Anyone know anything about this..... (Swedish junk-rigged proa Akka)

Can anyone tell me anything about this junk rigged proa. It's Swedish that's all I Know.

Cheers

 

I could tell you a lot about it but only from what I see in the picture.

Are you looking for someone that may be familiar with the vessel?

 

So how does it work then? It cannot be a conventional shunting proa can it? Because if so it would go from a schooner to a ketch depending on the tack you were on. Wouldn't be good for balance, and how do the sheets work when the sails rotate?

where did you see it?

Richard Woods

 

It's on proafile.
A tacker rather than a shutter.
Mast placements and height differences.
http://rodamollan.se/nybyggnationrestaurering/

 

So it's an asymmetric catamaran then, if you use the need to shunt as one essential definition of a proa

there was a spelling mistake in your link

try here

http://rodamollan.se/nybyggnationrestaurering/

Richard Woods

 

Thanks for the replies. I saw it posted on another forum, asking the same question. I would like to know who designed it and/or who owns it. The only hint is the Swedish flag.

 

You could always try here!

http://rodamollan.se/kontakt/

Richard Woods

 

I don't think that is a proa . It is a type of outrigger. I cant't really tell from the picture but judging from the short ama this one looks to me perhaps to be more like a stabilized mono hull relying on hull form as much as the ama for stability . As Richard pointed out proas shunt. This boat obviously must tack.

 

Or is it a trimaran? I thought I could see a bow wake from the left side of the bow

 

The boat is called Akka. She is 11 x 2,4 meter (main hull), 1,2 meter wide at the waterline and 5,9 meters wide total. The Vaka is spindle-shaped with a Naca 0066 profile. It has a Brucefoil in the ama.

more info and pictures have appeared on proafile forum.
http://proafile.com/forums/viewthread/231/

 

WOW!

That is impressive.

Thanks Bluebeard2012.

 

All that and it is not really junk rigged either. It just has a sail that looks something like the pictures of junks in National Geographic or other magazine.

The boat, however weird is a study in wood craftsmanship. Beautiful work in every picture.

 

Wow. This thing is out there. I love it. Looks like it is quite a good performer. Would anyone like to guess its speed vs wind conditions in the first pic? Looks like about 10K of wind and there is a lot of spray coming off the boat? 9-10k? I wonder if it sails upwind.