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It looks to have to low a Bruce number to sail as a multihull. Maybe the outriggers were for hiking tramps? Kinda looks like a planing hull.

Seems way to beamy for a multihull, got a lot of rocker too. Why restore it if you don't know what it is?

[QUOTE I looking for design advice for the step attachment to the bottom of the boat[/QUOTE]

I used a 1" thick piece of hard wood 12" wide with a square hole cut through for the step mounted on...

I like the little balanced lug! I first tried that type of rig on my Waapa because I was using bamboo for the spar and had to have a sail that didn't have parrel lines to run up and down because of...

Rudders and skegs really sap the energy out of paddling. They are like having the emergency brake left on. Try and solve the imbalance by using some ballast forward or aft. If you are not loaded...

I seem to recall reading about Zeno some time in the past now that you refresh my mind.

I found your photos of your rig, nice! I have built a Waapa. There's some photos on GD's website and way...

Very cool. Who's Zeno? Great build by the way, looks like a lot of fun. Any photos of the sailing rig?

I just checked some photos of whales on google. I work in western alaska and I see this profile all the time, I guess I must mis-identify whales oftener than I think.

actually more like a humpback!

Looks exactly like a finwhale!

Thanks Stazzer!

Here are a couple of photos of the use of innertube for clamps. I no longer can post photos here. Something has changed since I last did that. ...

Hello! You have touched on a subject I know something about! I have used old innertube for decades for all kinds of lashing. Usually what I do is make sure the strip is long enough to get as many...

Hello! I was browsing through threads and came upon your discussion. I thought I'd throw in something from my own experience in cold water paddling. When I was in school there weren't any...

Interesting theory, very profound! I think you should name it "The Theory of Special Relativity" since it applies 'specially to sailboats, or is that taken?

Wheeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!!!!!!!

Yes, I do like leeboards! They suit what I'm doing with sailing canoes just fine. I have all kinds of boats, monohulls, whitewater paddling and most everything in between. It all depends on...

There indeed may be performance penaltys for the use of a leeboard as compared to centerboard but there are also penaltys for centerboard in the board up mode such as sailing off the wind. You get...

Thanks again, That would be helpful, the newest now appear last.

Don't stop there with the dealbreakers: there's the spoiling of the cockpit space with the box, the danger of destroying your boat if you run aground (daggerboard), the problem of no adjustment to...

Ahh, thanks! I haven't even explored any of the settings available for this site. Still enjoying reading all the old postings.

There is a photo of a small tacking proa that I posted on page 36 of this thread. I don't know if your computer paginates the same as mine but it is not far back. I built that little boat as a sort...

I have made several tacking boats with leeboards. From the first one I learned to have a leeboard on either side. By doing that you can build them very light and not use any hardware at all. I...

I also used sanding dust to make my fillet. It was all that was available to use in West Africa where I built my canoes. I got it from a furniture factory. Through trial and error I found the best...

The rule of thumb I was taught is if you add the air temp to the water temp and it is less than 100 then there is danger of hypothermia. I'm a little more conservative. I wear my farmer john if the...

PeteCress,

I am mostly coastwise sailing also. We have Puget Sound and the San Juan Islands and the Inside Passage to cruise around here. Sometimes one has to go "outside" to get somewhere like...

Have to find the strategy that works for your situation I guess. That sounds like a good one. Might not want to do that if the water is 40 degrees as it is here in the Northwest. In extreme wind...

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This will get you a lot of attention...

Are you talking about the CSK cat that belonged the the Actor of Gunsmoke?



I just looked at the photos and obviously it is not the boat I am familiar with. Coincidence that they have the...

What's your alternative?

What doesn't kill you makes you smarter!

What fond memories this thread brings back!  Check this out, built one in West Africa:

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What fond memories this thread brings back! Check this out, built one in West Africa:

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Pitchpoing: reef early
blown over : reef early

The last problem there is no solution for! LOL

You should have a rescue plan if you capsize. If you are thinking your boat can swamp...

How would you swamp in flat water? screw some small pad eyes on the gunls, put your heavy gear on the bottom of the boat, lace in some floatation and then blow it up drum tight. Keep a bilge pump...

If you have ever beached your centerboard boat in a little swell and had a pebble get stuck in the centerboard box and not be able to get the board down again you will always think kindly of...

Wade, Is your girlfreind Ghanian? My wife is from Ghana. She's in some of the photos.

Most of the time the police will find some excuse to get a bribe, the sight of the canoe on the roof is a perfect oportunity for that, but sometimes they'll just pull you over and say it's time for...

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Your right and that's the way I sail this boat. Must be something about the video that gave you the impression that I had the ama in the lee. You can, if you have some reason to, sail it the wrong...

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Well, success, sort of. There are three vids on the youtube but only one shows here until you get to the end and then there is the second one just under...

They use the heavy wood because it is impervious to insects. Wood in Africa will dissapear almost before your eyes from hungry bugs. There is a funny little beetle which bores into wood making...

did this work? I am trying to figure out how to post an image.

I am sailing on the Volta River below Akosombo dam. Downstream the river becomes a lake again when it comes up against the Kpong dam. The river continues about 80K again after the Kpong dam to the...

Hello!! This is Chris the guy with the Waapa in Ghana! I'm back from work finally. I've been eagerly reading all this this string and was very surprised to be reading myself!! That was fun! How...