[MHml] Rob Denny's 400 Ft Proa?

[CarloBackhausen at aol.com]

In einer eMail vom 11.01.2007 11:39:14 Westeuropäische Normalzeit schreibt  
john at ChampEngineering.com:

This the greatest age of sailing technological  change we have ever seen.  I 
can't help but wondering what's next.   Is it me, or are the French kicking 
everybody's *ss in developing cool  boats.  Have they risen to dominate the 
world's oceans once again without  firing a single shot?  Sure seems so.  We are 
over here making  fatter and fatter monohulls, bigger and bigger roomarans and 
they seem to come  out with something new and cool every week.  Ian is 
designing the  most practical, toughest boats you can build, but the French (yea my 
mother is  from La Rochelle) seem to be on another level of imagination and 
willingness  to try new things.  Just some late night thoughts from somebody glad 
to  live in this incredible age.
 
 
jam



Hi Jam,
you said what I feel but cannot express, due to my limited  English language 
school knowledge. You are so right.  England rules the waves, America waves 
the rules, but France is in the lead in  developing multihulls, owning every 
record 
(trans Atlantic East to West in seven days, West to East in four days) beside 
the single-handed circum navigation by Dame Ellen McArthur on an English (?) 
trimaran. What are the Dick-Newicks, Arthur-Pivers and  Hobie-Alters doing in 
these days beside taking a leasurly downwind sail  ?
Carlo
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