canoe sailing

Has anybody ever done any canoe sailing? What type of rig did you set up? How did it work?

Where could I get plans for the setup?

Suggestions/warnings appreciated.

Thanks

Case

There have been some posts
on sailing canoes and links to sailing pages. If you don’t want to search Pnet try a google or yahoo search they will bring up much of what your looking for. You also have Pnet advertisers that sell sailing rigs for canoes. Spring Creek for one http://www.canoegear.com/html/

canoe sailing
i’ve been ‘developing’ a sailing canoe off and on for 40 years. if you really want to get into sailing a sunfish, laser, or other dedicated sailboat will sail circles around most sailing canoes. dont misunderstand, i love my canoe and sail it occasionally, but for a lot less effort and probably less money a sunfish will be a better sailboat. heres my canoe http://community.webshots.com/album/117757299XGfGyS

I do
I am an avid canoe sailor. Daytrips, expeditions. We once sailed 150 miles down the lower Missinaibi River to James Bay in Ontarios far north.



I try to get out 1-2x a week for day sails.



After retrofitting open canoes for a couple of years I built a stitch and glue decked canoe.



This summer we are sailing/paddling the Pukaskwa Coast on Lake Superior. Whooah!



I like the balanced lug.



Lots of free online information.



The granddaddy of all is the CheapPages:

http://www.friend.ly.net/~dadadata/canoes.html

Some links
I agree that a used Sunfish makes a better sailing boat and costs less but a sailing canoe is very versitile and so challenging to sail well, that it is a lot of fun.



The ACA website has some links for canoe sailing at: http://www.enter.net/~skimmer/



Also there is a yahoo group and the folks at Watertribe.com know a lot about canoe sailing.



As for my boat I made my own rigs from windsurfing gear. My summer mast is a full windsurfer mast with and old style windsurfer sail that doesn’t have any battens. My rig for the other 3 months is the top half of a windsurfer mast with a balanced lug rig that can be reefed to a very small size. I really like my leeboard set up, but I broken most rudder systems I’ve tried so I still steer with and oar or a paddle.

Just Started this Spring
Check out the book Canoe Rig by Todd Bradshaw.

Some pics of my lug rig (green boat) and Hal’s leg o mutton/lanteen(Sand boat).

http://community.webshots.com/album/549351804JBrwFb



The yahoo group is at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/sailing_canoes/



Lots of good stuff here http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~fassitt/canoe_mirror/canoe_sailing.html

Lug Vs Batwing
Hey Hoz, you like your lug better than your Batwing?

I’d love to hear the pros and cons of each as I’m thinking hard about building a bigger sail and am thinking about something like the batwing.

mixed emotions
For wow factor the batwing looks neat. For everyday all around sailing I like my 39 sq ft lug better.



I made a 50 sq ft lug last fall. Had it out twice so far this season. The leech flutters a little. I may haveto install a couple of battens.