I talked with the owner, it has just 10 hours sailing. Got a 25
horse OB on it to be used as a both a launch and a sailboat.
Sails nice but not enough experience to tell. Doesn't steer with
the rudders while motoring, strictly wheel to OB. Wheel was put
inside and a cab top fashioned to facilitate launch use in mixed
weather. The owner is working on a better steering arrangement
to improve switching rudder control after a shunt. No intention of
trying to use both rudders simultaneously.

Bugs maybe, but too early to tell. Lets just say it hauls nicely with
a 25 horse. He is looking for those interested in charter, season
is 15 may - 15 sept. See his web site: http://www.proasail.com

Now is not good sailing time in Rockland Maine, 2 feet of snow.
You can contact the owner direct through his website for
specifics or charter info. He is looking for all of you who want to
give proa's a try but can't afford a US to Australia air fare !

Regards,

JT

--- In harryproa@..., "Peter MacLean"
<landpmaclean@n...> wrote:
> I guess you could classify me as a mass lurker, I would prefer
to think of myself as a patient man, more interested in
construction and seeing a visonarry sailing and drawing
conclusions and discussion from those details. I have not heard
anything on the Maine Proa - was it launched?,how it sails?,
bugs to be worked out etc.
>
> However, if skyblue thinking, I might be tempted to think about
a harryproa sailing using the Coanda Effect, or the Magnus Effect
turning a propeller, not only powering the boat but charging up a
battery bank to run those Soloeman E motors when the wind
dies. I have included a primer for the groups perusal.
>
> http://www.howstuffworks.com/airplane4.htm
>
> Some one may do it! Peter
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: jjtctaylor
> To: harryproa@...
> Sent: Friday, December 05, 2003 8:32 PM
> Subject: [harryproa] Sail Rig Options
>
>
> To all of you,
>
> Me thinks this forum has gone to sleep..........Time to stir the
> opinion juices ! Or are we "mass" lurking ?
>
> The next Visionarry in the planning stages has need of
sufficient
> sail area to handle the anticipated displacement of about 11,
> 000 pounds. However, there is one major constraint. The
water
> to mast top height cannot exceed 64 feet. The limitation is a
> requirement for passage on the US East Coast Intracoastal
> Water Way (ICW).
>
> The US Coast Guard in cooperation with the Department of
> Transportation are replacing the bridges along the 1059 mile
> route as traffic patterns dictate, and have admistratively set
Mean
> High Tide water to bridge clearance of 65 ft.
>
> So based upon the Balestron rig in the current Visionarry, sail
> area is 896 sq ft. 80% roach at the maximum elevation. Rob
> suggested to go to 100% roach and we are at about 970 sq ft.
>
> Based upon the Bruce numbers that get's us close to 1.4 or
1.5.
> That is adequate but not ideal. Certainly the visionarry in
> construction would perform better (much less displacement).
I
> estimate we'll need about 1200 sq ft to really perform well in
light
> winds. Most sailing is done in 5-15 knots so why not target
for
> good light air speed ?
>
> Rob & I have kicked around tilting masts, gunter rigs,
> telescoping ideas. My latest pitch was wing sails like
Dynawing
> (DynaRig).
>
> I prefer to avoid multimasts to keep it simple, so do we have
> ideas out there ? Thrill seekers want to juice up their own
rigs,
> "Elementary" dreamers, others with a need for speed that I
can
> reapply to pump up this Visionarry with a height limit ?
>
> Input appreciated.
>
> Regards,
>
> JT
>
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