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...
what is the sail on the central hull for? ... but I am now working on a cruising version of this concept on the basis of the vfp 25 lwl that having only the 2...
.... why not have a flying proas ride in choppy seas as well ? and not having to care for it every second ? here we have this dream come true ! ... and now I...
...... the proadesign site has now been updated to have the new developments included > www.proadesign.com [Non-text portions of this message have been...
..... when ever you try to increase the overall beam of a multi hull ..... you have the problem of having to increase to clearance of the bridge deck too ...
....... carbon fibers are for most applications not only a waste of funds but will on shock loads not hold up as well as glass fibers and epoxy > since this...
...... you can now see ...... a drawing showing the use of glass bubbles in the files section ... when glassing you first use a regular mixture so the glass...
..... the popularity of cylindrical moulding has its orgine in the illusion ! that when you have the skin done you would be well on the way of having a...
..... to have really functioning life lines on a multi ...... they would have to be 3' high and sturdy enough to hold up when falling against ! think of the...
....... the fastest change of directions you get ...... not with one mast or one sail as you may think ! not with 2 sails but with 2 masts or better 3 ! to...
...... 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 ...
...... 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...