Just not many readers on this forum?
Just recently I took a trip to Panama, and along with me I took a book a friend had recommended,.....WOW what a story !! Magellan by Stefan Zweig...
But don't they turn grey over time??
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I actually have not had the occasion to have to have teak decks, and their upkeep, in a long time. So I am unaware of their maintenance...
This was another economically canal boat concept,...simply plywood construction,...and not bad looking....
Solar-Electric powered Canal Boat Found a reference to this vessel on another forum, and thought it should be referenced here,...link:...
I knew I had seen that PDF before, in fact I posted a message about it here on this page of discussions:...
Just ran across this other idea I had been considering for furling the sails on a Dynarig without having to furl them into a slot in the mast:...
I'll look up that info you suggested. I believe I remember seeing it, but it has been quite some time ago.
Tacking maneuver at time frame 1:18 in this video [MEDIA] ...and for the small test vessel with single sail at 1:20 (must have created this...
There is one problem with the Dynarig on a catamaran that needs more study,....tacking problem. The catamaran (and most all multihulls) lack that...
I've been away on a little holiday down to Boguete Panama, so I missed this news of his passing. I was just going thru my emails and saw this:...
Good video. Check out what they say about decreasing the sail area, particularly the mainsail....and the speed of this thing...WOW [MEDIA]
I had written something similar in a research vessel proposal, "If we permit our oceans to become a cemetery, we may damage its alter ego the...
Not exactly 'superyacht image' :eek:, ....but how about this rather compact new Russian 'city car'...
Here is one such posting, but the subsequent link to the navy's sonar problem is missing....
I did not see that, nor know of its existence. I no longer suscribe to cable TV, but will try and find its presentation on another...
