Subject: Re: [harryproa] Flat panel harryproa plans? |
From: Rob Denney |
Date: 8/4/2009, 12:22 AM |
To: harryproa@yahoogroups.com.au |
Reply-to: harryproa@yahoogroups.com.au |
G'day,
No plans available, but nothing to stop them being done if someone
wants them. Not sure where I got the 250 hours from, but it would be
more than this for a sail away boat to a decent standard.
regards,
rob
On Tue, Aug 4, 2009 at 3:44 AM, Gardner Pomper<gardner@networknow.
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>
> Hi Rob,
>
> I have been periodically viewing the old harryproa site, looking through the
> old info on the harrigami, and different revisions of the harryproa. While I
> would like the liveaboard thing I keep pestering people about, I think that
> there is a fair amount of interest in the basic harry sized harryproa. Have
> you ever developed new plans for any of the basic harry, using the new
> construction techniques you have been developing?
> I quote from the "Meet Harry" article:
> "Harry is meant as a basic weekender for 4, or an extended coastal cruiser
> for a couple. "
> "A competent amateur should be able to build a Harry in 250 hours."
> "The differences between Harry (photos) and Harry Mk 2 (drawings) are that
> Mk 2 has a much more spacious weather hull; no struts under the beams, a
> more rounded lee hull, smaller boom and stiffer mast. Mk 2 is professionally
> engineered, considerably more robust, much easier to build and a little
> lighter than Harry."
> I have been doing some calculations on materials cost, excluding the carbon,
> and it seems that corecell/fiberglass
> between about $7-10/lb, so the hulls should be about $10K to build.
> I personally think that the Harrigami is probably the best all around
> compromise, as it sacrifices little from the harry, and lets it be
> trailered, but I am sure the forum will chime in on their own favorites.
> So, are there flat panel Harry-ish plans available?
> Thanks,
> - Gardner
>