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I'd agree it doesn't sound appetizing at all but with the right proportion of sea water it was actually pretty good. Anyway, hunger is the finest spice

@@nandortanczos4956 oh i wouldnt say that i prefer it. Hmm, everything has advantages and disadvantages. I still want to try different sails. I figured i needed to go on a big trip with the lug to see how it did. I also did a similar trip with the previous crabclaw but i lost the camera at the end so it didnt become a video, sadly. I would definitely recomment starting out with a small crabclaw, for this boat 6sqm was a good size. (Which is my reefed size here) that was still plenty exciting when i was just learning. After i became confidant i could handle that in heavy conditions i made a bigger sail. Also with a crab claw brailing lines work to instantly depower the sail, apart from reducing windward ability they work really well and you can tap the brakes in the gusts

@@granthenderson-c1i thanks Grant!

Thanks Ian!

@@bentucker5009 yes it is! It had been in golden bay a long time, while we where here on the beach a kayaker arrived and told us that thier friend, who was a kayak guide in able tasman, used to live on it. For quite a while 15 years? Impressive on such a small boat mine feels like a palace in comparison!

There is also a photo of that tane nui on the wharram.com tane nui gallery

​@dominictarrsailing thanks. I wondered what happened to her. I had heard a kayaker bought her, and thought she headed up to fiji at one stage? Anyway, a great boat, though very small inside. I was impressed by it's speed, comfort and safety at sea. At one stage we just had the small staysail up, and were still surfing very fast at 15+ knots. Next move was the drogue. Good work on the proa seems like a very successful design.

@bentucker5009 yeah if recall yeah that had been the plan, got all the gear then went for it and got a storm up the west coast and decided yeah, nah. However it now belongs to mikey (who appears briefly at the end of this video) we both sailed our yellow wharrams up the west coast, including a NE gale at the top, (there is a video of this too) currently hes rennovating it in a creek on waiheke next to his houseboat

It was much better than it looked!

thanks, yes that's the idea! Yeah I was surprised how well that shot worked!

@@chrispalmer1255 haha awesome! Yeah i think this form of cruising is actually the best. You are closer to nature and requires a lot less expense than a big boat!

@@TomStuchberySailing thanks Tom! Because the mast is offset to windward, but the tack is at the bow, moving the mast to windward also moves the sail forward. And also looking from behind, the sail is more inline with the hull. Also since the boom is really long, just sheeting in and out also moves the sail area around a lot! Also shifting weight. Thanks for the suggestion, Ill look into how dinghy sailors maintain twist free lines!

Oh yeah, that makes sense! And moving your weight back would do heaps. I suppose your boat is also kinda auto-depowering because as the windward hull and centreboard comes out of the water it might slip sideways a bit (although maybe the main hull still has heaps of sideways resistance?)

@TomStuchberySailing the board doesnt come out until you've heeled *too much* but i do think that loosing grip in that case does reduce capsize risk. I tried sailing with no board when i first built it. I could point okay but made so much leeway that i couldnt make progress to windward (luckily i made it back to the beach i left from though!) The board on the ama also helps keep you beam on with the sail down, while reefing for example.

haha, thanks Dominic

thanks Gary! glad you had fun!!!

yes I know Gary I have stayed at his house even! I have learnt a lot from him! My boat definitely has some dierking influences (and also some things that I've done differently)

and his book's on my shelf!

@@rossbarnett3759 thanks for the support Ross, i appreciate it! Haha main hazard in whangarei is the shallowness and current, which is not a big deal when you float in 15cm of water with the board up! Its much easier to get in through the surf than to get out... maybe with a good breeze blowing along the beach. But so much depends on the geography of the beach (as surfers know, but i am just learning). Another option might be dropping an anchor omon the way in so i can pull myself straight through the waves

@@rossbarnett3759 oh yeah and the selfie stick is sized to be the backup mast if needed!

@@Worldslayer85 thanks, Dan!

oh haha, that beach is quite difficult to get to. there were some flash houses up the hill though, I'd be most worried about the council taking it! I did leave a note with my phone number in that case. Also, outrigger canoes have a magic forcefield that protects them. Notice that waka ama are just left chained outside on a rack, but rowing shells need to be stored inside a shed...

"don't reef just sail faster" as my friend Logan says (who races beach cats)

is this something you have used personally? I think id'd want to see what it feels like before using it as the mainsheet, especially since they seem quite pricey!

Nice one Dominic. Your trust in the universe is impressive...I'm amazed your Waka was still there in one piece after a month

@dominictarrsailing Yes it's pretty pricey if you could find some stiff Vectran and you pre-stretched it with a purchase it would become Anti torsion. I used quite a stiff Vectran for the mainsheet which worked well didn't twist and tangle.

@dr10501 okay cool. I have a favorite shop here which sells yacht rope seconds, cheap. that where i got the current sheet from. Will keep my eyes peeled for vectran. Thats kevlar, right?

@@dominictarrsailing Kevlar and Vectran are both Aramid fibres Vectran does melt a bit easier than Kevlar but Vectran has less stretch than Kevlar.

thanks! yeah you just gotta make sure you have the correct boat equipment, lifejacket, radio, so they couldn't possible get you into trouble for that. And be at least fully below the tide line. Yeah the windward stay has a 4:1 multipurchase. it's still pretty heavy to tighten though if the wind is on it. It's a very important adjustment, I set the rough course with the windward stay then do fine control with the sheet. It's hard to use the ww stay to turn down quickly but you can ease it to turn up quickly

heh I think that require a bit bigger budget than I have access too but if someone were to provide me with a suitable vessel I'd give it a go!

yes! you too! It's starting to look like I might not be able to make it to the raid this weekend but maybe the next?

@@dominictarrsailing I'm going to be doing the Tasmanian raid next week and through to the Hobart Australian Wooden Boat Festival so sadly will miss Mahurangi. But, there will be other raids, and I hope to catch up with you at one of them.

​@@jwboatdesignsthat sounds fun! and I hear there is gonna be a Tucker proa at the festival. Yes see you at another raid!

very nice... that's basically my plan for this year too!

hmm tension could be a factor. When it becomes too annoying I take it out and trail it in the water and that seems to fix it for a while. I could disable swiveling, I'll try that!

Agreed- if it’s a swivel block that’s likely allowing the twisting. Had the same problem years ago with a gaff peak halyard that had a swivel block set on a bridle. Made it a fixed blocked and fixed the twisting halyard.

@@Moleasses102 oh this reminds me... I had this problem on my cat and I disabled the twisting

thanks! Mbuli doesn't fit it with my plans because I just spent 6 months renovating Yes Let's to prepare to go up to the islands, and this little proa fits on deck, but the mbuli doesn't. I do daydream about a proa that scale but not till I get back I think!

Yes, I too considered Mbuli too big to stow on "Yes lets" deck !

hmm, I can't have a swivelling block at the bottom because that one is held straight by the bitter end coming to my hand (I don't cleat it, would probably capsize like that)

hmm yes that might work

do it!

heh well it was quite difficult to get to that beach, part of why I picked it. the proa is too weird most people wouldn't know what to do with it. It's quite common in NZ to have dinghies chained to a tree etc, outboards do get stolen sometimes, but it would have to be something that's easy to sell to be worth stealing

👋!!!

thanks scruffy!

hahaha Tom Hanks wouldn't be stuck on that island long if he had a boat like this!

I think you mean the ama (float) the vaka is the main hull, aka is the crossbeams.

@@dominictarrsailing You are correct! Consider me edumicated.

yeah, it doesn't really seem to mind a bit of gear. I think because it's got a relatively wide hull, just under 12:1 ratio. A more skinny racing hull would sail faster but it would also submerge more as you add gear, which would increase wetted surface and slow down more than this seems to. I think having a second person on board is noticable but i've also always only ever done that in mild conditions so I don't know top speed 2 up