This is the 3rd video of your marine device, and i still have no idea what it is. What does the tower do? How is it propelled? A few clips of it, from a distance, would be helpful.. It looks like something u designed and built yourself, yes? Better video editing, and sequencing, would b in order here, but i am intrigued
@blixildallaboutsports78933 ай бұрын
Wha a brilliant idea... Its amazing..
@collinszymanski71264 ай бұрын
11!
@wisenber5 ай бұрын
Reefing looks like it would be an issue. When I added reef points to my Hobie 16 sailplan on a small trimaran, full sail was managed by a halyard lock, but the reef points did not have that ability.
@Seafariireland Жыл бұрын
Fantastic set up, well done! SkipRay, Kerry.
@Seafariireland Жыл бұрын
Wow, innovative and clever set up. Is the boat still operating and how does it perform? SkipRay, Kerry, Ireland.
@crustyoldsaltaroundthehorn3221 Жыл бұрын
That's a cool design. Sailing with the wind off the starboard beam seems to raise the main hull into a planing position. How does she go with the wind coming in from the port side?
@rupertcrighton4107 Жыл бұрын
How do you like your halyard lock?
@ianaitken1136 Жыл бұрын
Works very good. Makes it easy to keep good luff and Leach tension in the sail. Quite tricky to get it to catch, but easy to release it, and that is the important thing.
@tentmaran Жыл бұрын
Far underrated channel. 👍👍👍👍
@tentmaran Жыл бұрын
Very intresting design I love it. 😊
@user-ed3og3xb4s2 жыл бұрын
в таком размере у проа уже нет преимуществ перед катамараном .....
@MikeMaileFoolishBehavior2 жыл бұрын
Genius
@01dumbfrog2 жыл бұрын
A fool and his money are quickly parted. I saw a video on one of these and I couldn’t see the advantage. You should shoot the video then and music during the editing.
@lesp3155 ай бұрын
You could say the same thing about the first car Mercedes, but now I bet you drive or using one. In short you are a moron and will stay that way. Good luck to you.
@01dumbfrog2 жыл бұрын
Test flight looks more like test Fight. The wind noise is irritating already earned you a thumbs down.
@dejayrezme86173 жыл бұрын
Brilliant design! Thanks for the video! And haha "wooshboom" ;)
@Stobb03 жыл бұрын
This video would be so much better without the shit music
@billkenneke82493 жыл бұрын
Crew is awesome! Hope all are well and still afloat
@tancognerichard16143 жыл бұрын
!!!!!! génial !!!
@ilyafaden17893 жыл бұрын
Ian that is just brilliant . No moving parts like latches with springs and pins bearings . Just two motions . Your boat is amazing .
@ilyafaden17893 жыл бұрын
Great rig to work with. That is coming so close you're almost in irons.
@DanielWilliams-oi4ss3 жыл бұрын
There's more space inside than it would appear from the outside. I'm guessing it can sleep a couple quite comfortably?
@DanielWilliams-oi4ss3 жыл бұрын
Wow, the trailer assembly is pretty neat as well. 7000 hours is nothing to sneeze at, but she's soooo pretty once she's assembled.
@Recaptain74 жыл бұрын
Boa noite Amigo, que material é fabricado o mastro? Grato
@Recaptain74 жыл бұрын
Boa noite, muito bacana seu proa, duas perguntas: 1) o mastro é giratório? 2) qual matérial do mastro? Grato saudações. Ass. Renato
@user-kt5xx7gd8h4 жыл бұрын
Просто молодец!
@user-kt5xx7gd8h4 жыл бұрын
Полезно и необычно !
@user-kt5xx7gd8h4 жыл бұрын
Молодец!
@PedroSilva-vf8nx4 жыл бұрын
what type of mast is this? looks a fixed mast but the sails can rotate.... is it?
@RF-yh3qh4 жыл бұрын
really nice!! I am planning to build one!! Did you wrote a blog or something about the construction? thanks!
@MrJhchrist4 жыл бұрын
Absolutely lovely boat, well done Ian!
@MrTomooh4 жыл бұрын
Hi Ian I have just bought the 12 m Harryproa Aroha from Taipa and sailed it back to Auckland last week. I live in New Plymouth but will keep Aroha in Auckland. Search KZbin for Harryproa Aroha delivery if you are interested. Be good to catch up sometime. Dave Tomlinson
@ukcc614 жыл бұрын
Что это за унылое чмо вещает?
@Lawiah04 жыл бұрын
Nice Sails
@vgaulin4 жыл бұрын
Beautiful
@vgaulin4 жыл бұрын
Awesome
@mikecunneen24084 жыл бұрын
holy shit this is genius! WOW!
@richardfortescue55834 жыл бұрын
Astonishing that this is the first proa I have seen with an “Aero” rig. It seems like a really natural choice. I hope it works as well as it looks like it ought to!
@vgaulin4 жыл бұрын
Wow what an achievement!!! Congradulation you succeded very well.
@user-qw4oz7km8e4 жыл бұрын
Better to put in proa two *light* mast with windsurf wishbone rig or may be kite ? ) *K* eep *I* t *S* imple *S* ailor
@timothyrussell24095 жыл бұрын
Thank you Ian.A wonderful boat and time with your family,very rewarding.Please put more content up as it’s very inspirational.
@ianaitken11365 жыл бұрын
Jacknife is tucked up in the shed at the moment and I am making a fridge for the galley and doing some paint touch ups. Probably won't hit the water again until next January. Then I will post some more videos.
@timothyrussell24095 жыл бұрын
Ian Aitken Thanks for responding. Will there be a guide produced on your building journey for others or plans.
@ianaitken11365 жыл бұрын
@@timothyrussell2409 I have had several similar requests so perhaps I should make some effort in that direction. I have a build diary and a few hundred photos of the build so it would be possible to put it into a book form. Not plans as such but just a record of how I built the boat. Don't hold your breath but yes I will get around to it one day.
@timothyrussell24095 жыл бұрын
Thanks Ian.Im amazed Rob hasn’t tried to organize something.A downloadable story or guide as your boat has so many good ideas for a normal sailor interested in a proa.I hope you find the time.All the best.Tim.
@viniyung4 жыл бұрын
@@ianaitken1136 Interiour space is the weakness of proas and yours have a beautiful and cozy interiour, and spacious deck. I think that this specific design deserve a plan, especially for those that want a proa for cruising in more confort. Beautiful job! Congratulations!
@64high5 жыл бұрын
Lots of clever ideas and thinking outside the box.Inspirational!! Congratulations and now enjoy the sailing
@petermirow5 жыл бұрын
Nice.
@petermirow5 жыл бұрын
Very smart way to step the rig. However, how do you then get the boom onto it?
@ianaitken11365 жыл бұрын
Hello Peter, the boom is made of carbon tubes and is in 3 parts. Each part weighs about 8 kg so is easily manageable to assemble and disassemble. It plugs into a tabernacle device to raise it as a crane jib. Then after the mast is plugged in it is lowered and taken apart to be positioned on the mast.
@petermirow5 жыл бұрын
Lovely boat, indeed, Ian. Congratulations. And a nice set of sails, too.
@petermirow5 жыл бұрын
Nice boat, Ian. Congratulations. And a nice set of sail, too.
@enjoylife65175 жыл бұрын
Do you have any diagrams of your tiller to rudder link? I would be interested to see them if they exist.
@ianaitken11365 жыл бұрын
No sorry, the linkage is just a stainless tube with marine grade rod ends. I sorted out the geometry on a model before making the full size parts. When I am sailing next summer I will video a shunt and show how the rudders flip around 180 degrees and how the tillers are used.
@umvhu5 жыл бұрын
The bracket fixed to the masthead won't succumb to fatigue or loosen over time?
@ianaitken11365 жыл бұрын
I think it will be strong enough. It is 2mm thick 316 stainless and most of the stress is in plain tension. But time will tell. It is very easy to design something that will never fail, just make it many times stronger than needed. Trouble is that also makes it many times heavier than needed. High performance multihull boats should be designed to be just strong enough, then only one more thing should be added, (more lightness!)
@MattTucker5 жыл бұрын
Glad to see you had a fantastic cruise Ian. She really is a work of art and engineering. Mine will be very rough and ready in comparison!
@umvhu5 жыл бұрын
My hearing is past it's 'best before date', I can't understand enough of the voice to make sense.
@ianaitken11365 жыл бұрын
Sorry bout that I've got a cold. But trust me you are not missing much.
@boobylinks5 жыл бұрын
Hi Mr. Aitken, my hat's off to you for your ingenious suite of design features used to facilitate a strategy that would fit right in with a "trailer sailor's" wish list. Folding ama and bridgedeck, integral rig for stepping the wingsail and all. Genius! And a HarryProa to boot! I can see myself weekend sailing the Great Lakes one season and then traveling to the far flung Florida Keys the next trailered via the Interstate. Your brilliant design ticked all the checkboxes for me. Will we see a build blog someday or be able purchase build plans perhaps?
@ianaitken11365 жыл бұрын
Hello Robert, Please call me Ian, in New Zealand we don't do formalities, even if a Kiwi bumped into the prime minister on the street we would just address him/her by their christian name. Sorry no chance of me producing build plans. I am a retired mechanic/farmer/engineer and built Jacknife as one of the projects on my bucket list. I have extensive notes, calcs, build diaries and photos that I may put together in electronic form sometime in the future. A competent builder should be able to follow them. Have you checked out the specs on the Harryproa site. Just search Ian Aitken.