Re: [bolger] Re: New Proa Photos & Report
Craig,
I drove over to do some shopping in Dover today and the Bay looked
mighty impressive. I half expected to see a Yella Proa testing its
heavy weather ability, but no sightings either way on the Bridge.
Ron
I drove over to do some shopping in Dover today and the Bay looked
mighty impressive. I half expected to see a Yella Proa testing its
heavy weather ability, but no sightings either way on the Bridge.
Ron
Craig:
I hope you weren't doing those capsize drills with the Yella Proa
today. Up here in Philly its blowing a steady 20 mph from the
Northwest. On the other hand, It will make your capzsize drills easy.
Tell John that I'm trying to bring these very winds down to Fla. for
the Watertribe thingy. I've been watching the weather down there and
the winds seem to be exactly contrary and too light. I'm not ready
to paddle 150 mi. into the wind.
Regards
Andy Farquhar
I hope you weren't doing those capsize drills with the Yella Proa
today. Up here in Philly its blowing a steady 20 mph from the
Northwest. On the other hand, It will make your capzsize drills easy.
Tell John that I'm trying to bring these very winds down to Fla. for
the Watertribe thingy. I've been watching the weather down there and
the winds seem to be exactly contrary and too light. I'm not ready
to paddle 150 mi. into the wind.
Regards
Andy Farquhar
Greg,
The old folder in Files called "Proa" needs to be deleted.
I have created a new one called "Bolger-Inspired Proas" which has shots
of John Harris' 20-footer at launch last weekend.
The hull, you'll notice, is a very simple shape which John tells me is
directly inspired by Bolger designs. The cabin is a "Birdwatcher" style
flood-proof cabin (actually, the hull is so narrow that the center
hatch is about 2 inches under the waterline when the boat is on its
side, so the hatch stays strapped in place when under sail - there are
any number of fixes for such a situation, but this is a simple boat
which John considers an experiment... mine would be to have the hatch
more like a gullwing, opening onto the trampoline.)
The rig is relatively high tech (rotating wingmasts, mylar and kevlar
sails, carbon over epoxied strips attached to aluminum tube) but could
be simplified and still be functional. The masts are sealed and provide
flotation if the boat goes over on its side. They don't sink.
The boat sails really nicely. Clearly the hull and rudder design isn't
in need of tweaking.
Since the water was 38 degrees everyone had wetsuits, drysuits,
flotation suits, you name it. This weekend we are planning on capsize
drills (in shallow water, in cold-weather gear).
John says that plans for a similar boat might be available in 2002 but
as it is, it is still being tested.
The boat will be going to Florida for the WaterTribe Cruising Challenge
from Tampa to Key Largo. This starts around March 5th. See http://
www.watertribe.com
The old folder in Files called "Proa" needs to be deleted.
I have created a new one called "Bolger-Inspired Proas" which has shots
of John Harris' 20-footer at launch last weekend.
The hull, you'll notice, is a very simple shape which John tells me is
directly inspired by Bolger designs. The cabin is a "Birdwatcher" style
flood-proof cabin (actually, the hull is so narrow that the center
hatch is about 2 inches under the waterline when the boat is on its
side, so the hatch stays strapped in place when under sail - there are
any number of fixes for such a situation, but this is a simple boat
which John considers an experiment... mine would be to have the hatch
more like a gullwing, opening onto the trampoline.)
The rig is relatively high tech (rotating wingmasts, mylar and kevlar
sails, carbon over epoxied strips attached to aluminum tube) but could
be simplified and still be functional. The masts are sealed and provide
flotation if the boat goes over on its side. They don't sink.
The boat sails really nicely. Clearly the hull and rudder design isn't
in need of tweaking.
Since the water was 38 degrees everyone had wetsuits, drysuits,
flotation suits, you name it. This weekend we are planning on capsize
drills (in shallow water, in cold-weather gear).
John says that plans for a similar boat might be available in 2002 but
as it is, it is still being tested.
The boat will be going to Florida for the WaterTribe Cruising Challenge
from Tampa to Key Largo. This starts around March 5th. See http://
www.watertribe.com