G'day,

Feel free to post any logo ideas. At present there is no official
harry logo, so all ideas considered, especially the outside the square
ones.

How would a harry (say Solitarry) go against Crepes Wahou?

Solitarry is:

About 20% of the weight (800 kgs vs 4.2 tonnes)
30% the upwind sail area (50 vs 170 sq m)
40% of downwind sail area (100 vs 250 sq m) Solitarry's is a kite, so
a) it can sail deeper and b) it is in stronger air.
About 50% of the windage. (estimate)
About 30% of the water drag. (guess)
Bruce number 1.92 vs 2.03
Cost $50,000 vs $1-2,000,000
Ratio of possible problems 1:100

In theory, Solitarry has a pretty good chance. In practise, it would
be up against a legend sailing a state of the art boat with tens of
thousands of miles of experience, so would probably be hammered. As
you say, make it a cost based formula, and there would be no argument.

Also interesting would be to see how Blind Date went against the
cruisier Classe 50's such as Victorinox.

regards,

rob

On Wed, Sep 3, 2008 at 6:02 AM, hardystein2004
<hardystein2004@...> wrote:
> --- In harryproa@..., "Rob Denney" <harryproa@...> wrote:
>>
>> G'day,
>>
>> I received the following from one of the administrators of the Classe
>> 50 multihull organisation. Given that the OSTAR organisers and ISAF
>> are dead set against proas (for very ill defined reasons), it is good
>> to see the French daring to explore new possibilities.
>>
>> I wish to inform you that if you are willing to race the Route du
>> Rhum 2010 they is a possibility for you and your boat.
>>
>> The only thing to make sure is that your boat confirm with the Class
> 50' Open's
>> rules, to become a member of the Class and to have the boat surveyed to
>> obtain a Class certificate ( http://www.50pieds.org ).
>>
>> Sunday night at the prize giving of the Trophé Malo (Class 50' Open
> meeting) I
>> started a discussion with Hervé Cléris (Class President - skipper
> Prince de
>> Bretagne) and Franck-Yves Escoffier (Vice-President - skipper Crêpes
> Whaou)
>> about proas.
>> We all agreed, if a proa confirm within our Class rules, he will be
> allow to
>> race any event of the class ... and the Route du Rhum is one of them.
>>
>> I want to point that next october the technical commitee (in which I
> take
>> part)will improve this rule so if you a special view to express
> regarding the
>> proas, do send me your remarks.
>>
>> My message is not to force you to change your plans but to inform
> you of a
>> certain evolution regarding the possibility of racing a proa
> singlehanded.
>>
>> Good luck with your project and if you need anything just get in touch.
>> Regards.
>>
>> Marc Pardailhé-Galabrun
>> Class 50' Open administrator
>> end quote
>> This would be an incredible opportunity for a sponsor or for a
>> wannabee sailor looking for a low cost, high profile entry in a high
>> profile event, as even if the proa did not win (debatable, happy to
>> discuss it ;-)) it would certainly get the lion's share of the
>> publicity pre race.
>>
>> regards,
>>
>> Rob
>>
>
> Very encouraging , Rob .- And about time proa`s got a fair go.-
>
> Big HARRYPROA logo on sails ....:-)
>
> Logo design competition anyone ?
>
>