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 too far against any
breeze.

I can see that the schooner rig should be heavier and harder sheeting
with two sheets to worry about; more expensive as there are two masts
to build; possibly more difficulty with sail handling as further from
the center; and possibly more interference from the ww hull. Offset
against clear deck, less clearance needed and therefore lower base of
sail area; no forestay tension; lower COE from spreading the rig
between two smaller sails; easier sail handling from having lighter,
smaller sails; less bury needed for the masts and therefore easier to
pack lw hull within load width limits; and lower rig for sailing
under bridges.
Torque on the lw hull is still there but possibly reduced- can't
presume the loading on each mast is going to be the same, especially
in a gust. The difficulty of setting stays and the dirty air
associated was one of my big concerns for the schooner rig but,
unstayed, my inclination is becoming stronger towards the schooner.
Keeping my fingers crossed on the Elementarry trials.
Will it have trapezes?
Robert
--- In harryproa@..., "Rob Denney" <proa@i...> wrote:
> 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
> paddling, better again, sculling , better again would be a
dedicated Yuloh
> type set up.
>
> Nothing at all on schooner rigs, until we see how Elementarry
works. Still
> think they will be harder work, (sheeting), heavier, more expensive
and not
> as good to windward, but would love to be proven wrong.
>
> None of the masts needs the stay anymore, except maybe to control
the bend.
> So, I would suggest unstayed.
>
> Regards, (and thanks for the help with that kiwi clown)
>
> Rob
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Robert" <cateran1949@y...>
> To: <harryproa@...>
> Sent: Wednesday, May 19, 2004 7:22 AM
> Subject: [harryproa] sculling
>
>
> > 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 rudder going to windward and the
forward
> > ruder going to leeward then vise versa that the boat would snake
> > along quite well. I was wondering how efficient it was as I
imagine
> > more flexibility would be needed for max efficiency.
> > Also, for the Harry, have you done much on offering a schooner rig
> > and would the masts be semistayed or completely freestanding.
> > Robert
> >
> >
> >
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