Hi ,
We have now experience about living aboard Visionarry with a family of
four and a dog three weeks, still one week to go. We visited the
Internationa Multihull Meeting 2009. There were 130 boats. We also
participated short course race. There were four boats behind us at the
finish line ( not to mention how many were ahead). We sailed from
Helsinki to Copenhagen and now we are on a way back home, at the moment
in Visby. Living has been easy. We had some bad weather when sailing
from Simrishamn to Ystad around Sandhammaren. That was tight luffing
upwind in against high wawes. The boat felt solid and th rig worked
well. We had some exhausting luffing in the end with full main only.
About living aboard; There is plenty of room. Sometimes quit tight in
the bridgedeck cabin when going in and out. We have a sliding table
which is very useful.
Also could not think about cruising without dinghy ramp. We have also
used a gangplank a lot. Mooring with bow to land is a nightmare. Bows
are too narrow and rounded to stand on.
Steering has worked well now when we got the steering lines tight. Next
job is to build symmetric profile daggerboards to make steering lighter
and to be competitive against cats. On downwind and reach we are fast.
Regards,
Arttu + family
> Hi,
>
> I would say that a family of 3 would be very comfortable on BD.
> We have spent 2-weeks holidays on an Iroquois catamaran for 6 years in
a row with a family of 4 and were very happy with it.
> The Visionarry is much roomier with 2 doubles and one single bunk in
the ww hull alone, plus a giant galley and standing headroom.
> That is luxurious to my standards in a way that I would probably
choose a smaller type.
> Right now the people responsible in the foundation are on holiday so
there won't be a reaction from them right away.
> I will inform them of this question.
>
> regards,
> Rudolf
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Gardner Pomper
> To: harryproa@yahoogrou
> Sent: Monday, July 27, 2009 11:37 PM
> Subject: Re: [harryproa] Re: Need to charter a Harryproa!
>
>
> Hi,
>
>
>
> That is an interesting thought also. I was under the impression that
Blind Date didn't really have much in the way of accomodations, and it
is hard for me to tell from the web site what it would really be like to
stay aboard for a week. Can you give me your impression of the level of
"comfort" for a family of 3 for a week, living on Bind Date?
>
>
> - Gardner
>
>
> On Mon, Jul 27, 2009 at 4:17 PM, fvonballuseck
<fvonballuseck@
>
>
> Hi All,
>
> One of the many readers who generally has too little time to write,
but greatly enjoys the daily comments - but the note below brought a
thought up. (As a short intro I am Dutch and have sailed mostly in
around the North sea, the Dutch isles, our local lakes etc -Recently I
have moved to the east coast in the US) Living in the Nl's actually gave
me a chance to sail on Blind Date in Nov 2007. A fantastic boat,
beautifully build, and quite an experience to sail a Harryproa. We had a
4 hour downwind sail on a winter morning - which was quite something
else. If I remember correctly we did about 7-10 knots in 12-15 knots of
wind. And this was probably the last sail before reconstruction started
on the rudders.
> Now as you may know Blind Date is built to charter/day sail with
visually impaired people - but the foundation is always in need of funds
- the amounts you are describing would get them quite a long way (at
least it was when I left - I wanted to support them - both financially
and as crew). You could consider setting up contact with them and see if
they are interested for chartering. Probably also depends on when the
rudders are ready but Rudolph could comment on that. The Netherlands may
not have the weather of NZ/Aus but has some great scenery and unique
tidal area's, beautifull former fishing towns, easy to get to, and good
winds.
> Fedor
> Boston, MA
>
>
>
> --- In harryproa@yahoogrou
> >
>
> > Hi,
> > Well, we all know that I really want a harryproa, but my wife is
totally
> > against my building a boat she has never seen or sailed on. When I
curb my
> > enthusiasm, I can certainly see her point. I don't really know what
the
> > motion is like, I have never been able to get any kind of polar
diagrams
> > showing how she does on anything other than her best point of sail,
etc.
> >
> > It seems that many people on this forum would probably be interested
in
> > trying out a harryproa. I was wondering if Rob could pass along a
request to
> > the new owners of "Rare Bird", to set up a charter operation for the
boat,
> > with obvious checks on the qualifications of potential charterers.
Failing
> > that, then perhaps Rob could consider chartering Solitarry, if and
when
> > funds become available to build it.
> >
> > For my own schedule, I will (hopefully) be starting a new job soon,
and it
> > is the end of the childrens summer vacation in the US. I am looking
to see
> > if we might be able to get anything together for June or July of 2010.
> >
> > From a financial perspective, a Maine Cat 30 charters in the Bahamas
for
> > about $3000/wk. It would seem that something like Rare Bird has
roughly the
> > same accomodations, but is larger. I would be willing to pay $4000
US for a
> > weeks charter in the Great Barrier Reef. If you could get 10-12
people to
> > charter one for a week, you have paid for the materials cost. That
would be
> > a great rate of return!
> >
> > Any takers?
> >
> > - Gardner
> > York, PA
> >
>
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