good day .... for years I did have the offsets table unter www.proatech.org but because no one had been donating any money for the maintainance of all the...
good day ... since every one building a vfp has a different idea about the interior I do not include this specific information in the basic plan only a...
good day ... the main problem for any multihull has been the connection to keep the hulls together ... this is the reason vor cats & tris to be so heavy even...
good day .... on a 3 mast rig you can sail with the center mast sail only especially if you are in a hurry on getting off some place or if being single handed...
good day ... since most of you are not building your big vfp directly on the water and you may not have a road 40` wide available or this much clearance moving...
good day ... if you take the micro cruiser hull and make it 96' long you have a more spacious vfp as well but the sailing qualities are again limited by having...
good day ... at www.proadesign.com you should now be seeing a 4 mast rig as well all the way at the end ... this you can sail with the inner most sails alone...
good day .... the electronic transfer service pay pal www.paypal.com will send money without charge to anyone with another email address ! I have tried this...
good day ... following are the new rates for emailed vfp construction plans ... for a 22' tryout vfp = $100 this being 5+gif drawings and 5+ pages of...
good day ... sailing on a traditional proa - flying the outrigger can be a lot of fun ! but doing this all day long - and all night long for weeks - say in ...
good day ... you should soon find the 3 views of the vfp60'mc the shortest model with full head room as well as the 3 views for the vfp25'mc the shortest with...
good day .... the concept for a 2 crew ocean crossing vfp has been finished .... it will be just about half the size of the vfp60'mc but your feet are inside...
good day .... the building plan for the vfp 25' lwl has been finshed the smallest proa to cross any ocean in safety with ... if you are interested let me know...
good day .... since a lot of you have no other place for building then a garage .... I have been thinking more about building the smaller ones as well as the...
good day ... in addition to the vfp 25' lwl plan we now have the vfp 25' lwl 4p for those wanting a car top model or to leave it at your yc skiff storage the...
you can now see the construction drawings for the vfp 25' lwl under www.geocities.com/proatechnology if you need the offset table and the buiding instructions...
Anyone know of proa owners who live and sail on Pacific coast, anywhere from LA area to San Diego? Or inland lakes and waterways. I would like to meet...
... anywhere from LA area to San Diego? ..... if any local is interested I would consider opening a basis there since it is great sailing ! and still free...
..... you should now find at www.geocities.com/proagenesis die 3 views for the one mast vector fin proa vfp 25' lwl m1 with lee ward seating the 2 mast version...
..... the various vector angles are shown under www.proatech.org/vector.gif the side force calculation is the same as with any board or keel but asymetric ! ...
.... if any one wants more room in getting in and sitting ...... he can put a lee cockpit extension on it starting from the seat cut out that part of the hull...
..... if you want to read up on the vfp the > small boats group < features an extensive series on them now ! http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Smallboats/ ...
..... when ever you are finished with your vfp start a series of progressive tests in sight of land if possible some one watching you from there ...... get to...
I have seen some ...... who have been drawing up a high aspect ratio vector fin to reduce the wetted area coming close to what a second hull would be like...
..... there will be soon most likely at the end of february 06 .. a builders manual for the vfp25mc to buy in addition to the text available with the plan now...
hi Fritz, a question for you, may as well make it public. The fin in a VFP always has to stay in the water. Now if you have choppy conditions does this mean...
... a question for you, may as well make it public. The fin in a VFP always has to stay in the water. Now if you have choppy conditions does this mean that the...
..... now I would have a lot of fun .... sailing in choppy waters for a few hours across the bay or with a crew along a trade route flying the out rigger high...