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Re: Seeking: Sail Rig? :) or :(
By:yellowbelly
Date: 4/8/2012, 8:28 am
In Response To: Seeking: Sail Rig? :) or :( (Rob Macks/Laughing Loon CC&K)

Hi Rob,

Here in the UK, Flat Earth Sails seem to get the most exposure, significantly by Douglas Wilcox in his blog and forum posts. He's enthusiastic about them and has published some testing of crosswind performance (somewhere on his blog).

http://www.ukriversguidebook.co.uk/forum/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=89307&sid=7346e0dc4a4487b0d1f27a1d3717003f

http://seakayakphoto.blogspot.co.uk/2010/07/flat-earth-kayak-sails-fitting.html

(There seems to be a difference in the position of the mast between this and the Tasmanian guys.)

No personal experience but I can see it as another way to subdivide sea kayakers. I can't imagine a group of sailors and non-sailors staying safely together.

. . . . Ben

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Seeking: Sail Rig? :) or :(
Rob Macks/Laughing Loon CC&K -- 4/5/2012, 7:56 pm
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Dave Gentry -- 4/5/2012, 9:10 pm
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ancient kayaker -- 4/7/2012, 11:17 pm
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Mike Bielski -- 4/5/2012, 9:48 pm
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Rob Macks/Laughing Loon CC&K -- 4/6/2012, 7:58 am
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Mike Bielski -- 4/6/2012, 8:33 am
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Roy Martin -- 4/6/2012, 9:11 am
Re: Seeking: Sail Rig? :) or :( *PIC*
Patrick Forrester -- 4/6/2012, 8:46 am
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Nick Schade - Guillemot Kayaks -- 4/6/2012, 9:47 am
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Rob Macks/Laughing Loon CC&K -- 4/6/2012, 11:07 am
Re: Sail Rig *PIC*
Paul G. Jacobson -- 4/6/2012, 6:52 pm
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Marc Upchurch -- 4/18/2012, 11:42 am
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lewishb -- 4/20/2012, 11:11 am
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Bill Hamm -- 4/22/2012, 1:56 am
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Marc Upchurch -- 4/22/2012, 7:56 am
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Bill Hamm -- 4/23/2012, 12:52 am
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Marc Upchurch -- 4/23/2012, 8:04 am
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Bill Hamm -- 4/24/2012, 1:03 am
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Marc Upchurch -- 4/24/2012, 8:01 am
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Bill Hamm -- 4/25/2012, 1:31 am
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Bill Hamm -- 4/23/2012, 12:55 am
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Marc Upchurch -- 4/23/2012, 8:08 am
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yellowbelly -- 4/8/2012, 8:28 am