Dear Rob Denney You've been twice in the proadesign group. I' tried to ring him up, 24 hours answering machine. His reply: What for will only amuse the...
Much work has gone into the designs for keeping the weight down for sailing but trailers to get the boats in the water are a fair way down in sophistication. I...
Follow up to the discussion here about bow thrusters a few days ago. Anyone seriously interested in a small electric bow thruster, there is one being auctioned...
Sounds great Any suggestions for other tests, details or data? Regards, Don't want to sound like I am from 'the Dark side' but but motoring and motor sailing...
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...
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....
Good day a great group ans so fast witg an answer so I realy don't know if it would work but in agriculture everything is hydraulic we have in the wineyards ...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Thanks for the update Michele The standard of finish on the painted hulls looks great. Beautiful smooth lines and clean reflections are a sure sign of great...
How strong how light and of what material should the beams be going to the weather hull on a 16' equal L an 8 ' beam ? I know I know its only 16' but thats...
Nothing wrong with triangular beams. We will be using them on the Elementarry's with carbon rods in the corners and foam webs. The main reason for using them...
G'day, I appreciate it may be jumping the gun a little (OK, a lot) but I posted the following as part of an update on the Multihulls list so thought I had...
Re Harry and cruising not racing. I like the sound of having two masts and Junk rigs.Maybe it's because it's been a heavy day and I'm knocked up - just want to...
Hello How does a tiller feel when steering with a rudderboard? What do you think about having a daggerboard(s) in ww-hull? This way it could be possible to...
One of the constraints for trailering is being able to fit the lw hull alongside the ww under the wing deck. If the ww hull was slighly fatter below with more...
We're talking Harry and cruising not racing. If your not after heaps of bunks, {like just a double and perhaps a single in lee hull with twin rig } is it...
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...
Gidday I have just been to the Sanctuary Cove boat show. The boys from Schionning have their new twin rigged 8 meter cat there. It has some good ideas. ...
G'day, Effective immediately, my new email address is proa@... Anyone who has not received a reply to a message sent in the last 3 weeks should resend...
... Hi Jim, As the beams are curved the clearance varies from 780mm at the ww end, 820mm at the lw end with a maximum clearance of 860mm. The bridgedeck and...
For my small Harry I an considering having the hulls exactly at the 2.5m max towing width and having either a fold-out or slide out ww accommodation pod- a bit...
I recently tried to back my 5m Jarcat with an outboard. Half a knot if I was lucky compared with 10 knots forward. Getting off a beach with an outboard in...
