Thanks Mike.
rob
On Mon, Jun 2, 2008 at 7:30 PM, Mike Crawford <jmichael@gwi.
>
> If you search on "Rockport" in the harryproa group's web site, and then do
> another search on "Rockland", you'll see a number of posts written on the
> proa in Maine. The boat was actually in Rockland, not Rocport, but I typed
> in the wrong town name in the later posts.
>
> The last phone number listed was 207-594-2891. I intend to call or visit
> this summer, but I haven't yet because my work is keeping me much busier
> than planned.
>
> Since his web site has been down for a year or two, I have a feeling that
> he's not doing much with the boat, and it's possible that you might be able
> to get it for a low price. However, since his boat won't really work for
> trailering or overnighting because of its wide cockpit and walk-through
> transom, a low price might not be a good deal.
>
> You can get an idea of what the boat looks like by searching for
> "proasail.com" in the wayback machine at http://www.archive.
>
> - Mike
>
>
> Rob Denney wrote:
>
> G'day,
>
> There is one in Maine. It is the first one we built and was a costing
> disaster, resulting in me nearly going broke and the owner not talking
> to us. He is the harbour master at Rockport (maybe Rockland?) in
> Maine, name George (can't remember his surname, it is on the other
> computer which is not working at the moment). feel free to call him
> and if you succeeed, I would love to hear how it goes. Others on this
> list have visited him, but I don't know how they got on.
>
> Otherwise, you have to visit Holland or Aus.
>
> regards,
>
> Rob
>
> On Sun, Jun 1, 2008 at 12:16 AM, gardnerpomper <gardner@networknow.
> wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> Over the past couple months, I have gone from being curious about the proa
>> concept to
>> seriously considering building one, or having one built, neither of which
>> I
>> am wild about
>> having never sailed a proa. Is there anyone on the group, in the US, that
>> owns one and would
>> be willing to take me for a sail?
>>
>> I would prefer something larger than an Elementarry, because it sounds
>> like
>> I am too fat for it
>> work properly (300 lbs), but it would give me a sample. I prefer the US
>> because I don't see
>> that I can get away for the time required to go to Australia or the
>> Netherlands (or the
>> expense).
>>
>> Thanks,
>> - Gardner
>>
>>
>
>
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