Subject: Re: [harryproa] Leeboards? |
From: George Kuck |
Date: 11/3/2008, 6:21 PM |
To: harryproa@yahoogroups.com.au |
Reply-to: harryproa@yahoogroups.com.au |
Hello
I am not realy keen on the idea of a leeboard but if I did want one I would think of it more as a supplement to the oversized rudders which might be slightly downsized but still capable of working as originally planned. The leeboard would not be the traditional type but a daggerboard case leeboard. The case would pivot but the daggerboard could be set at whatever depth was needed for the conditions and depth of water, or it may be a short board used to supplement daggerboard rudders when they are set for shallow water. The leeboard may also give you some redundancy if one rudder should fail, you may be able to continue sailing on one rudder and leeboard.
My main problem with the addition of a leeboard is the added complexity, cost, building time and it is just one more thing to have to deal with when sailing. If the Harryproa works as Rob designs it why make more work. One of the main attractions of the Harryproa is the Easy Rig. Keep it easy and do not make it more complicated even it it may give you a extra 1/10 th knot.
When I am ready to build I will just pay Rob for the plans and trust his design. That's why you pay him, why try to redesign it. If it does not work then you can blame him but it appears that the Harryproa concept does work. I expect that the design can be refined over time but I would not make radical changes to it.
Happy sailing,
George Kuck
Chestertown,
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