That unusual FLAP tri reminds me a bit of the mini trimarans developed by Newman S Darby of windsurfer fame. There is a decent article on them in...
That Kergomard proa is a fascinating piece of work. I wonder what it is like sailing it from that cockpit? I imagine that the vast majority of...
Aaahh, the Mitchell Explorer - a very interesting concept that was realised and seemed to go a long way to living up to the claims.
Savonius started out on this route around the same time as Flettner and made a boat with his vertical axis rotors that drove using Magnus effect...
Something like that, yes. I might be tempted to mount it off centre, maybe on the rail, rather than the centreline to clear the deck.
Interesting thread. I can imagine something with a relatively small, very clean upwind motorsailing-focused rig that can drop down to the deck...
The Swift 18 was designed to the 'micro cupper' rules - not really meant to be sailed on it's ear and most likely to perform well with a chunk or...
I pondered a pedal powered rotor a few years ago and agonised long and hard over reversible drives. Some time after that I got interested in...
Sounds like an interesting idea. I was toying with something similar a while ago but in an Atlantic proa format rather than a tacker. A bonus of...
All good points. I see that the Pjoa enterprise in Poland has just launched their first catamaran 'Pjoa 600' which seems to offer similar...
I have always thought there is an essential 'rightness' about the Tiki 21 and it certainly marked an aesthetic return to form after the rather...
The now defunct FWIproa.com website was a great source of information on Equilibre and even had a playable steering simulator which let you alter...
I thought that Equilibre was built on Martinique and spent its whole life there? I don't recall any transatlantic crossing?
There was the 'Sea-Quad' - started with a sail rig then moved to kite power. [IMG] [MEDIA]
I find Minimus 2 fascinating. Multis that do not focus primarily on performance (especially in light airs) really interest me with their moderate...