Micro sailboat?

Discussion in 'Sailboats' started by GTiGuy, Feb 1, 2007.

  1. ancient kayaker
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    ancient kayaker aka Terry Haines

    It was great to learn that there are other micro-boat enthusiasts out there. I have a much smaller sail on my 9ft kayak and it will generate a bow wave that will wet my elbows in a decent blow on a reach or run. It seems very fast that close to the water but probably 4kt tops. Desperately slow upwind - I cannot get myself low enough to reduce the windage. I had a lot of fun experimenting with it. It has a bruce foil to offset the heeling moment since it's virtually impossible to hike out on a kayak. With more than 80 sq ft sail area and a keel the 2.4m should go well in a puff of wind.
     

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