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G'day, I have ben thinking about shallow water sailing as I am in Darwin with some very nice areas that occasionally shoal out. A beach cat type proa with a...
Sorry , I meant to post this to the proa file. I was actually thinking of a modified Elementarry with a slight assymetry and approaching a deep V -- ... with ...
Hi Bob G We're a bit late due to excess of work, but we're delivering in january the third of 3 cats, that were late and plan to continue with Arripiado proa...
Hi All, BacK after a while. See the list is somewhat quiet. Must be all building or sailing I guess. I see Farrier is finally going to make the 22 footer...
Sailing in my case. Tried a beam mounted rudder today. Steers the boat very well, but a few details still to sort. Max speed 12 knots in 10 knots of breeze...
ed to design a foil suitable for getting the ww hull up on the plane. I think it can be done but becomes pretyy mechanically complex as you have to have means...
... boat very well, but a few details still to sort. Max speed 12 knots in 10 knots of breeze so I am slowly getting the bugs out. Went past an International...
I have been told a few times by learned authorities that schooner rigs don't point well :-) Yesterday it was a Foundation 36 (well equipped quick keel boat...
... hull. No foils required. ... After exploring how to stick a foil on, that is clearly the better option. Still, I had to do the mental exploration because...
If using polyprop honeycomb, the vertical strip as used by Farrierlooks pretty good, Yes, but glassing the bottom and topsides in one side full length on a...
No prices on Arripiado (they keep getting paid for big cats, spec proas go on the backburner) or Elementarry (quite possibly going to be the best finished...
... Yes, shotover II didn't (doesn't) 'point' well. When Adrian Rogers sailed it I observed that he 'pointed' a bit lower than the boats around him. His VMG to...
Checked out prices and engineering details of polycore. 2.6MPa compressive strength and 0.5MPa sheer seems pretty good value when 2/3 the price of Kiri strip...
G'day, Spoke to Bob August at Polycore yesterday. He reckons vacuuming is no problem, resin into the core is minimal. I am not sure we (or anyone else) have...
... I really hope to see it sailing now ! Nicolas...
Nicolas Vivier
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Dec 1, 2005 6:14 am
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Congratulations ! Looking very good, well done Mark. I am very eager to hear about her behaviour under sail. Do you have the sails allready? regards, Rudolf ...
Thanks. Yes the sails are ready. In fact I bent the main on yesterday and she sets very well putting a nice curve into the mast. Weather here is atrocious so...
... I really hope to see it sailing now ! Nicolas He most certainly has. Sailing trials should be next week, all going well. Some details: Mast length:...
Hi you all from HP-design and building; my best congretulations and wishes on finishing("touch") the Aerorig of your nice proa; we hope you all will be sailing...
I was looking at the shape and reckon it could be accommodated by three conic sections without the revesse sheer and five conic sections with. The top could...
The unknown question is how much will it compound so that flat shapes can be tortured into the required shapes and the effect of cutting darts to facilitate...
G'day Someone stated to me that a Harryproa can't get up a narrow channel against the wind. From the pictures of the Elementarry shunting I thought that it...
-I was wondering if the property of epoxy resin softening slightly if raised above its initial curing temperature could facilitate the torture. Have the...
Twice it's length wide would be a bit tight, but it will certainly go places a conventional multi will not. I shunted U (25 footer) upwind between two arms of...
G'day, I have copied this to Bob August who can answer these questions. I made up a trial piece of 19mm with 400 double bias on one side the other day. Bent...
