How important is it that the dynrig have the yardarms rigidly attached to the mast? The reason I am asking is it seems that if you take a dynarig and put it on...
Hi Todd To me feathering is turning the sail so that the aerodynamic forces are minimised and the sail develops no thrust perpendicular to the wind direction. ...
G'day, Ta. Heaving too is not a huge deal, but locking the rig in a low or no drive position is, at least for bigger boats. A rough and ready full size...
... Very depressed at the moment as havent posted in a while and lost what for me was a long post,coupled with the fact a snail crawling across the letters on...
What is core cell?  and  Rob - i as looking through the steering plans, and realised that the older style rudders need a unlocking pin thing to make one...
oh no the kick up won't . Â Could I get a little breif run through of steering proceedure going from one shunt to the next, regards turning one wheel,...
G'day, Corecell is a botabuilding foam. Properties and price between Divynicell and Airex. ATL sell it, check their web site or ask if you want any more...
Feathering and Heaving-To. If it can be as good a junk, just relaease the halyard and drop the sail, as easy as letting the sheet fly on a bermudan rig, in...
Hey Rob did a test last knight winds were stronger still 14 to 18 with stronger puffs. The proa is 4 oz light to leeward the big winching servo used for the...
Tim did just that but i think its to small I'll take a pic and post it for you. Also with the vane the mast has to be really smooooooth fiction free for it to...
G'day, That will do nicely, thanks. I am going to put one on harriette, just got to finish building it. Will have a 3 part mast and sail with the battens at...
I don't know what the first sentence is supposed to mean. If you are sailing down wind, you want to set your main sail with the boom off the main hull; I mean...
Hi Rob &al Not only do you reef the sail, you reef the mast as well. I love it! I take it that you will use the same logic as the Solitarry mast, higher...
... wrote: Bonjour Rob, I have a few questions on your explanations; I cut the rest of the message to shorten (somewhat). ... Knowing that the boom is 2 meters...
G'day, ... Correct ... No. The 80% is of a rectangle with sides equal to the luff (6.5m)and the foot (2m), = 10.4 sqm. It is meant to be 11 sq m, which is ...
G'day, Rare Bird (Visionarry) has been sold. The new owner will be sailing it up to Brisbane in October, then around Brisbane until the Brisbane Gladstone...
... That wont stop the knockers, but i bet the howls of protest will get proportionally smaller as the sea miles add up. What will be interesting is if these...
-The more I think about it, The more I think it can work, especially if the load is at 5o% A possibility is radio controlled vanes on each end of the boom and...
Hi Rob Congratulations to the original owner's family and to the new owner. Could you please pass my name along to him as potential crew for at least part of...
Thanks Jim, I was going to wait until I physically took possession of Rare Bird before announcing my good fortune, but now I can confirm that I want to explore...
-Congratulations, Rare Bird lives up to the name. I can't think of a better cruising boat I/we may be free for some of the trip. Waiting to see if we go to...
First sentance, I don't know I just seen two words around the same time a remote computer was tring to access through a port "Bonjour" Yeah 45 degrees off main...
After testing friction free test with rig off of proa hull in front of the fan. I may have found a solution but probably not buildable to full size . Using...
