Hello everyone. I'm new to the board. I found the Harryproa website
after coming across a video of Bucket List. Before that, I had thought
that proas were just strange looking boats with anchient sail
technology, that had no future. But after looking at Bucket list, and
reading the performance numbers, I started to get interested. And when
I found the cruiser boats on the website, I really started to see the
benefits of Rob Denneys proas, with the weight to windward.

I've never even seen a proa in real life, but I got so excited about
the concept, that I've started to build my own proa. I will use it to
try out proa sailing. If I like it, I might build a bigger boat.

The 6m plywood hull currently looks like in the second attached picture.
I'm making it just by feel / "drawings in my head". I prefer doing it
like that, because if I have accurate paper drawings, I'm afraid that
I will feel "defeat" every time I learn that the results differ from
the drawings. And that would put pressure on the accuracy of my work.
By doing it this way, I can (and will have to) improvise as I move
along. And will not worry about accuracy. Which maybe the pictures
shows proof of. But I enjoy doing it this way. This is the first time
I'm building a boat. (If you don't count toy boats attached to a rope,
pulled by a stick, as a kid...=) )

I have a question about epoxy curing and temperatures. Fall has
suddenly hit Sweden. After gluing the bows yesterday evening, it
started to get really cold. The temperature was only 5°C this morning.
Epoxy has always set in max 24 hours for me. But not this time. Even
though it has been 15-20°C today, I found that the epoxy is still a
bit soft. It feels similar to glue gun glue. Should I worry, or just
leave it to cure for another 24 hours?

Regards
Björn
Sweden

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