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  • Members: 560
  • Category: Boating
  • Founded: Jun 5, 2003
  • Language: English
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We cycled the old batteries and checked their capacity. The worst gave about 8 hours at 3.6A discharge after one cycle so less than 30Ah. For the test today...
2 Jun 2, 2012
8:05 am

Rick Willoughby
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http://www.youtube.com/watch? v=5F1vazXCKaA&list=UU_dor0K909Ih5G6AdWrAVDQ&index=1&feature=plcp Rick Willoughby rickwill@......
1 Jun 1, 2012
8:05 am

Rick Willoughby
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We finally took a day off from sailing the proa to have another go at the electric thruster; http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QE4YJy0JLUk&feature=youtu.be This...
16 May 27, 2012
4:10 am

Rick Willoughby
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There's a new video posted about a proa's bow action in the waves http://youtu.be/mlXsBgY5TRI Rick seems concerned about the "funnel" created, I'd be too. With...
9 May 26, 2012
12:46 pm

Rob Denney
proaharry
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The Files section of the group is full. Rather than delete anything I have started harryproa2@... as a repository for overflow files from the...
1 May 15, 2012
1:33 am

Rob Denney
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Did a new model with rockered 36'' hull 36' in real life and a 24'' both have identical rocker curve and are 4'' or 4' tall at center. If you were to place...
4 May 15, 2012
12:31 am

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Got this from Derek. May be of interest for anyone who wants to learn about infusion. No idea what the "traditional proa" is. rob ... From: Karen...
5 May 14, 2012
11:32 pm

Rob Denney
proaharry
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My V15 pedal boat hulls are developing my ideas on wave piercing hulls. The benefit of wave piercing is reduced pitching and hence less increase in drag due...
1 May 14, 2012
6:01 am

Rick Willoughby
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... - - - - - - - - - - - I can confirm what Rob says re XL2. I owned XL2 for nearly 20 years and for most of that time had a copper/epoxy coating (foul...
8 May 5, 2012
1:12 pm

jhargrovewright2@...
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I was wondering if anyone had experience with making copper foil a part of the panel infusion. The underwater surface area of a Harry (39' ish) is roughly 200...
9 May 3, 2012
11:21 am

Rob Denney
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As promised, some photos in the elementarry telescoping mast folder. Don't show much as so far it is just a carbon/foam/glass box with flaps on the back....
14 May 1, 2012
5:39 am

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http://888webtoday.com/mevan.php?CIDID=485 Business Opportunities - Start Your Own Business ______________ Then we went to the nigger cabins, and while I got...
1 Apr 3, 2012
5:04 am

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http://infoj.org/bilivan.php?rankpage=813 Learn How to Make Money 0nIine _______________ Well, then, why aint it natural and right for a FRENCHMAN to ...
1 Apr 2, 2012
1:57 pm

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A video my daughter put together using the construction photos of the 15m/50'ter currently being built. ...
7 Mar 31, 2012
6:20 am

Rob Denney
proaharry
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Interesting discussion on a fascinating race and a possible harryproa entry over at...
1 Mar 30, 2012
11:51 am

Rob Denney
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Excellent pics - all 92 of them. Very interesting. 3 quite different boats. Do you have anything to do with Gaisdream?...
2 Mar 13, 2012
11:21 am

Rob Denney
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The 18m proa has had its bum cleaned up and is nice and shiny. The rudders can now be worked independently. Most importantly there are rudder indicators to...
33 Mar 11, 2012
11:08 am

Rob Denney
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Hi Rob. Recently, say the last 10-12 months I've been unable to view any photos. I assumed it was something to do with my system or browser. I've made...
3 Mar 7, 2012
2:46 pm

Omar Khayyam
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Yes thanks Rob for the interesting report. Your proas are developing well. Cheers Paul Sent from my iPad...
1 Mar 4, 2012
1:40 pm

Paul Nudd
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Brief look at Crossbow 1 at http://www.xssailing.com/ go down to "sailing Spoken here. rob...
1 Feb 24, 2012
12:12 pm

Rob Denney
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there is a discussion on proa file international about the unintentional rounding up of supposedly Harryproas while sailing. I am not a member of that list but...
5 Feb 11, 2012
10:38 am

Rob Denney
proaharry
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Hi Rob, I might be willing to give this a go - I'm selling my Contour 34 tri with the likelihood of getting something quite big, and in the interim would like...
14 Feb 9, 2012
2:48 pm

Mike Crawford
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Hi Rob will Rare Bird have a chance to the sail B2G this year? And if yes will there be a second stay from the top of the mast to the boom to avoid distortion...
2 Feb 7, 2012
11:07 am

Rob Denney
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Hi Guys, I have successfully made a kayak that wouldn't go straight at all now into a perfectly straight tracking kayak. It was a "Dancer" style I was told,...
1 Dec 16, 2011
8:36 am

Doug Haines
doha720
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Posted diagram in photo's of what I was getting at in earlier post. committing windward hull as dominate deeper draft (not to deep) and leeward hull to be...
3 Nov 29, 2011
10:23 pm

tsstproa
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I have posted a sketch to the Files section showing a simple anti capsize device. Any comments, improvements or other ways of doing it, please let me know. ...
12 Nov 28, 2011
7:12 pm

Paul Wilson
opusnz
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The weight lee hull needs to support static and active with minimal draft compared to loaded windward hull. Why not make leeward hull as minimal as possible...
1 Nov 25, 2011
7:55 pm

tsstproa
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I think he understood that Rob that's why he said look at this as a starting point. I think he is right in that a hole drilled through the back of the cleat...
1 Nov 23, 2011
1:36 pm

Nick Boersema
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Anyone beside my self ever try? If you want absolute control over where your proa heads, you need to try it... Or if you want to keep sailing like every other...
25 Nov 21, 2011
11:35 pm

tsstproa
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Rob You may be interested in an update on the 18m proa down here. We ordered a perfect day for the first trial sail and were not disappointed. We had 8 to...
8 Nov 18, 2011
10:48 am

Rick Willoughby
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