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Re: Sailing Ele

Doug.
I'm looking foward to seeing the camper on the water,
Robert
--- In harryproa@..., "doha720" <doha720@y...> wrote:
>
> Rob,
>
> With the two masts versus one, say you are cruising with some
weight
> in the camper, is it possible to cleatone mainsheet off, then use
> the rudder and other sheet to attain the good speed in
approximately
> the right direction? And then what about cleating both sheets or
> will speed drop too much?
>
> Is there danger in cleating off?
>
> I was thinking of the two wing masts with halyards and reefable
> cruising sails.
>
> I was noticing the beams, and mast are meeting in the LW hull so no
> twisting of the LW hull ( for two mast El).
>
> Also about plan sheets:
> Received PDFs Bow Profiles, Trailer, Layout, Layout Camper, LW
> Hull Construction and Materials List.
> Plus Dxf plots for moulds for Racer and Camper.
>
> Bulkhead/mast pipes and rudders are the two things that go in the
LW
> hull before the two halves gets joined. Also wondering about the
> beam to LW hull join, if it goes over or through the mast pipe, but
> that must be later on.
>
> Wait on new rudder test.
>
> Thanks
> DOUg
>







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Rob, With the two masts versus one, say you are cruising with some weight in the camper, is it possible to cleatone mainsheet off, then use the rudder and...
doha720
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May 21, 2006
1:16 am

Doug. I'm looking foward to seeing the camper on the water, Robert ... weight ... approximately ... LW...
Robert
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May 21, 2006
1:30 am

Robert, Why don't you build one? Doug Robert <cateran1949@...> wrote: Doug. I'm looking foward to seeing the camper on the water, Robert ... weight ......
Doug Haines
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May 21, 2006
3:59 am

Doug, I'm trying to get far enough ahead in health and financially to start on a Harry. If I hadn't had two years of not being able to work I would have had...
Robert
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May 21, 2006
8:43 am

Robert, Well I didn't say anything about a Harry. Are there many crocodiles and sharks up there? Paul Caffyn kayaked around Australia. Did you get the question...
Doug Haines
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May 21, 2006
2:18 pm

Sorry Doug, I meant to imply that I was concentrating my resources on a Harry and felt that an extra project would take me even further away from achieving it....
Robert
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May 22, 2006
4:47 am

Hey Robert, Would the sails, always be pulled in close no matter what direction the wind is coming from? Doug Robert <cateran1949@...> wrote: Sorry...
Doug Haines
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May 22, 2006
10:43 am

I think they normally would be sheeted in, provided you're not running and the wind is fast enough to make you go, but not fast enough to capsize you. Monohull...
Mike Crawford
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May 22, 2006
11:58 am

Hi Doug, Again, Rob has talked about this in some detail. It may have been on the proa file, but ffrom what I recall , you treat them a little like a jib and...
Robert
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May 22, 2006
11:49 pm

G'day, Cleating one sheet is fine, there is unlikely to be a big enough gust to capsize you with only half the sail area working. Cleating both sheets in less...
Rob Denney
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May 21, 2006
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