Proa sketches in Rhino
Windward Pilothouse, Leeward Salon, Single Entrance, August 27, 2014
Have been dancing around this idea for decades and am back here again to solve the problem of accessing the central hull from the bridge deck, without traversing the low ceiling salon. Moving the salon to leeward allows a single, very conventional hatch with direct access below - three steps, 24". Sketches are unrefined explorations of accomodation space.
Winter Solstice, December, 2015
Grasshopper Salon/Coach, July, 2015
Coach Dimensions... August, 2014
Grasshopper hulls, Apr 16, 2014
interior - below beam... Apr 5, 2014
wide coach roof... Mar 31, 2014
coach/pilot roof shapes... Mar 26, 2014
safety ama musings... Mar 24, 2014
Model Notes history...
These sketches of a 70' Pacific proa were done in the process of learning Rhino CAD. Nothing is final. The basic parameters of the vessel were defined decades ago, the "saftey ama" to leeward is new, and there is still a lot of room for style (like cars!).
This safety ama is one foot off the water at rest, provides 4,300 displacement at 10 degrees heel and gets max. displacement (12,500 lbs.) at 15 degrees heel angle.