From: Robert <cateran1949@...>
Subject: [harryproa] Re: Another quick and dirty proa
To: harryproa@...
Date: Thursday, 5 March, 2009, 10:22 AM

I am building a Harriette from ply. For the ww hull, I am giving a v-bottom and bending the sides into the bilges. This means a bit of cutting and shaping at the bow but prefer not to have a flat bottom on e ww hull if it flies a hulls and slams back down again.
Robert --- In harryproa@yahoogrou ps.com.au, "jrwells2007" <jrwells2007@ ...> wrote:
>
> Next step then:
> I am thinking in terms of ww hull 2 sheets of ply long (just under 16 feet) and lw hull 3 sheets of ply long (just under 24 feet) - no rocker on either.
> Single mast as mostly single-handed - rotating - fixed booms extending in opposite directions so that I can experiment with different rigs, marconi, lug, junk, square, easy.
> Width 2.5 metres for towing - narrow but ww hull would be heavier than Elementarry which should compensate to some extent.
> Slim hulls with adequate displacement achieved by deeper rather than wider.
> Still sounding alright?
>
> --- In harryproa@yahoogrou ps..com.au, Rob Denney <harryproa@> wrote:
> >
> > G'day,
> > No problem at all. I have built a few flat bottomed proas, all worked
> > well. Main decision is whether to put any rocker in. I wouldn't, as
> > the boat then tends to sail on the front part, so you are more nose
> > down than otherwise. I guess if you got enough weight aft, it might
> > sail on the back part, might even plane, but if it is skinny enoufgh,
> > this is not necessary. Let me know the dimensions, sail area,
> > materials and payload and we will see what we can come up with.
>