I retired a while back and had a lot of time for boats and such, but.... Murphy's law that says: Any task will expand to fill the available time. And, my Wife...
-waiting with bated breath for the next development of the Harry. Love to see the promised photos of Sidecar and Solitarry I am still keen to get a Harry but...
G'day, I have the Sidecar and Solitarry pictures ready to post, when I get back home in mid Jan. By then Doug and Sidecar should be off on their trip around...
Hi, Still doing work to improve rig and steering. Be shakedown cruising somewhere South soon, then off later Jan. Doug Rob Denney <harryproa@...> wrote: ...
Hi Robert &al I'm in exactly the same position which is why I've had my head down for a while, since Derek's workshop and my visit with Bain. I'm still trying ...
Hi Robert I did get out onto him/her on the last day before Bain so kindly took me to the airport, but unfortunately it was pelting down like mad. We rowed out...
-Hi Jim, I was certainly impressed with the build when I saw 'Aroha' in the earlier stages- I even helped with a bit of the fairing on one of the rudders so it...
Hi Robert If what you say about the rudders is true then why is there, or has there been, so much worrying about the design of the rudders? Rob and others have...
G'day, The side of hull mounted rudders work well, as did the in hull dagger rudders before them and the in hull spade rudders before them. They are far...
The biggest negative about the hull hung rudders, well the mk 2 version, is they would be difficult to replace once the shear pins broke. At the moment they...
Hi All, Rob, Mark especially Thanks for the very useful comments about rudders. With all the discussion and personalities it is sometimes difficult to follow a...
Hi All, Rob, Mark especially I just remembered that my first correspondence with Rob had to do with rudder design. His early plans for Harry had two side-hung...
G'day, The side hung rudders (very similar to yours, except the shaft went all the way through the hull) failed because the two way foils stalled at very low...
Good to see others are thinking about rudder designs. Jim we have four criteria for the rudders/daggerboards. They must turn at least 240 degs, they must pivot...
Hi Mark &al Thanks for the clarification. If I understand you correctly, the problem with that old design is that they lose the ability to shunt in a shoal ...
Hi Mark &al Any chance of some photos or drawings of the beam mounted rudders? Enjoy Jim Baltaxe They said, get a life. I looked on TradeMe but I couldn't find...
G'day, I have put some photos in the Files section (not sure why I didn't put them in Photos). They are not pretty and it is definitely time to paint all the...
Hi, Sailing's been pretty good lately, fast and fun, and mostly dry. I get to the limit of my nerves or of the boat fairly easily now - the ww hull has...
Hi, Sailing getting up in air easily, steering to controllift. Nose not digging too bad, but rudder develops those drag streams - separation off the foil at...
G'day, Excellent! Any idea how quick it goes with the hull up? How much wind to get it flying? Have you got a plan for it it goes over? The masts will ...
It was a little gusty - easterly, 10-15 knots? Speed 11-13 knots. Guessing, GPS not on. Shame about the rudders - they get that separation that you can see...
Bow burrying is one of my concerns with this design, any one considered if the addition of side lifting strakes would improve this characteristic? drag wise...
How aboue the bow design as on Cheers: http://membres.lycos.fr/ugmarie/zacheers/cheersjpg/rougevinbaville/cheersparrougevinbaville0005.html No extra drag in...
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