With silly prices for carbon, how does using fibre glass compare? I know cheaper and heavier is the answer, but how much? Weight: -the amount of resin, I...
G'day, Unfortunately it is a little more complex than just a weight/cost trade off. A glass mast needs to be considerably larger diameter to be stiff enough....
-Where the core materials join , there is some sort of disontinuity. What was youtr technique for keeping the curve smooth over the join, RObert-- In...
I understand it is out, though haven't been able to find it here, is it on line ? or are we going to see it on the site soon? (just in case you weren't busy...
G'day, We don't put magazine stuff on the site until after the magazine is unavailable. This will be another month or so. You could try emaiilling them...
Hi, Got some time and weathr for launch yesterday. Much better sails thanks to better battens, probably why it seems faster. Steering really responsive from...
Hi Rob, I don't get it. Are you laying up the panels then basically just bending them to the form? What maintains the shape of the hull after bladder is...
The hulls are infused flat on the table both sides. The foam is glassed down to the waterline on the outside but less than this on the inside. This gives a bit...
Hi Mark. This makes a lot of sense. Was the exterior layup after inflation done by infusion too? If so were there any problems in the contact areas with the...
G'day, The hulls are more or less completed (see photos in the photo section), but cannot be finished until we know the mast and beam specs. The rudder ...
Whats the weight of the finished hulls? What was the build up of outer skin? Why not vacuum form the hull onto male molds? Is that possible with just stations?...
G'day, Hulls are not quite finished, lee hull needs the mast step, deck bearing and beam mounts, will weigh under 200 kgs/440 lbs when all this is on. Now...
Do you need a table to be longer than the hull, Or are you doing the 50 foot hull in sections? Can you do it in section before final assembly? On harrys built...
G'day, Table needs to be a little longer than the hull, to allow room for the plumbing and vac bag. The whole hull half is done in one hit. Harry's behave...
Very nice!!! congrats!!! I had one question regarding the windward hull - it seemed to be floating higher than the leeward one in the last part of the video -...
Thanks. The boat floats level at rest. Rare Bird has a more voluminous windward hull (1m longer, no rocker and the covered saloon/under cover steering...
G'day, Not the music I would have chosen either. No performance stats available, unfortunately. The owner is taking it easy,and the crew are usually vision ...
The video is great -- thanks for posting the link. It's wonderful to see the big proas finally on the water. Can you repost the link for the sailing pictures?...
Great video....any footage of a shunt yet? Thanks, Phil Rob Denney <harryproa@...> wrote: http://www.zeilenmetvisie.nl/NL/onderZeil.html sorry. rob On...
G'day, No shunting footage, yet. Rudolph reports that Blind date shunts pretty well, but takes a bit of getting used to. Jan, the owner is putting together a...
