JUNK rigged proa, SAFE sailing in a STRONG sea.....

  • 17 Sep 2019 06:41
    Reply # 7884426 on 7883949
    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

  • 16 Sep 2019 23:28
    Reply # 7883949 on 7881292
    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.

  • 15 Sep 2019 18:06
    Reply # 7881719 on 7881292

    Yea Arne, it's all true, I never imagined life could be  so easy without winches  and roller furlings........

    All d best,

    Balkan Shipyards.

  • 15 Sep 2019 11:55
    Reply # 7881351 on 7881292
    Anonymous member (Administrator)

    Well done, Rael, you surely are a stayer!

    Arne

  • 15 Sep 2019 09:06
    Message # 7881292

    Hi all, the VIDEO BELOW shows that a long road has finally come to an end!

    A perfectly balanced proa with a user friendly junk rig. It took 7 long years to finally be able to say "I can go sailing without shitting in my pants........"

    Finally a Pacific Proa for all conditions!

    Thanks for all the help, the advice and yea! I LOVE JUNK RIGS!!

    https://youtu.be/F7TjCkXuoLg

    All the best, BSY.

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