Nice pictures - how long and wide is the vaka? - are you doing a schooner, crab claw or gibbons?
----- Original Message ---- From: David Howie <dana-tenacity@...> To: harryproa@... Sent: Saturday, April 7, 2007 9:04:29 PM Subject: Re: [harryproa] More musings
Hi there, Been for a few more little sails on SideCar down in Mandurah, and what with the go on Rob's last week I think I follow the accepted findings, such as...
I'd be interested in seeing the same area in the cat rig with a taller mast/longer foot - is that feasible? Is there a downside? David ... Received: Fri, 06...
Hi David, I find that my aft sail will turn the boat around up in to the wind and needs the fore sail to balance it out. Therefore I hope to move the area...
G'day, Downsides are it is harder to move around, higher centre of effort (not a down side in light air) and harder to right after a capsize. regards, Rob ... ...
I read today about report 5 elementarry i think - sheet in forward sail after shunting, bear away, and you're sailing. This is what I find too, especially as...
I could live with that if the performance was better. What happens if you scale it up to Harry or Visionarry size? What about balance? PS Took the family to...
Can you post the photos to the yahoo group page? I'd like to see them too! Phil David Howie <dana-tenacity@...> wrote: I could live with that if the...
G'day, Not sure, but there is no reason why it shouldn't work, although the ability to weight shift on Harry and Elementarry is not to be forgotten. Once the...
What if you had a simple system to raise and lower the boards/rudders(bungee and string)? Then you should have nearly infinte adjustment of balance. I'm ...
nevermind - you are building an Mbuli - I heard from the the Everglades challenge guys that it was a very fast boat with the wind mast - so much that at a...
Did you start that before you found out about harrryproas? carlos Solanilla <carlosproacarlos@...> wrote: nevermind - you are building an Mbuli - I heard...
I'm going with the birdsmouth spars, I just made them a little too long. ... Received: Sun, 08 Apr 2007 11:42:41 PM MDT From: Doug Haines <doha720@...>...
Yes, by the time i discovered the Harry site I already had the plans and most of the materials, otherwise probably would have started with elementarry instead....
G'day, In small boats, lifting and lowering foils under way is feasible. In big boats, the loads are a lot harder to overcome without complicated rollers....
Yep Saw a good idea on another boat recently, instead of foam on the bunks he went to the local camping store and bought a $20 blow up double mattress,...
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