PROCYON project........a Bold experiment

"Procyon"

New member here.

I have "Procyon" here in Miami, Florida, available for sale (open to offers) or possible trades.

She is still in very nice shape, I will have a website together for her soon.

 

Procyon

Thanks-would love to see some pictures... Welcome to the forum!

 

Thanks for the welcome! I will post them up tomorrow and get everyones opinion.

 

Model of Her

Sorry I've been MIA for quite a few months now and missed this posting.

Did you ever get her rigged up?

 

Here are some pics http://picasaweb.google.com/117664433615155680650/Procyon?authkey=Gv1sRgCJm7qK7Vlf-1owE&feat=directlink

I actually have it on Ebay too, I am sure at some point it will come up on the forum. She is still being detailed as you can see in some of the pics.

 

Sorry for not posting sooner, this boat did sell again.

Thanks!

 

A-Frame Rig on 'Catbird Suite'

Just happened across this rather interesting A-frame rig on a 63 catamaran. I added to the forum discussions over HERE:
http://www.boatdesign.net/forums/boat-design/wishbone-sailing-rig-1999-11.html

...photos and videos

 

Much More A-frame Mast Discussions

And now I've added a lot more to the A-frame mast discussions over in that other subject thread.

 

Too bad this subject thread sort of faded away.

I bring it back up as it is interesting how this Procyon project influenced other experimenters, like this A-frame mast utilized in a 2008 study of:
'Wind tunnel and CFD investigation of unconventional aftmast rigs'

I posted a summary of that study over here:
http://www.boatdesign.net/forums/sailboats/aftmast-rigs-623-52.html#post748462

 

Just yesterday, I had a brief talk with Randy West who was the captain aboard Procyon during the first years of her introduction. Turns out he lives pretty close to me now in FL, and we have made tentative arrangements to get together in person in the very near future and discus old times, and details he recalls about Procyon.

Should be interesting.

 

Did you ever meet up for the discussion Brian?

 

Regrettably I did not get that chance yet,...just too many other 'things' came up.

 

BTW, here is an interesting posting that was just recently made on the A-frame subject:

 

Procyon details including 55 photos. Shame there aren't more pictures of her sailing.

http://www.whiteakeryachtsales.com/bl-2434-1991-65-Windship-Sloop-Procyon.aspx

 

Can not access those photos any longer? Wonder if there is another way to find them?

BTW I spent a few days down at Randy's current vessel, the catamaran Ppalu. I going to go sailing a short distance south with Ppalu next thur.