Good luck with the Elementarry. Its a long haul to the West coast A bit sad for the crew at Urunga that you're taking their toy away. When and where will you...
Hi Rob Send us a photo of El and Katy under the bridge. Should look awesome! Enjoy Jim Baltaxe ITS Desktop Support Victoria University of Wellington NEW...
... Thanks Rob and Mark, Looking forward to seeing Bain's Harry and the Visionarry sailing. May be able to talk Carole into going up for a sail. Rob, Will...
... concept It is very difficult to actualy compare them, maybe weight would be a sound basis. Gougeons proposed an Ostar boat at one point that had a very...
... a ... Agreed. Still think weight distribution and overal weight due to low rigginging loads has it for the Harry Gougeons proposed an Ostar boat at one...
Rob, On discussion with Carole, The sooner I finish the en-suite, the sooner I can start building a Harry. I'll keep working on the bathroom instead of taking...
G'day, Sounds like putting a good spin on an edict from the missus! Not sure we will get to go sailing anyway, as the sailmaker still has the sails, and the ...
In the proa files the concept has been taken up and drawn by Jerry (Southern Outrigger Shutamaran in files3). I still think it should be based on an...
G'day, Following is in reply to a question from Robert about the new rudders. Attempts to reply to his email address have failed. G'day, Should be some...
Got my head around the rudders. Nice. This system should eliminate the need for raking the foils but still allowing it if it seems appropriate. I can see why...
Hello all, took me a couple years to find this group even though I been off and on the proa_file for a long time. Cheers Rob, Looks like you are having fun...
reading up chronologically on the list, I wonder what is the shape of the envisioned "dish ama"? Like a satellite dish? Assuming it is supposed to skim the ...
Last I heard from them was a couple of weeks ago when Raul wrote: 'My Arripiado hulls are full of dust now, but I hope to get rid of 3 cats in 60 days and then...
Hi Charlie By the moment, we have stopped, due to excess of work with several cats of a new model that are on the last 100 meters. But hope to put those boats...
All of us at Harryproa would like to congratulate Jan and Rudolf on the launching of Blind Date, the worlds first Visionarry to hit the water. Judging by the...
Congratulations, Beautiful boat, Robert ... the launching of Blind Date, the worlds first Visionarry to hit the water. Judging by the photos they have done a...
The web page is unfortunately in the same state as the boat: "under construction". No problem, we will keep waiting impatiently for more news. Good luck. Toni...
Dear, Rob, Interested in seeing the real thing in action. Any craft going out from Perth? Also - how much estimate on an Elementariy kit supplied, or cost of ...
Mark wrote ... of built up resin/graphite applied where they overlap when extended. This will give plenty of clearance when telescoping to prevent jamming. Do...
Mark wrote ... of built up resin/graphite applied where they overlap when extended. This will give plenty of clearance when telescoping to prevent jamming. Do...
Hi Sigurd, Both the male and female beams have a band of epoxy glue at the ends and 400mm from the ends, the bearing thickness being half the clearance. This...
Thanks Mark. Took me a while to understand how your bearing system works: when extended, the bearings on the female and male are on top of each other so there ...
HI Sigurd, Would you (or someone else) please resend the links to glues that bond UHMW. I read your post on another computer and don't have a copy. Ta. Mark ...
G'day, Elementarry 1 is in my garage in Perth after a 4,500 km drive across from Coffs Harbour. I am in Europe but will be back in mid July. Happy to take you...
G´day, Blind Date was launched last month in front of 100 people, one of whom was the local mayor who conferred on Jan the Dutch equivalent of a knighthood....