: I'm not familiar with the Coot so i couldn't form a judgement.
: However I had some success a few years ago sailing a plastic
: kayak without cutting a daggerboard slot. My solution was to use
: a Bruce Foil; there is information on the net. Briefly the BF is
: a sort of leeboard on an outrigger, it is canted to the vertical
: so that leeway causes it to develop an anti-heeling force. The
: pic is the very first proto - only 12 sq ft sail area, I don't
: seem to have a pic of a later model with a larger sail. The
: whole rig folded up on the foredeck.

Thanks for the information. That's a very interesting rig in that it allows the boat to 'stand up' to the sail as well as reducing leeway. The Coot is a pram & has lots of form stability (Nick says it's a 'fat boat') so the ama would not be necessary.
Harry