Thanks Antonio,
I discovered that the other day when I went looking for references to the AeroRig. Here's a posting I made on another forum:
They've stopped building it in full scale for a number of reasons both financial and some quality build problems. But there were a number of yachts built with this rig.
Another name for this rig type would be a 'balestron rig'.
http://pws.prserv.net/c-m/ML-fs/Mona-Lisa-for-sale.html http://www.pedigreecats.com/js/js52home.htm http://www.raeng.org.uk/prizes/macro...99/aerorig.htm http://barbara-ann.net/ril_51.html http://www.bcryachts.com/index.php?id=182561 http://www.boatquest.com/All/Manufac...D/1/boats.aspx http://www.yachtlanovia.com/ http://www.yachtshare.com/cgi-bin/displayaboat?bid=257 http://marinedirectory.ybw.com/repri...m=ybw&id=11588 http://www.geocities.com/jp_br/Dreampage/List-AC.html
PROBLEMS
http://sailinganarchy.com/general/2003/aerorig.htm
GOOD PHOTO
http://www.yachtfractions.co.uk/os/detail.asp?ID=360
Just found the 'double AeroRig' application I sighted above:
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When Brazilian adventurer Amyr Klink attempts a 50,000 mile polar circumnavigation next year, he will catch the wind with two AeroRigs. His new boat Paratii 2, a 28 metre aluminium schooner, is currently being built in Brazil, and Carbospars will supply the rigs at the end of 1999. Klink is an AeroRig convert, after using one on his old 15 metre steel-hulled cruiser, Paratii, on the first ever single-handed circumnavigation around Antarctica. The trip took him just 88 days instead of the expected 100, because the AeroRig made the boat more stable and easier to handle, even in mountainous seas. After 9,700 miles, enduring winds up to 120 kilometres an hour, and waves up to 20 metres high, Klink wrote "I am really pleased with the AeroRig - it keeps the boat well balanced." http://www.raeng.org.uk/news/release....htm?NewsID=83
LOTS OF GOOD DISCUSSIONS
http://www.geocities.com/jp_br/Dreampage/Catamaran.html http://www.geocities.com/jp_br/Dreampage/Catamaran.html http://www.sailingmagazine.net/perry_jutson56.html http://www.harryproa.com/faqs.htm