Congratulations on the design. simple and fits inside the container. If you are going to sail it to Oz, we have some interesting bars to go over if you want to explore some of the waterways. Both Rare Bird and Aroha have had some reasonably dramatic moments.
regards,
Robert --- In
harryproa@yahoogrou ps.com.au, Gardner Pomper <gardner@... > wrote:
>
> The batteries will be in a box, which forms the first step up from the
> ww hull to the cockpit. They will have a lid, so you can step on them.
> Making it waterproof is probably a good idea, although how I would get
> water down the companionway on a proa, with the wind behind the ww
> hull is hard to imagine. Scary.
>
> More details on that once I get the interior modelled in sketchup.
>
> Thanks for the
thought.
>
> - Gardner
>
> On Sun, May 17, 2009 at 3:27 PM, jrwells2007 <jrwells2007@ ...> wrote:
> >
> >
> > Batteries at the lowest point. If for any reason you took a wave down the
> > hatchway, would the batteries be safe? On my F27 the battery was located at
> > about waist height so that it would still be operational if swamped.
> >
> > --- In
harryproa@yahoogrou ps.com.au, Gardner Pomper <gardner@> wrote:
> >>
> >> Hi all,
> >>
> >> I have uploaded my latest tweaking of the plans for Contrarry. Not
> >> much has changed, but I did finally make a 3D model with google
> >> sketchup and have included a couple of 3D renderings from that to give
> >> a
better sense of what it looks like. I think I have finally figured
> >> out how to work on the interior of the boat, so hopefully I will get
> >> that outfitted and rendered for upload by the end of the week.
> >>
> >> As always, comments are welcome.
> >>
> >> Find the plans and renderings in the Files section of this group,
> >> under Gardner's Layouts -> Contrarry
> >>
> >> - Gardner
> >>
> >
> >
>
