Are you okay, Oldmulti?
I glue each plank when strip planking. The chances of forcing epoxy all the way through a thin gap are pretty small and the mess left on the...
Pretty sure those cross arms came from me. I used to buy truckloads of reject carbon masts from Omohundro and I sold Mark enough Mumm 30 sections...
120 degrees between tacks and 50 to 60 miles a day made good to windward doesn't sound very good.
Thanks for that one, Oldmulti. That was a very successful boat and one of the most traveled proas. I grabbed a couple of the photos. It looks...
I would have loved to have met Gary when I was there with my proa. I was on a mooring in Devonport for months, but never knew about him until...
There's an outfit called U-Ship (I think it's called that), where private haulers find loads, often a load for a return trip. It can be pretty...
The smaller one is a 15 hp Honda, the bigger one with a 20 hp Suzuki, which is a very efficient motor. It will go almost 18 knots, but at 14 knots...
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I was talking about your side-hung rudders being proven in ocean conditions. Ocean crossings, steering downwind at speed in big waves, etc....
Sorry about the crazy uploads.
I have a couple more photos of Gordano Goose.
It's a lot like a catamaran, but with a shorter rig and less power. With a bit of water ballast it can be as stable as anything else.
Sidecar has to be the most innovative proa built this century. Plus it looks really cool.
Is there data to support your side-hung rudders?
