She's a spirited sea sprinter, that's for sure, and really beautiful in that gorgeous colour (which also happens to be my favorite for vehicles and vessels). She's really modern looking, too, with quite a lot of deck and cabin space. The lashings securing the vessel remind me of James Wharram, the British Designer whom favoured lashings to secure his catamarans. I believe he found the technique was originated by the Polynesians, several centuries ago. I find the technique to be elegantly simple and simply elegant... Subscribed.
Thanks! Actually lashings to connect the hulls are widely used everywhere in the Pacific. That's where wharram got his idea from. Proasis is inspired by the Marshallese canoe design. We closely work with Waan Aelõñ in Majel (WAM). The lashings allow for a certain amount of flexibility, eventually working like a shock absorber of a car. Keeps the loads down and makes the ride smoother!
Very nice. Not so far some questions appear in my head: that will happen if you accidentally will receive the wind from another direction? I asked on Facebook, most of the other designs are allowed to fall down the mast in this case, what about your?
Thanks! The Mast of Proasis is set up in a way that the mast base is about 90 cm inwards of the chain plates for the fore and back stays. If we get backwinded the sail is just pushed against the mast. Not a big deal, the rig is strong enough to stay up. The boat is then either turned around the right direction automatically or we lift the lower boom with the spilling lines and use a paddle. Backwinding only happened once so far. We were sailing in very light conditions and the wind suddenly changed 180°. To be sure everything is safe we tried it in stronger wind on purpose. No problems at all. But as said, it hardly happens while sailing and we actually dont spend much time thinking about it.
That is one gorgeous boat!
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She's a spirited sea sprinter, that's for sure, and really beautiful in that gorgeous colour (which also happens to be my favorite for vehicles and vessels).
She's really modern looking, too, with quite a lot of deck and cabin space.
The lashings securing the vessel remind me of James Wharram, the British Designer whom favoured lashings to secure his catamarans.
I believe he found the technique was originated by the Polynesians, several centuries ago.
I find the technique to be elegantly simple and simply elegant...
Subscribed.
Thanks! Actually lashings to connect the hulls are widely used everywhere in the Pacific. That's where wharram got his idea from. Proasis is inspired by the Marshallese canoe design. We closely work with Waan Aelõñ in Majel (WAM). The lashings allow for a certain amount of flexibility, eventually working like a shock absorber of a car. Keeps the loads down and makes the ride smoother!
Very nice. Not so far some questions appear in my head: that will happen if you accidentally will receive the wind from another direction? I asked on Facebook, most of the other designs are allowed to fall down the mast in this case, what about your?
Thanks! The Mast of Proasis is set up in a way that the mast base is about 90 cm inwards of the chain plates for the fore and back stays. If we get backwinded the sail is just pushed against the mast. Not a big deal, the rig is strong enough to stay up. The boat is then either turned around the right direction automatically or we lift the lower boom with the spilling lines and use a paddle. Backwinding only happened once so far. We were sailing in very light conditions and the wind suddenly changed 180°. To be sure everything is safe we tried it in stronger wind on purpose. No problems at all. But as said, it hardly happens while sailing and we actually dont spend much time thinking about it.
@@proasisproject thanks for reply, clear.