-5knot avrage with the windsurfer masts is nice cruising. Nice to
hear the the seahandling fits the theory
robert
-- In harryproa@..., Doug Haines <doha720@y...> wrote:
>
> Hi Proa People,
>   
>   Got to Mandurah, which is 50nm down the coast from Fremantle.
Nice ENE to head South with a low swell, and offshore winds was a
good run. Probably averaged above 5 knots most of the way. The
Easterly dropped away about 10am and I fell a sleep for an hour
waiting for the SWly seabreeze to come in. The breeze seemed a bit
more WSW so managed to stay on course for the Mandurah entrance which
is straight South. I got to the low wooden bridge in town and thought
about sailing under but chickened out and pullled the two winsurfer
masts out and rudder swished my way under and into Soldiers cove
withe the sails up agaain.
>   
>   No new findings - speed very promising, goes through waves
without going up and downover them, comfortable enough on the deck,
rudder very light if raked forward slighty( though this stops the
rudder from being used as ascullibng oar, it needs to be angled
backwards), sheet controls work good, shunting is fun but at the
moment takes time to put the rudder up and then the other one down
and my sails aren't getting away fast enough to give the rudder
enough effect so makinng the shunting a bit of work expect this to
improve with the masts done.
>   
>   Generally I expect the boat is more fun as you can look down at
the water under the beams and through the net, you can see all of the
rudder  going through the water, and watch the entry and exit of
especially the LW hull. Getting on from wlking out in the water is
easy and the wide beam and high buoyancy hulls make a stable platform
for sailling and staying on board.
>   
>   Doug
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