From your foreign correspondent: ;-) June 28th I paid a visit to the building site of the Visionarry being build in the Netherlands. Progress reports and...
Giday Han Do Jan and Rudolf intend to make the space in the LW hull accessible? Progress looks great. Have they been able to keep the boat to budget so far? I...
Hi Tony & Al Sorry to butt in here, but the nav lights could be easily handled with two sets of hull lights, one on each end of each hull, appropriately...
Jim said I think Rob recommended that the forward rudder should always be lifted. Not at all. The forward rudder can stay down, unless you are racing. The ...
I'm not up on lights, but couldn't one just do masthead lights that come around with the spar, the spar does rotate doesn't it? Port and starboard seems a...
Hi Connie :^) Yes, I'm sure that would work (assuming the electrics will accommodate the swiveling) although there are jurisdictions where tricolour or...
I don't think the rudder is to be lifted at any stage when sailing? There is a need for both rudders in the water to provide balance and leeway functions. It...
How is the sparhead issue different than on any rotating rig, where sparhead lights are in stacked sets with switches. Is downwind work asumed to be with the...
Apart from the nav lights we have the problem of the flags, important in some countries. I wonder if we could have a small mast on the WW hull with the nav ...
I would think that the reason for some boats having masthead lighting is because of the effect of ocean swell hiding nav lights on hulls sometimes. Better to...
Hi all, Couldn´t the nav lights be mounted on a pole on each end of the leeward hull (cannot be windward because they would be blanketed by the sails). I ...
G'day, Sture's suggestion is the only one that would work, so far. A mast head tricolour needs a non rotating tube inside the mast. This is possible, but ...
Rob, two things if you please. 70 sqmeters of kiri equates to 762 square feet which is a real savings on materials for a cat or tri in the 25 to 28 foot range....
... Yes, I understood they want to make some of the space in the lee-hull accessible for storage. I think any owner would want to be able to inspect the inside...
Hi Rob & Al I'm just wondering about the possibly neglected original Harry Proa. The web site says that the plans are being modernised a la Harrigami. Will the...
-Wouldn't it be lovely to be sailing at night and the biggest stress was to flick a switch to reverse the nav lights-- This is probably a bit flippant as it...
... From: "Tony Richardson" <atrichardson@...> Although Rob says you could pull one up for racing I suspect that if you did the bow would fall away off...
G'day, It is indeed for real. On the boat for Maine, which used a bit more material, these numbers were spot on, and there was not enough waste to light afire...
G'day, The new design will be a stretched Harrigami. A removable cockpit cover is on the list of things to do. A permanent cover is excessively heavy and too...
Well the 180 thing isn't a problem since the spar moves in the right direction for the one the boat is now headed in. The 90 degree thing is a problem of...
... When I ... box ... structure, tied to ... Which boom are you going to have in the plans? ... Someone on the wharram site had figures for Kiri as follows: ...
... savings ... for ... I got some pretty good deck cedar at HD for 1 dollar a square foot. Buying clear WRC from a wholesaler costs about 1100 us including...
G'day, Just spoken to Mark about kiri usage. I was wrong about the kiri amounts required. The correct amount for the hull and beams is 73 sq m, and Mark ...
G'day, Which boom are you going to have in the plans? Good question! I like the diamond one (lighter, cheaper) but it is not the absolute answer yet. Niggly...
... Hi! How long (max) and wide to you advise the kiri battens to be? Is it usefull to make it of various width depending on the curvature of the hull ? -- ...
Been thinking about this outboard mount for awhile so I'll take a try! Rob's side mounted flip back and forth rudders gave me the idea sometime back. Draw two...
Robert, Most outboards steer with a swivel mount that connects to the transom or lifting outboard mount on the transom. Stops limit the arc to avoid digging...
No problem for me except the mounting and motor swivel system weren't designed for such plus no spray reduction or protection. Additionally most lifting...
Hi Robert &al Sounds good. One small modification, if I might: Perhaps the two "triangles" could be replaced by two pyramids, with the pivot point at their...
