil are you using? How hard is it to make and how? How much drag does it produce? Why does the float/ama need to be so...
Learn Alot of what? If you don't live near a body of water and want to sail...... move! Bugging is a waste!!! I'd rather mow grass , clear a forest Or learn ...
G'day, Better an odd looking catamaran, than a great looking proa (or anything else) that is limited in it's capabilities. IMHO. Better still, a great...
G'day, Sounds unlikely to me. With the fin out of the water, the boat has huge weather helm. "rapidly shoot on up into the wind" With the fin in the water, it...
... learn how to fly If I was land bound. ... you can? That would be a gas. Look at some of the fantastic literature out there that shows how fascinating the...
Okay Okay... you learn how to fly but once the novelty wears off its a bit like mowing grass back and forth back and forth mowing grass get it... plowing...
... its ... being used for sunbathing and teasing the surf and making the hand- holding lovers scatter (there goes another Hallmark moment ;-) ... ama. A...
... helm. "rapidly shoot on up into the wind" ... Unlikely, given ... catamaran when it ... should on ... Hi Rob, and all proaphilos I can understand that:...
... These 2 points make proas better than tacking boats. You needn't move the hook point to the other side of the proa. During the re-launch the proa drifts...
... It does, in a way. The CLR of the fin is about a half of the proa length. The CLR of the hull is about 1/4 from the bow. So, if the fin produces all the...
... And the boat should have a lot more rotational inertia around the vertical axis than the longitudinal axis, so the roll should be faster than the course...
Hi, nice discussion again! But, as the proa heels and moves sideways, the force on the sails disminishes, until the capsizing moment is counteracted by the...
The trimaran shown on the first page of this link is very impressive. I was under the impression that outriggers 'had' to be 200% volume, otherwise they did...
... Large volume amas are a relatively recent innovation necessitated by tall powerful rigs on racing tris. The hundreds of thousands of working tris found in...
... Speaking of foam amas, Gary, I recall that you were re-shaping a foam ama to cut down on splash. How did that go? I have a glued foam ama I'm reluctant...
... That was actually the ply diamond shape one I made for Te Wa. The bow shape was a shallow vee gradually tapering up to the deck. When motoring at 11...
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