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  • From: Don Bowen <don.bowen AT earthlink.net>
  • To: homestead AT lists.ibiblio.org
  • Subject: Re: [Homestead] Proa design, Tyvek sails, hydrofoils, foil-section vs flat plate
  • Date: Sun, 14 Nov 2004 17:04:22 -0800

At 11/14/2004, you wrote:

Unfortunately the bigger and more comfortable the boat, the less it is capable of detailed exploration of islands---for that you need a small Proa, and following are a large number of Proa links, Sure, a seagoing kayak will do the job, but there is no charge for the wind driving a lazy-man's tiny sailboat either.

How about a Pacific Island Canoe? Read Steve Thomass' book "The Last Navigator." In it he tells a story about a boat blown off course for several weeks until the came within sight of Guam. Rather than putting in a Guam he turned around and went back to Satawa because now he knew where he was. I meet one of the passengers on that boat and he wants a grant to film the carving of a canoe.

Don Bowen
Awl Knotted Up Woodworking
Valley Center, CA http://www.braingarage.com






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