[python] Sailing Python - Basic frame layout done

Hello all
About sailing and about proas, I found this one a few years ago (http://proafile.com/view/weblog/comments/palindrome_a_land_proa/).
I suppose it's the closest approach to a land proa, and seems to be very fast, despite the fixed mast.
I also built something like I think a proa should be (http://almaanegra.blogspot.com/2008/11/noire.html).  I never tried it with a sail, just paddled it several times and found it to be very very very hard to change track - as I said, as a proa should be, because it has to handle very strong lateral forces. And I believe that a python's most distinctive characteristic (the strong negative trail) should be very hard to handle with strong lateral forces - in a proa-like or any other configuration; Unfortunately you are supposed to spend almost all your sailing time dealing with this lateral forces. I suppose some previous experimentation should be done prior to building a very nice but completely unpratical machine.



Cheers

Jaime





-----Original Message-----
From: python-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:python-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Uipko Berghuis
Sent: sexta-feira, 24 de Setembro de 2010 0:44
To: Gerald
Cc: Python
Subject: [python] Re: Sailing Python

Did anybody try already try to sail a python?

Guess it would have to be a three weel configuration?

Did you see this sailing trike http://www.whike.com/en/ . Maybe you
can get some inspiration about sails here http://windskate.com/

Cheers,
Uipko
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