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...
Hi Rob, Thanks for your last reply. Tried to email Brett, but it bounced back. Spitfire is probrably too radical as a family boat anyway. I have the materials...
Hello Dominique, I have already removed him/her from the list, and will from now on be vetting new members to try to stop this rubbish happening again. ...
-Did I hear that Mark is looking at a foiler? Has he been bitten by the speed bug? G'day Richard, the extended Harry seems a nice size. I have been researching...
No Robert, not looking for one but a friend of mine is busily designing a proa foiler. A proa skeptic two years ago, he has seen the light and is now...
Can see how the rudders with a little beefing up could accommodate foils but for the ww hull some sort of extra machinery is needed to have a foil effective...
... Hi Robert, Yep, I thought so too. Ideal for the family and capable of going anywhere if / when required. So, just over 4K for the foam. Not bad. I've given...
I have been playing with the idea of getting more room in the cokpit and making it a decent saloon by putting the berths crosswise with the feet under the...
G'day, Went for a sail last week. The boat is fantastic. Does everything it was meant to, no creaks or groans, steers and shunts easily, all the systems work...
Great!!! Congrats for all the good work, looks very promising! I would say a cruiser sailing at 11.5kn in 15kn wind _with_a_dirty_hull_ is far from bad!!! No...
G'day, Thanks for the nice words. Hope you find that cheque ;-) If you, or anyone else has broadband (3 Mb download) and wants to see the video, please let...
Hi Rob, Merry Xmas & and the very best for the New Year. Yes, it'd be great to see the video if you could send it. Thanks Rob Ken ... From: Rob Denney To:...
Rob why don't you upload to http://video.google.com/ cheers pb... ... Peter Blakeley - Attain Consultants - mobile: 0427-723-814 SECURITY Virus-Protection,...
Thanks for the media. I liked the video, but perhaps the next time you could actually get on camera, Rob, and do some descriptive narrative as to how the boat...
