I can also appreciate the interaction that occurs between fore-to-aft sails in a conventional rig, and those that could occur between a...
Quiet from Maltese??, & new Dynarig Vessel Lets see its been about 2.5 months since we've heard from Maltese on this forum ?? Seems strange. I...
I might suggest you have a look here for a discussion of windward abilities of square-riggers: http://www.weatherlysquareriggers.com/ It might...
Fish our Lifeless Seas This is very true. The longliners from Japan will quickly decimate an area and then move on. I know they got a...
Dangerous Gust I think Lars has an interesting point here. I might also draw you attention to this paragraph in my discription on the...
RC Model Funny you should mention this. I put a posting on an RC model forum asking if someone who had a previous interest in doing a model of...
MotorSailers, MotorSailors..... They're just not a popular subject. Traditional motorsailers have always been such a compromise, they have fallen...
This was sent to me just a few days ago. It is PAINFUL to watch !! Dear Friends and lovers of the ocean; Sometimes the ocean needs...
Thanks for that vote of confidence Lars, it means a lot coming from you. I think only the fuel prices will ever force the issue of fishing guys...
Gamefishing Under Sail One of several images of DynaRig sportfishing vessel
Crow's Nest on an Unstayed Mast How about two crow's nest on an unstayed mast? ....with an electric elevator to the top. ....and joy stick...
Artistic Factor Along these same lines (no pun intended), I once wrote a reply to a magazine about an article on Ray Hunt designs: Subject:...
Sorry about that, I'm not a particularly good writer, I realize that Actually I was working on a Motor/Sailer design back in '89,'90 when Lock...
I think I might agree with that
I wrote a similar thing on my website discussing 'fishing under sail'; "I've also heard the many claims by various captains about their...
Noise and Fishing Just looking thru the forum and ran across a few comments about noise and fishing:...
Water Molecule Mysteries I am going to apologize again up front for revitalizing this discussion, as again I have not had time to read all...
Here is a rather pretty photo of Falcon I found in an Antigua newsgroup forum http://www.geographia.com/antiguanews/messages/153/5462.html?1166634116
Innovation Thanks for that link...interesting summary of works in progress I suspect we have some similar interest. I came back from working...
More Pics of MitSeaAh Thought I might add a cross-reference link to this older posting of mine. More pictures of MitSeaAh:...
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