@@muklin hmm not sure. The usual way with this type of sail is a hollow leech

@@muklin a mooring

@@scruffy2629 thanks scruffy!

@@enjoylife6517 thanks!

@@luburan1973 if you want a scary one try the "strong wind advisory" video ;)

No, on this one I had the stays sliding at the mast head. the stays go through a hole and has stopper knots so that the mast can move through to the other side and then hit the knot. That worked but the problem is it limited range mast could be moved to windward (for balancing downwind). If you don't have something to take up the slack the mast will have too much freedom and can fall if caught aback. On the new proa I have a similar but improved system, but with the slides at the bottom. The stays are a loop that goes from the masthead, down to an eye at each end and then is connected along the deck. Then two short lines are tied to this can can be cleated, so I can adjust the total movement. Also, when the mast moves over in the shunt, the back stay becomes tight, and it takes some slack out of the forestay. In the Gary Dierking book he has bungees, that pull the mast into the center, but he also has a strut which stops the mast falling over. His rig is different proportions too, the mast is shorter and the tack slides along the lee side of the hull in a shunt. I have a longer mast and the tack lifts over the deck in a shunt, and it also enables me to get the yard close to vertical for sailing downwind. GD mentions this approach in the book but chooses the other one. They are both traditional designs (except for using a shunt line) but from different islands. My rig is closer to that used on Marshals or Kiribati, and the low tack is used on Fiji.

@@3dstudioboom its a ploythene tarpaulin, available at any hardware store! This one was labled "medium duty"

@@Moleasses102 the hulls are both symmetrical. I wanted it to be fairly okay to paddle, since this is a general work horse for cruising, and well as something fun to sail. I mainly tried to ensure that there was enough volume that id beable to take 3 people in paddling mode. But also to build it from 3 sheets of ply and have an ama big enough to support my weight. Ive sailed with two people but it would just be a bit crowded with three. There is a link to the plans i drew with all measurements in the description.

@ Thank you, and yes, I saw the plans last week and was playing with them on a cereal box this morning. I also found @svoiysh recently and saw the pros they built using your plans. My nearest sailing is the Delaware River in USA, tidal near me and less than a mile wide, so near constant course changes, so not sure a proa would be the right boat, but it looks so fun! I might have to build it one day and take to my childhood waters in Massachusetts where there’s a lot more room for long reaches and camping. Inspiring, thanks again.

looks like you are in NZ? where are you based?

@@dominictarrsailing shelly beach Kaipara Harbour. Not an easy sail away for an intrepid Proa sailor😅

thanks Rael! yes I feel very safe on this boat, even pushing it hard!

@@dominictarrsailing didn't see the GPS... Good Stuff!!!

I'm not on the boat right now but here are some closeups that I have kzbin.infoUgkxinVzy-KaHCa8UPFAanY5CacaI06-z-uf don't hesitate to ask questions if you got them!

@@MattTucker keen as! Tasmania was already on my list, will underline it now!!!

@@recidivist11 i havnt measured it accurately but i would say it shunts though 120 degrees. You can point higher than that, but it goes a much better speed off the wind a little, also getting back winded it best avoided on a proa. Although, on my setup the rig wont fall, so i can just gybe around to the same tack again (see the first sailing video for a demo)

Oh yes the Berque brothers, it was 2003, so only 21 years ago. here is an article www.duckworksmagazine.com/09/outings/french/index.htm a great inspiration and beautiful construction too!

@@dominictarrsailing Yes. Yet they did not use the crab claw sail. I wonder why.

@@scruffy2629 thanks Scruffy!

hahaha, thanks Bruce!

thanks Nick!

thank you! yes i figured this way you can have your own music (or just nothing) on in the background if you like! if it's a long shot instead of music I add some narration to explain what's happening

Wise man. Thanks again.

Thanks Rory!

Thanks Steve!

I was almost considering not sailing to the event because the wind wasn't too favorable, but then Ross mentioned that some proa guy from tasmania was coming... I thought I know who that might be, definitely have to sail there now!

thanks Peter!

Thanks Zackaria! yeah the old method was dragging the boat over driftwood but rollers is much much more efficient, because they roll forward under the boat so you can drag the boat it's entire length before you have to reposition them

haha, thank you Chris, very glad you enjoyed it!!!

Thanks Tom!

thanks, oooh I don't think id say it's better. I'm not sure, it has it's advantages but also disadvantages. I considered using the crabclaw on this trip, but I have actually already done a similar trip with using the cc last year, but sadly I lost the camera overboard at the end! check my shorts for some stuff from that trip, but all the action shots were on the camera that I lost so it didn't become a proper video. Anyway, you certainly learn things about a sail when cruising that you don't really learn while day sailing, so I decided to take the lugsail to see how that did. (learn things such as how it is to go a long way downwind) I guess I'd say the lug has it's merits such as more area on shorter spars, and in stronger wings the larger cc has area too far back and it can be hard to bear off. but the crabclaw is such a classic and if the yard rests on the deck, then the backstay isn't under tension, so you can tilt the mast to windward only adjusting one line. This method of reefing the sail worked well, and when reefed it becomes a crabclaw, you'll see that in part 2!

Thanks Gary!

Thank you! Merry Christmas!

Thanks Johnny!

it took 3 days to get there, leaving late on the first day, mainly due to light wind. It would have been possible to do it all in one day, in the right conditions, but given I am camping on the beach and not much shelter on the boat I think it's wise to land and make camp before dark

@@dominictarrsailing very good , thanks for shearing!

thank you Ross! I had a really great time thanks for inviting me! also you did a great job organizing it, I am looking forward to the next one!!!

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