crazy canoe cat

[captainsideburn]

check out this cool vid, someone just out there doing it
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fYqNt...eature=related

[hoytedow]

A fun outing it was, to be sure!

[keysdisease]

Awesome in its simplicity. The crossarm that carries the mast also carries the stays and the leeboards. I wonder what that alum looking tube is that looks lashed to the fore and aft beam on centerline?

I would have liked to see the steering.

Looks well thought out and they seem to sailing along very nicely.

Cool Steve

[magwas]

Here is the page of the builder. The shortest vid makes a quick tour of the canoe.
http://www.youtube.com/user/c3hercules

I am not sure whether I understand what I am seeing. I think the alu tube seems to be the handle of the tiller, while it seems that the backstay is footed in the shaft of the rudder/back foil.
This boat is built to make impossible to break any ONE thing. Ingenious.

[keysdisease]

Thanks Magwas,

Yes its the tiller extension, and its lashed which indicates a well balanced boat to sail w helm unattended for that long.

[Stevo]

Hey all. I call it Nufoiler Canoemaran. The large alum is a Sunfish mast I brought just for GP. The tiller/extension is not lashed but the pivot bolt contacts the spine well enough that you can set it and trim it a few degrees. I just threw it together two years ago. Its got two rudders now, but that designs' gonna get scrapped soon anyway, wider is better
check out the fast vid: www.youtube.com/watch?v=s0xTZH3nYAw

[Wavewacker]

Are the canoes identical, same make and model?

I have a 16' canoe, chepie made of Rolex and I was thinking about getting anouther just like it and doing the same. Use some fiberglass tent poles and add some shade. Also thought of a hard deck to cross from one hull to the other.

Great job! Like it!

[Stevo]

They are both "Coleman 15's" but the green is a little newer. It has two handles, one either end, and just a fuzz more arc to its length/ Stem and stern points sit about 1.5 in higher above centerline than Red. They weigh the same +/-5 lbs at 70 each. Bimini of sorts would be there's not that much room under my beam! Forget about the hard deck man, paddling is a must through that void there, unless you like dancing!

[Howaya]

Good thing you put the red one on port and the green one on starboard. Otherwise, you'd never hear the end of it!

[Stevo]

The first incarnation actually had two reds then we found the green one at a yard sale for $50. Here is my new beam of poplar to support the old boards at a 45 deg, toed in 4. The aft beam is of hickory. I got it up on plane last year but broke the leeward mount. She foil/planes now but starts to drag the POS rudder bosses. Its a work in progress!

http://www.boatdesign.net/forums/att...n-imgp3650.jpg (The first one)