This is a fanciful drawing of an idea. Within a few days I will be putting up a design based upon a model scaled at one inch to the foot giving a sixteen foot double ended proa.. A model gives the designer an idea of construction problems before they happen on the full sized boat and gives the builder a clearer picture of how he is going to proceed.
An unanticipated by product of the model was to give me an idea of now lines are to be attached to the sail fig. This is of the point downwards type differing to the one shown in that the sail is framed by spars on the vertical sides, ,the mast and the tip of the sail free moving so as to steer the craft