There aren't a lot of boats that can paddle well and sail well. One of the nice things about boats like this is that they can be easily de-rigged of the amas, akas and sail rigs and returned to straight forward canoe use for paddling trips. The boat is rigged with a 2 hp Honda outboard and makes 6 knots at half throttle carrying a full load as shown in the photos. of sail area for upwind angles and can also fly a small screacher for offwind work. This boat also runs a leeboard and the same kind of rudder setup. The white canoe with the blue sails is a much more developed sailing version of an expedition grade, decked canoe. This boat is pretty quick under sail when kept light, it's very helm sensitive and an absolute delight to sail. main sail, inflatable amas set five feet from the center of the canoe hull, a leeboard as described and a flip-up rudder for shallow water work. I've been building and designing sailing canoes for a number of years now and the advice about using a three foot deep (in the water) leeboard is very good, short of punching a hole in the hull and going with a daggerboard.īoth of the sailing canoes you see below utilize leeboards for leeway resistance. Alan's comments are sound regarding sailing canoes.
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