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Re: I'm Nearly Finished!

cptn_capsize — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 22:11:51 GMT

That's a great thing about our PDRacers - they don't need to be built exactly according to plan (except the bottom 10" I know!) - they just sort of materialize

I'm Nearly Finished!

Lisa Banks — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 19:07:00 GMT

If I hadn't worked myself into a bit of a corner, I'd have gone 3D this weekend. Partway through the process, just before attaching the bottom, it occurred

Re: Chance to Race Against the Best Opti Sailors

John Kohnen — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 05:55:13 GMT

The Yaquina Bay Yacht Club has a team of kids in Optis. They showed up at the Toledo show and PDR Intergalactics in 2008. ... -- John (jkohnen@...)

PDR Catamaran

Len Turner — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 04:13:10 GMT

Gotta be a Catamaduck. Len Turner [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]

Re: PDR CATAMARAN

James Brown — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 03:26:15 GMT

On the Hobies, a big factor was the load on the crossbar due to the high tension in the jib stay and the two side stays. To have a really effective jib, a

Re: Chance to Race Against the Best Opti Sailors

boatmik — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 00:43:49 GMT

Howdy Rick, sorry about the winter. It has been too hot here to go sailing. 43C a couple of days ago. Ouch. but ... did you know the experiment about learning

Re: Chance to Race Against the Best Opti Sailors

boatmik — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 00:34:00 GMT

Hi Mike, Flipping to the other side at the moment. 1/ the PDR is much more powerful than the opti, so even with the deficits discussed there will be moments of

Re: PDR CATAMARAN

jason nabors — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 00:31:57 GMT

I apreciate it but if this ducat thing catches on you may want it for yours. Thank you though. ... From: tim_cleary_sc Subject:

Re: PDR CATAMARAN

boatmik — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 00:27:13 GMT

It is lower at the front and back and higher in the middle but as Andrew says ... It fits the class rules. Actually you don't need to be any more specific than

Re: PDR CATAMARAN

boatmik — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 00:15:21 GMT

With displacement of multihulls the leeward hull is designed to carry the whole boat weight without becoming too draggy. MIKK

Re: PDR CATAMARAN

boatmik — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 00:13:18 GMT

Andrew, That is the most frightening thing I have heard of this year. MIK

Re: PDR CATAMARAN

boatmik — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 00:11:19 GMT

Just remember to make multihulls work well the mantra is Light Light Light Light Light ... If you don't keep the weight down it is more likely you will be

Re: PDR CATAMARAN

Andrew Linn — Sun, 22 Nov 2009 23:52:05 GMT

The curve of the Oz hull is different - flatter, but still within the original rules. I can't be more specific without being, you know, specific.

Re: PDR CATAMARAN

tim_cleary_sc — Sun, 22 Nov 2009 23:46:22 GMT

Andrew, Why do standard PDR's have 630 lbs of displacement and the OZ PDR's have 602 lbs of displacement? Tim C.

Re: Adding a Speed Event to the 2010 Calendar

Paul Helbert — Sun, 22 Nov 2009 23:45:34 GMT

Hi David, We already ahve over half a dozen puddleduckers and a few other sailors interested in coming to WV end of July. Thank you for the idea! I don't know