GTO's approach sounds good. I will give it a try. Thanx guys.
Have we figured out where the water came in yet? Aside from curiosity, it seems like a vital piece of info for your retrofit.
I am working on making an outrigger sailing canoe and plan to put on an approx. 3' leeboard that will attach somehow to the side of the 17' canoe....
Here is an old photo I found on Google of a sailing dory up in the Yukon in 1900.
Here is the thing- most people will tell you that a sailboat hull, given the keel, is going to be a pig in the water as a rowboat. I would go the...
Is there a reason you prefer to use a sailboat over a large dory?
Here are some photos of the ama construction. The finished product will be painted black and white and be somewhat stylized.
You guys are awesome. I was all concerned because, to be honest, I plan to sail this thing from the Connecticut River here all the way to...
Hello again Alan, I looked on Wikipedia and got a quick education on how hull length and speed are related. Here is the link if anyone is...
Thank you everyone for your input. I first heard of outrigger canoes about six weeks ago so I am in the very steep part of the learning curve. By...
I am most of the way through turning a 17' Grumman aluminum canoe into an outrigger sailing canoe. You may have gathered by my choice of hulls...
