Shake rattle and roll man!!! I love em all...
Todd
--- In harryproa@yahoogroups.com.au, Mike Crawford <mcrawf@...> wrote:
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>
> Perhaps you could disagree without getting grumpy?
>
> Nothing has been said here making holy grail claims; only that a
> weight-to-windward proa with a lee sail is a way of creating lower
> stresses than most other designs. Don't agree? Fine. Build a better
> boat and get on with it. The more full-sized proas out there, and the
> more novel ideas tried on them, the better it is for us all.
>
> The bulkhead issue, by the way, was caused by not building to the
> designer's spec. And all plans call for foam bows that more than offset
> the weight of the boat, which itself weighs little once submerged. Even
> the general descriptions on the web site are clear about this.
>
> I think your ideas bring a lot to this group, and your models, tests,
> and videos are *most* welcome. But there's no need to get riled up if
> you don't share someone's opinion. The pro-proa group is too small to
> waste time sniping at each other, even if you prefer atlantic versus
> pacific, or whatever.
>
> - Mike
>
> / /
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> On 11/14/2010 1:02 PM, tsstproa wrote:
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> > I can see better now where your confusion has set in, at last once again.
> >
> > Nice, can't wait to hear what happens in a sea way couple 1,000 miles
> > away from shore. Just a popped bulkhead maybe they got lucky this time.
> >
> > Does your boat float when filled to interior capacity with water?
> >
> > I ask for the general thickness from the beam you presented After I
> > gave an example of a 17' hollow fiberglass 8''x8'' beam with a 1/2 ''
> > wall thickness.
> >
> > Multiple thickness lay ups wooo whoooo whats new! like its a holy
> > grail or something when you could have just generalized...
> >
> > Todd
> >
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