Proasis Shunts
Good proa shunting video, care of the Proasis Project. Cool rudders!
Much thanks to Henrik Richter-Alten for the submission.
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Speed Sailing at Weymouth 1972
Plenty of interesting boats in this short video from the wayback machine. Weymouth Harbour hosted this speed sailing regatta in 1972 that features some very early foilers and proas. CROSSBOW (designed by Rod Macalpine-Downie) lead the field with a new World Record speed of 26.3 knots.
At 0:45 we get a few seconds of an unnamed cruising proa. It appears to be an Atlantic type, sloop rigged. Does anyone have any more info on the mystery…
