Hi Doug, Haven't sailed the Jarcat for a while. Last time was in Jervis Bay as the boat is sitting on a block of land just north of Bateman's Bay. The Admiral...
Hi Doug, Haven't sailed the Jarcat for a while. Last time was in Jervis Bay as the boat is sitting on a block of land just north of Bateman's Bay. The Admiral...
This is pretty well what I have come down to. I would probably have gone with the older cassette rudders as most of the time I would be sailing in plenty of...
Hi, BD had the kick up dagger rudders. To be able to steer them you need balance. The old BD rudders worked, but only when fully down (2 m draught) The balance...
OK george? what's up with the boats, you could try out rudders on the small one couldn't you. The small proa in the barn with the flat bottom i think it was in...
Hello Robert , I think it should be possible to have a daggerboard rudder that can kick up. It would work on a ruder that can rotate 270 degrees but would...
th ebows curve normal ways up and out under the water line i think , but slope in wards up away from there.  makes it a good safe all round purpose design....
Rob, I live in San Antonio, TX. I've seen quite a few Brown tris built by Lonestar Multihulls in Brownsville. I tried to go to their website, but looks like...
Sounds like you've got the winter blues. You certainly have got stuck into the rebuilding but can imagine it can seem interminable at times. I am pretty...
hi robert  yeah lonely, bored sick and tired of it all, but looking forward to something fun coming along in the shape of a boat launch or two, so what paper...
Hi Arto, These armchairs go well to weather in all conditions and never have to compromise. I must be getting set in my ways as I get older as I haven't...
There is currently interesting discussion going on at multihulls list on bow shapes of new Oracle BMW and Alinghi. This brings to mind the discussion on this...
I went to see Arttu's boat in Espoo yesterday. It was beautiful. Too bad the weather was horrible and I didn't see anyone onboard so did not get to see more...
-HI Doug, Are you getting a bit lonely with all the harry people noy having anything to say? I've been looking at the work you've done but I wonder about your...
Hi harry folk,, Â I was affixing on to harriette the wing vang. Now does anyone not know what I mean by that? Â There is a picture going to get uploaded soon...
YO ROB, Â HEY HOWS IT? GOOD WEATHER WHENEVER YOU'RE FREE NOW. TO GO OUTAND SEE HOW IT GOES NOW THAT I'VE GOT IT JUST ABOUT BACK TOGETHER AGAOIN. Â OK ... ...
G'DAY GUYS, Â new phots on hasrriette, coming along a bit slowly right now. demounting looks real eaasy now, with one end in a socket box at the solid side...
G'Day folks, Â Just like to say publicly, thanks to Rob for his help over here in the west OZ. He's always eager to ralk, help and sailnad the culmination is...
... AN understatement. About 5% of my students emails to me got lost completely and about 40% went into the spam file. The university had to have a bit of a...
Hello Dave and others, obviously yahoo is not working very well these days... Everybody interested in the Proa Workshop Naxos might have info here: ...
Nothing to do with proas, but thought you guys might be amused. Just uploaded a video of a 9m cat I converted to windmill power a few years ago. Footage was...
Hello Dave, I have received numerous mails from you and have always answered. It is probably your spamfilter, which is blocking my mail. Put me on the white...
I have tried contacting you over the last week via the email contact link.. no response so far. maybe my mails are hitting a spam filter or some such... Dave...
Nothing as yet. Lots of people looking, and I have emailed them. This is about the same amount of feedback I got after the boat was launched, so I am not...
Hello Rob, Any word yet on Aroha, it's been over two weeks since they arrived in New Zealand ? Do you know if he planned to sail back to Australia or is he...
Without drysuit? At 60 degrees North? If you don't capsize... Few days a year the water may be warm enough but not every year. ... From: Doug Haines...
