That unusual FLAP tri reminds me a bit of the mini trimarans developed by Newman S Darby of windsurfer fame. There is a decent article on them in...
That Kergomard proa is a fascinating piece of work. I wonder what it is like sailing it from that cockpit? I imagine that the vast majority of...
Aaahh, the Mitchell Explorer - a very interesting concept that was realised and seemed to go a long way to living up to the claims.
Savonius started out on this route around the same time as Flettner and made a boat with his vertical axis rotors that drove using Magnus effect...
Something like that, yes. I might be tempted to mount it off centre, maybe on the rail, rather than the centreline to clear the deck.
Interesting thread. I can imagine something with a relatively small, very clean upwind motorsailing-focused rig that can drop down to the deck...
The Swift 18 was designed to the 'micro cupper' rules - not really meant to be sailed on it's ear and most likely to perform well with a chunk or...
I pondered a pedal powered rotor a few years ago and agonised long and hard over reversible drives. Some time after that I got interested in...
Sounds like an interesting idea. I was toying with something similar a while ago but in an Atlantic proa format rather than a tacker. A bonus of...
All good points. I see that the Pjoa enterprise in Poland has just launched their first catamaran 'Pjoa 600' which seems to offer similar...
I have always thought there is an essential 'rightness' about the Tiki 21 and it certainly marked an aesthetic return to form after the rather...
The now defunct FWIproa.com website was a great source of information on Equilibre and even had a playable steering simulator which let you alter...
I thought that Equilibre was built on Martinique and spent its whole life there? I don't recall any transatlantic crossing?
There was the 'Sea-Quad' - started with a sail rig then moved to kite power. [IMG] [MEDIA]
I find Minimus 2 fascinating. Multis that do not focus primarily on performance (especially in light airs) really interest me with their moderate...
I have sometimes wondered if there could be an inflatable solution to this - something like lengths of inner tube either side at the bottom of the...
Land Rovers are prone to chassis failures, particularly the 127 and 130 variants.
How close are we to the cost of a decently capable solar/battery bank installation becoming cheaper than a sailing rig?
Have you looked at some of the stuff done by the late John Pizzey? They are unusual designs that may provide some food for thought, especially on...
I thought the original Euel Gibbons rig had a fixed mast that didn't cant? I just imagine that long, high up, yard attached to flogging canvas...
