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Re: Info about "Proa File International"

Dave Culp — Sun, 11 May 2008 20:41:11 GMT

Hi Emmanuel, I think that many of us interested in both kinds of sailing belong to both groups. I've been a member of the proa_file group for many years--well,

Info about "Proa File International"

mr.emmanuel_roche — Sat, 10 May 2008 15:42:20 GMT

So, there is another Yahoo Groups dealing with proas. According to the directory of Yahoo, it has 818 members... I was so chocked by such a large number that I

Re: Retractable leeside lifting foil adds stability to monohulls

Robert Paynter — Fri, 09 May 2008 16:45:05 GMT

The photo on DailySail looks like there is substantial cracking around the foil - is that cosmetic or structural? It's made YouTube:

Re: Retractable leeside lifting foil adds stability to monohulls

roche182@... — Fri, 09 May 2008 12:15:43 GMT

After a few minutes, I managed to read the following, but the rest need to be logged to read it. However, I got the idea, and I don't think that it is a good

Re: Retractable leeside lifting foil adds stability to monohulls

Guy Capra — Thu, 08 May 2008 11:18:18 GMT

Let say : http://tinyurl.com/6yd5c3 But it is password protected. Best, Guy Capra _________________ www.alomphega.com www.nauticaerium.com

Re: Retractable leeside lifting foil adds stability to monohulls

S Fishwick — Thu, 08 May 2008 08:56:02 GMT

Sorry yahoo has mangled the URL again. Try:

Retractable leeside lifting foil adds stability to monohulls

S Fishwick — Thu, 08 May 2008 08:48:41 GMT

See http://www.thedailysail.com/ism/articles.nsf/Features/0EEE00439941B4AE80 257442002D2254?OpenDocument&Login NB This link may not work for you, in which case

Re: Warning: New French Pacific Prao

mr.emmanuel_roche — Wed, 07 May 2008 14:20:35 GMT

Searching for more information, I found the following text from the (french) man who warned me: Hello A friend Bruce Sibillotte has built a new proa "un air de

Warning: New French Pacific Prao

mr.emmanuel_roche — Wed, 07 May 2008 07:43:24 GMT

Hello, Everybody! This message to warn you that I just learned that a new (french) Pacific Proa has been launched in France (Vannes). This is so new that I

Re: Planning Dory hull ??

smithvanaalst — Fri, 02 May 2008 23:58:29 GMT

Hi Doug Answering your questions: My Dory-catamaran has a bottom width of 500mm and its shape is shown in the photo album titled Multihull Hull-shapes. I have

Re: "La Godyoto", the movie ! (single automatic oared sculling syste

Guy Capra — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 17:29:11 GMT

... [..] Ok, thank you Robert. The near same principle but in the air is the Darrieus Wind Turbine : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Darrieus_wind_turbine ... You

Re: "La Godyoto", the movie ! (single automatic oared sculling syste

Robert Paynter — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 11:16:50 GMT

The Wells turbine has symmetrical aerofoils which are fixed in the plane of rotation. Provided the rotor already has some forward motion flow can go either

Re: "La Godyoto", the movie ! (single automatic oared sculling syste

Guy Capra — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 07:31:49 GMT

... Ok, finally understood ! And yes, I had a little "tail-fin" on this boat you can see on this photo :

Re: Language, as she is spoken

Guy Capra — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 06:20:52 GMT

Le 29/04/2008 20:43, Dave Culp inscrivait : [..] ... Let say : soon you will become frogs, take care ! ;-) ... Wow ! Many thanks to you Dave, for these kind

Re: "La Godyoto", the movie ! (single automatic oared sculling syste

Tony Grant — Tue, 29 Apr 2008 20:27:17 GMT

... La godille on a sail boat or on a light dinghy does exactly the same thing. I have seen Eric Tabarly on a light boat (in a film on Thalassa) and he