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Sailing rigs for MacGregor canoe
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Re: Sailing rigs for MacGregor canoe
Kind, hell. I want that in my magazine.Ed Maurer
Skinny Hull sailing magazinewww.skinnyhull.com
Florida Fly Fishing Magazine http://FlaFlyFish.com/Comment
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Re: Sailing rigs for MacGregor canoe
Why not delete this post and begin a new thread? Then you don't walk on this topic. Plenty here are happy to help. Also in Canoe Sailing Magazine.Ed Maurer
Skinny Hull sailing magazinewww.skinnyhull.com
Florida Fly Fishing Magazine http://FlaFlyFish.com/Comment
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Re: Sailing rigs for MacGregor canoe
I had a standing lug rig on my 12 foot skiff, and while it performed satisfactorally overall, it had one major drawback. In stronger winds the unstayed mast would bend thus decreasing the the length between gaff and tack, with the result that the luff would sag and the sail would become fuller in shape just when you don't want this. I changed the rig to gaff, with the luff laced to the mast. Now when the mast bends the sail is flattened, and the so the boat is much more efficient sailing to windward, is easier to to keep upright, and a pleasure to sail in stronger winds. The only drawbacks with the gaff rig are that two halyiards are required, and you need to pull the luff of the sail down when lowering, which, as another correspondent noted, is not easy in a small, tender, craft (but you can readily 'scandalize' the gaff). The drawback to the lug as I have described may be less in a sailing canoe compared with the skiff, since the greater beam of the skiff would generate more power in the rig.Comment
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Re: Sailing rigs for MacGregor canoe
Here's a sailing canoe built by Ed Frey of Fortuna, CA. Sounds like the rig is close to the one suggested above.
"The enemies of reason have a certain blind look."
Doctor Jacquin to Lieutenant D'Hubert, in Ridley Scott's first major film _The Duellists_.Comment
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Re: Sailing rigs for MacGregor canoe
Old boat, Thorne, how'd you come by it?Ed Maurer
Skinny Hull sailing magazinewww.skinnyhull.com
Florida Fly Fishing Magazine http://FlaFlyFish.com/Comment
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Re: Sailing rigs for MacGregor canoe
Not mine, currently owned by my friend John (last photo above) and his wife Pia in the Eureka CA area. Not too old, builder Ed is still alive and kicking...top photo from left to right = Ed, John, Pia.Last edited by Thorne; 02-20-2009, 11:24 AM."The enemies of reason have a certain blind look."
Doctor Jacquin to Lieutenant D'Hubert, in Ridley Scott's first major film _The Duellists_.Comment
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Re: Sailing rigs for MacGregor canoe
...so it's just an oil finish, that's why it's black? Doesn't look like paint.Ed Maurer
Skinny Hull sailing magazinewww.skinnyhull.com
Florida Fly Fishing Magazine http://FlaFlyFish.com/Comment
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Re: Sailing rigs for MacGregor canoe
Yep, Ed's boat soup mix. She leaks enough when drysailed to require being sunk for a day before use...
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Let's not hijack this thread any further, OK?
;0 )"The enemies of reason have a certain blind look."
Doctor Jacquin to Lieutenant D'Hubert, in Ridley Scott's first major film _The Duellists_.Comment
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Re: Sailing rigs for MacGregor canoe
Yes, dear....Ed Maurer
Skinny Hull sailing magazinewww.skinnyhull.com
Florida Fly Fishing Magazine http://FlaFlyFish.com/Comment
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I'm curious how your leeboard(s?) attach to the side of the canoe with the coaming/deck attached. Any chance of a closeup photo of this area?Comment
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