....... I am very happy don elliot of the smallboats group is selling so many vfp booklets .... but before the series on the vfp started there last year I was...
...... if you have deep enough waters ..... and need not trailor your boat to it every time ! you can save on the hinge and the center hull as well using the...
....... we now have the standard vfp ! for all your standard needs ... trailoring and sailing at the least cost ! ...... then a wide beam version if you need...
....... the fastest change of directions you get ...... not with one mast not with 2 sails but with 2 masts or better 3 ! to visualize this take a look at the ...
Have you ever sailed a polynesian outrigger canoe? More specificly a Marshall Island out rigger canoe? How do you know the limitation of such a craft? Have you...
...... you can now see ..... the new tri mast double entrance ! vfp 30' w r 2e in the files section ! the then after mast will make the change of direction ...
..... I even seen some proa ..... just about the same as yours capsize right before me ! with even two on as balast in an gust ...... I know them very well ...
I'd like to see the comparison boat and how it is rigged. Airplanes look like they wouldn't fly but they do! Todd ... specificly a ... of ... sailing an ... ...
....... it is much like the picture on the group before here ! it cant be much different in principle as yours ..... hope less ly antiquated ! the test was the...
First off, looks can be deceiving. Right away 100 square foot sail is to large for a 15 foot narrow hulled craft that is single hull dominate with ballast of...
...... the cc sail or its relations ..... are great inventions especially for boats having no fin and you are lacking dacron ! since you can make a good shape...
Sure, but I'd sacrafice low boat speed in winds below 10knots for ability to getup wind with stabilty and speed in higher winds. So right off the comparison is...
...... again .... its not the question of what any one wants .... but in cruising you should have the ability to keep on going if the wind gets up ! this is...
...... if you want to combine the flying of your proa ..... with the comfort of just sitting there doing nothing for hours no steering no sheet trimming all...
You missed my point, as the wind strength increases he will go to weather or where almost where ever you want him to go. Isn't this the point in cruising. Alot...
... you will not go to weather in high winds ! ... you have great drive at higher angles of attack but on beating you could have the same drive as you would...
What do you mean no future Kite boating is the future.... http://www.anne-quemere.com/gb_photos_defi_2006.php Look at this crossing the atlantic. I guess you...
...... go right ahead ! the titanic almost made it too ! most boats out there dont have a lightening arrestor and most dont get struck ! but now and then ......
I think a Kite can be a very god complement to ordinary sails. Specially in low winds, and when going downwind. Then a Kite can generate so much more power per...
.... the route sailed by the kite boat .... was sailed before several times with a sail board ! its this easy ...... ! having satelite communication ? satelite...
..... a square proa ? the more beam you have ...... the less down load you will get from the reaction of the stability causing weight onto the main hull ! the...
..... who ever buys a handbook for building the vfp 25' mc ! from don elliot at the smallboats group will get up to the building number 99 the full plan for...
..... in the files section of the proatech group .... you can now see some pictures taken while testing the 10' + rc vfp model well over a decade ago .... the...
..... if you put on a triangular mast sail .... in strong winds and get the wind from the wrong side > then you can sheet it from the stiff batten going from...
...... as most of you will know here .... there is a force vector on a vector fin proa looking at it from the bow ! but as well a compass vector looking from...
..... at >>> http://www.studiobunker.de/vector_foil_proa_test2_engl.htm you can see mike testing the vector fin concept ! he is doing a lot of things wrong ...
.... for obious reasons .... I needed to change my email address after all these years openly accessable in the web ! from having a dot between the two names ...
I got to see my drive unit over christmas. it looks good will send you pictures as we get it installed thanks al I hope all is well with your daughter ...
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