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Re: Sailing rigs for kayaks
By:Chip Sandresky
Date: 9/20/2001, 4:49 pm
In Response To: Sailing rigs for kayaks (Dan St. Gean)

That CLC trimaran rig is pretty cool looking. IMHO... when you increase the sail area as much as you're implying, you need to beef up the other structures or you're asking for trouble. It's just not a kayak any more. Woodenboat.com sells catamaran plans that look pretty good.

There is also a book called Canoe Rig by Todd Bradshaw that you may find interesting. A canoe (this is canoe week) can become a Proa since it is a double-ender. A Proa has a single outrigger and you "shunt" forward and backward rather than tack side to side. The outrigger always stays windward on a Pacific Proa, the outrigger always stays leeward on an Atlantic Proa.

I wouldn't attempt a homespun catamaran with a large sail; it sounds dangerous.

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Sailing rigs for kayaks
Dan St. Gean -- 9/20/2001, 2:25 pm
Re: Sailing rigs for kayaks
Porter -- 9/28/2001, 11:06 am
Re: Sailing rigs for kayaks
Dan St. Gean -- 9/28/2001, 12:08 pm
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Dan St. Gean -- 9/21/2001, 9:03 am
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LeeG -- 9/21/2001, 2:18 pm
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Dan St. Gean -- 9/21/2001, 4:17 pm
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risto -- 9/22/2001, 8:25 am
Re: Sailing rigs for kayaks *Pic*
Brian T. Cunningham -- 9/24/2001, 2:45 pm
Re: Sailing rigs for kayaks
Chip Sandresky -- 9/20/2001, 4:49 pm