I've become quite a fan of luff pockets over the past five years, but despite my fondness for them, I'm not sure they would be a good fit for the fast proas. ...
I'll have to contradict myself after having taken a look at some of the Radical Bay 8000 photos at http://www.smartyachting.com/ . They have a swept-back una...
G;Day Mark, Not sure about what you're saying with induced drag and balance and so on.. Definitely feels up over the top of the water, over the waves, level...
Hi, I'll take it out before then. Sailing is pretty sheltered from all the trees. You could sail on Perth water in front of the city for some extra fun. Ramps...
The Radical Bay's luff sock is an add on. It is zipped in place as the sail is hoisted on a track. They tried with and without and didn't notice any difference...
Also happened to be as tight on the wind as I could go to make it round North mole.. Lightest weakest sea breeze I've ever seen -- Saturday. Won't come in at...
I tell you it was probably also the sail shape improving with extra bend forced into the two too stiff batten s still in sails. (flexy ones broke) Rob Denney...
... Could argue all day and for many days about what is and what is not planing. Some define it as just going really fast. However it is best just to not use...
... of ... work ... that ... are ... Schionning ... to ... It looks to me as though the halyard is being used there to bend the mast and flatten the sail when...
... When I got my Seawind 24 in 1981 it came with an external main halyard and no method of tensioning the luff. When I installed luff tensioning tackle the...
rob said to me, regarding my tornado conversion: < Make it as long as you can within handling < constraints. I am not sure why. 1: I am expecting a bow-up...
Long is good for sailing boats (higher top speed, less chance of nosediving, less pitching, nicer motion), but may not be for kite boats, where pitching and...
HI, I would like to hear some explaination on the rudder balance. How is it, that a shaft that exits the top of a rudder a third the length back - should this...
It is balanced when it is around one third back but you don't want it balanced otherwise it will oversteer. About 15% back is where you are nearly balanced but...
I'm changing to a Rob shaft special design, but further back because I seem to turn into the wind too much. So if I can use the same rudders I need to...
i found the lazauskas site again, trying to figure out what goes on with wave and friction drag. Cantarry, nice looking boat but I can't figure out where you...
how is the pitch attitude transferred between the hulls? is the alu tube resisting all the torque? You have foot straps on lines along the aka to adjust the...
The Cantarry The Cantharry was conceived by a friend of Harryproas, Col Campey. He has sailed on an Elementarry and a Visionarry, liked the look of our Texel...
Beer gets left on the beach though a cup holder was mooted at one stage. Steering by turning the ww hull by feet. I tried locking off the sheet and moving the...
Hi, We thought maybe have two parrallel beams pivotting together. Steering through changing the clr. You could shift the position of the ww hull by feet, two...
Possibly but that is not significantly different to what we have. By keeping the rudder straight on Cantarry and changing the beam angle we can test whether...
G'day, Re the picture of Blind Date on www.sailinganarchy.com I neglected to say before to double click on the photo, then on the colourful little gizmo with...
My reaction was triggerd by the bit in the report where you wright the lw hull is pointing where it wants. Solution keep the bows in the same direction. ...
Hello, you guys are nuts. Imagine when your feet slip and you slide down with your nuts against those nuts! Is that where you had your cup holder? I don't see...
WOW! Sort of a mini Texel. I love it. Please do send us more details when you get a chance. Enjoy Jim Baltaxe ITS Desktop Support Victoria University of...
