Returning Member, Remembered Concept
Hi All,
It’s been over a year since I posted, but the proa bug never left me. I started grad school, wrote a novel, crashed my motorcycle, built a new motorized bicycle, quit grad school, and, all the while, worked and worked.
Attached is where I was at on the proa, a five meter test platform.
But right now I’m working on a five foot model, cold-molded out of redwood, fir, ash, and oak. I’m lofting the lines on a big board this very day. The full size boat will be 16 feet on the water. A gallon of epoxy and some 1.4 oz. glass cloth (for the model) are being shipped. The new design is all being done the old school way—without a computer.
More pictures to come…
Cheers,
Rick
Welcome back Rick!
but the proa bug never left me
It never does… The proabug is usualy a lifelong ailment.
The renderings looks promising.
Im looking forward to your model.
Cheers
Johannes
Welcome back Rick!
but the proa bug never left me
It never does… The proabug is usualy a lifelong ailment.
Thanks Johannes. I have read many of your posts and followed your builds. I can see that you favor direct simplicity as a virtue, and I agree.
I am finding that my first time lofting plans is not easy. I spent two HOURS just getting one curve right. Yow!
But I do have the presence of mind to snap photos of the experience as I work through the obstacles of not really having the ideal tools.
Fortunately, proas are rather simple in their lines. That’s part of their appeal. You really do not need all the complex lines used in heavy displacement monohulls to build a proa. Already, I see that the final form will actually be achieved as I build the boat. Hopefully, I will be able to use the model rather than the lines plans to derive my table of offsets. I have always had a strong affection for old style half models, and I am utterly persuaded that ancient mariners knew more than we about many, many things.
Cheers.
and I am utterly persuaded that ancient mariners knew more than we about many, many things.
They had extensive experience and their lifes depended on fast and seaworthy boats. A high necessity-level and 30 years of daily sailing, regardless of conditions, accelerate the development and sort out any unwanted properties.
What good is a picture if it is not posted to Proafile?
Cheers,
Johannes
and I am utterly persuaded that ancient mariners knew more than we about many, many things.
They had extensive experience and their lifes depended on fast and seaworthy boats. A high necessity-level and 30 years of daily sailing, regardless of conditions, accelerate the development and sort out any unwanted properties.
What good is a picture if it is not posted to Proafile?
Cheers,
Johannes
Brother, you are speaking my language.
Just finished my loft of the hull lines. Working on the beams now. With proas, I think, “Bird, not fish.”