lucky it has those reverse bows,, otherwise its performance would suffer exponentially
OK, thanks Bajansailer and C Dog for your replies I still need to do a little more refinement. When I scaled up the image, and tired to correlate...
hi all i am thinking of building a new rowing boat, something simple, I have built two boats previously. Emphasis is on simple build, good rowing...
maybe we were not nice enough to him,,, It also occurred to me, this thing would be so unmanouverable,, that it would be nigh impossible to get...
I still vote this design the absolute worst of the worst,, I cannot think of anything near as bad. Part of the philosophy seems to be to keep the...
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this guy needs a trophy,,, for the worst boat of all time,, gotta buy something and post it to him,, when I worked in laboratories.. there was a...
if you think comments on here are harsh,,, please try sailing anarchy,,, they are so so polite there... am sure they will be sympathetic
what u want me to say you have 13 tonnes of weight,,, huge frontal area... lots of drag... about 200 square feet of sail area...huge draught,, ,u...
congratulations on truly the absolute worst concept I have ever seen,,, just start again from scratch,,, please.... 4.5m draught...where the darn...
Hi Clarkey, I checked and yes you were right and I was wrong. I assumed Equilibre was built in France, but it says Martinique. Looking back the...
A little note on the 39ft Equilibre Proa by Jeremie Fischer a couple posts above. A couple years ago it broke in two whilst at anchor in the...
Lots of effort, you have a boat on the water. Credit due. Is it commercially viable without a subsidy? Those photos show a very long hull, with...
Fair enough. A considered informative reply, I appreciate that. The 5t figure was blue water cargo, 10t is more for inshore... You may be right.....
CATD == centre for appropriate technology and development? I am very so-so on all this. Sustainable, low carbon transport is very admirable....
Michael Schact is a good guy, But this is a silly design. Cargo does not need to travel fast, it is cargo. Passengers are willing to pay a premium...
jeremy Walker has built a similar canoe from modern materials. He is in New Zealand. Perhaps you should contact him for real world sailing information
This is a silly design. It has the negatives of the proa configuration without and of the positives. Example you may wish to make one hull large...
Islander 63... Sigh. ... 2 posts back jamez shared a link to the builders of the vessels . Salt house boats
