On 31 Aug 2006 21:38:24 -0700, in rec.boats.paddle "Hanta-Yo-Yo"
wrote:


!Jones wrote:
On Wed, 30 Aug 2006 17:53:26 +0200, in rec.boats.paddle Wilko
wrote:

!Jones wrote:

Yes, well, I believe I acknowledged that as an issue. Designing
*anything* is full of trade-offs... this is life. My issue is that,
left without a sanity check, I'll put so many gadgets and gizmos on it
that it'll need the extra flotation just to stay on the surface.
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Jones... who is going to mount a harpoon gun on the front... Sharks,
you know. (Do depth charges work better?)

LOL!!!

I'd go for a big laser, so you can also get rid of those pesky aliens
trying to abduct your boat! ;-)

Well, just lookin' around on the trusty old Google, I see that ama
boats have quite a devoted following, particularly down under.

Jones

Check out Yahoo Groups, Sailing Canoes, they have many threads about
ama! HYY

Thanks. I'll do that.

I'm looking at a $300 - $400 add on to an existing boat and wondering
if I'll see any improvement in flat water stability with a load... and
sometimes a sail. Thoes guys design the ama in from scratch and take
far bigger water than I ever will.

But... yeah, they're worth reading; I'm doing so now... and wondering
why the topic gets such a violent negative reacrion here. Obviously,
they're not for everyone.

Jones

Jones