Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Hi all, the VIDEO BELOW shows that a long road has finally come to an end!
Looks good! The video doesn't show a shunt/tack though or even sailing on the port tack. I would guess that sailing on the port tack would be similar but switching would be interesting to watch.
So the dagger board is on the windward hull. Is it tilted from vertical to help pull that hull down? (tilted inward)
That looks like a great rig/boat for trying things out.
Yea, Board is always to windward where it should always be, A good catamaran sailor will always lift the leeward board and drop the windward one after every tack. If not a strong gust or big wave can trip the boat over a leeward dagger and capsize. Proas don't have that problem.
This is a true shunter, and I shunt all day long in any conditions, It shunts flawlessly and fast.
The VIDEO below is my first day out on a big lake here in the Balkans, you can watch me shunt, (a bit slow, still for the first time, good enough, now I'm much better...) reef, scull, a truly balanced proa, designed for all conditions......
A result of 7 long years, 3 proa builds, tons of failure and grief.
https://youtu.be/Gao_VIss-nY
I'm seriously thinking about lifting rudders that go through the bows for my big cruising proa Crystal Clear, next year she will get Junk rigged, then probably I will add new rudders. Junks rock!
A short vid of the Mother ship, Crystal Clear on her maiden voyage
https://youtu.be/4yAm2QgKc1c
Happy u like him, Proas are amazing!
Keep Shunting, Balkan Shipyards