Rob, You mentioned on the proa file that the rudders when in reverse sculled well. I could imagine with both sets of rudders facing backwards and the the rear...
G'day, Sculled well is an exageration. They scull. Never tried them in tandem as I am usually solo. Far better performance was got sitting on the beam and ...
Your comments here and in previous posts appear to be very critical. Which is a good thing when those interested in/designing/building proas start dreaming a...
I happen to be born a Kiwi clown myself, I can't see a great deal of difficulty in making those pedal props with the twisted chain, but I don't think I'd get...
... Me too. ... Bit prone to damage, as well, I think. A yuloh really appeals, I used to scull my 1.5 tonne 9m cat, but only in zero breeze. Also built a...
... pretty ... You could put wings to ww with enough counterbalance to fly the lw hull, minimising wetted area in light breezes. Still don't think it would...
... Yes & I've seen video of Ian tossing it overboard. Flapper & I got half a knot out of XL2 standing on the Denney patented crapper platforms paddling with...
G'day, I never said it was easy! And they didn't throw it away until they were past the Kimberleys, from where they could expect reasonable breeze for the ...
-I was thinking of a way for easy access from the water and I thought of a series of steps up the bow that had enough flex and shape to act like small one way...
... OK, I give up. I had enough trouble trying to understand the single-ended version. What's a ring step? Sounds like a flopper-stopper or whatever they're...
... thought ... act ... step, ... it ... double ... Dave, Thanks for trying to understand what I was surmising. Yes, the step is the flopper stopper for the...
... FYI, and sorry to be offtopic for harryproa, there was a story in the US Multihulls magazine some years ago (between 3 and 12) about a swedish (or vicinity...
... along ... Part of ... derived ... front ... is a ... quickly and ... purpose. ... 12) about ... was ... IIRC ... That would be Kjell Dahlberg. See his...
snip> That would be Kjell Dahlberg. See his website at ... Looked at website. I presume you change the angle of attack on those rigid wingsails when you shunt...
Robert, We are still in the feasability stage with this. Rigid wings have not been sufficiently popular to merit more than one-off prototypes and few are...
G'day, The Spronk one was for wimps. It was a hole in the bridgedeck. You stayed dry and had little or no chance of getting your tonsils backwashed, a ...
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