Hey Mark - We'll be wandering down Bello way this weekend and would like to crawl around Harry. Could you check with Bain to see if this is OK and give us a...
Hi Darrell, Give me a call when you are coming and I'll arrange to meet you at the shed. Mark ************************* Mark Stephens www.harryproa.com ...
Hello Rob - Had a look at Bains job, He's starting to smile and look pleased with himself and the results and so he should. The end is in sight. There's heaps...
I didn't think that the lw hull was that heavy. When I saw it , it was still at the stage wherre two people could lift it up with relative ease. I guess...
G'day, Glad you like the boat. I was pretty impressed myself. Harry ww hull bare: 350kg, lw hull bare without bows, bulkheads and sockets: 135kg. Finished...
Is everyone too busy sailing/building/working to catch the Harry group up on life, the universe, and everything? Peace, Mitch watching the frost on the ports...
Me thinks Rob is too busy. Still waiting on funding status for my wingsail for the elementary. Rob intends to finger point the fab, so mostly I am out of the...
G'day, Rob is busy, but not as busy as Mark, who has a nearly finished Elementarry, Harry and Visionarry in the shed, as well as an order for the next...
I was wondering if resin infusion might be useful for fabricating the carbon strips. Is there any news of the new method for production mast building? When...
G'day, Infusion may work on the smaller masts, but I suspect it would be [problematic on laminates more than 3mm thick, unless the off axis material also...
I was thinking that a type of flow media could be placed between the layers of carbon fiber I have read of a structural core made specifically for this ...
Maybe it is possible to have battens equipped with jaws like booms and gaffs have on classic boats. Like Bolger's 'chinese gaff' rig, but with the addition of...
On a double sided sail with a wishbone like mine the out hall must be released to allow the wishbone to go up and down with the sail. The peak on a gaff must...
G'day, Sorry for the delay, having Yahoo problems. With round masts, the skin thickness required is such that no core is necessary. Therefore the core is just...
Just a thought but have you considered zipper reefing? They use it on skiffs if you can't afford a whole suite of sails. You simply unzip the lower panels off...
My masts are 47' long with only 3' of bury. The diameter at the base is 10".At the mast head the diameter is about 6"{not going up the mast to find out ...
G'day, My masts are 47' long with only 3' of bury. Shows what can be done. The diameter at the base is 10".At the mast head the diameter is about 6"{not going...
Been so long nearly forgot my password ! With the progress so far with Johnnie's boat, the visionarry in latest stage of development, the aux drive has left me...
Good to hear from you. I've had a little bit of experience with bow thrusters on fishing boats. They are bow thrusters and really need to be at the bows to...
I tend to agree that the outboard option will get you on the water earlier. It has the added advantage of being fully removable for service etc. As a financial...
Robert, Thanks for the input. I am optimistic about the fore aft rudder opportunity, but only testing will yet determine response. That 50-70 ft LW hull is...
Hi ya Tony ! I can see the wisdom in the OB's but they do have their limitations. They are much quieter than they used to be, but still there are those who...
JT, -Have been thinking a bit more on the subject. The long thin foils on the rudders are probably not so suitable for redirecting prop thrust but might be OK...
I think you guys are missing a great opportunity here. Go with a electric drive that is mounted on beam or from hull that can rotate 360 degrees and can also ...
It seems to me that docking a proa has some things in common with other multihulls and some things different. In common is the fact that because of the light...
Thanks greatly for all your suggestions. Which so yo think is the bigger problem blowing into or away from the dock ? My mono blowing away is usually no issue....
... For myself, I'd rather have the wind blowing onto the dock, but that's with a much smaller F-27. As long as the fenders are out and the boat is close to...
Good day hi long ago with egroups I've been in some proa groups so still looking is there a chance for 4 and 2 kids with modern comfort eg watermaker, fridge...
Hi Dave, Rob called the inventor at the SPW site. They are a long way off from a commerical product. Farther than the Multihulls article suggested. The...
