noahtodras
New Member
stripped outrigger
Been sailing for a little over a year, couldn't stop thinking about finally building a boat of my own efforts, something that might match what I want out of sailing more than any of the boats I've gotten used off craigslist in the past 12 months..
My goals for this are:
-cartoppable
-single handed
-can be paddled fairly conveniently
-can accommodate a carload of people
-not an obnoxious setup time
-stability
-speed (or at least, thrill)
After endless deliberation and not actually building anything, I finally decided to build an outrigger; a center hull longer, narrower, and ideally lighter than my royalex oldtown camper, with amas, akas, maybe even trampolines or hiking seats... all controlled by the captain, who steers with his feet, controls lines led back to the cockpit, and when necessary, has hands free to paddle.
So far I've put the main hull together out of western red cedar on station molds - the design of the molds is sort of a conservative result of eyeballing countless outrigger and single hull canoes on the internet, as well as the meager knowledge gleaned from the dinghies I've sailed and paddling the canoe. The strips are 1/4" by 3/4" bead and cove that I made myself, which I mention to illustrate their slight inconsistencies compared to those professionally made.
I've got foam and plywood to construct the amas, which I'll hopefully accomplish soon and have pictures.
This is my first boatbuilding project and I feel like for every step forward I am continually correcting mistakes I had no idea I was making, and I welcome any constructive advice or criticism.
It'll probably take me a few posts to figure out how to best embed images... I've attached a photo of the stripped center hull, which I am currently sanding fair before I glass it.
Been sailing for a little over a year, couldn't stop thinking about finally building a boat of my own efforts, something that might match what I want out of sailing more than any of the boats I've gotten used off craigslist in the past 12 months..
My goals for this are:
-cartoppable
-single handed
-can be paddled fairly conveniently
-can accommodate a carload of people
-not an obnoxious setup time
-stability
-speed (or at least, thrill)
After endless deliberation and not actually building anything, I finally decided to build an outrigger; a center hull longer, narrower, and ideally lighter than my royalex oldtown camper, with amas, akas, maybe even trampolines or hiking seats... all controlled by the captain, who steers with his feet, controls lines led back to the cockpit, and when necessary, has hands free to paddle.
So far I've put the main hull together out of western red cedar on station molds - the design of the molds is sort of a conservative result of eyeballing countless outrigger and single hull canoes on the internet, as well as the meager knowledge gleaned from the dinghies I've sailed and paddling the canoe. The strips are 1/4" by 3/4" bead and cove that I made myself, which I mention to illustrate their slight inconsistencies compared to those professionally made.
I've got foam and plywood to construct the amas, which I'll hopefully accomplish soon and have pictures.
This is my first boatbuilding project and I feel like for every step forward I am continually correcting mistakes I had no idea I was making, and I welcome any constructive advice or criticism.
It'll probably take me a few posts to figure out how to best embed images... I've attached a photo of the stripped center hull, which I am currently sanding fair before I glass it.
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