ALOHA from Hawaii, I have a Grumman 17' aluminum double ended canoe which I have added a fiberglass ama outrigger. I just purchased a used 5.8 sq. meter...
1) Yes you can, but it needs to be well dried to have adequate stiffness and it needs to have a good wall thickness. Some bamboo grows so fast that the walls...
bamboo makes for a great, resilient mast. i use it and always will until i go hi-tech. properly dried, many types have the same strength as mast aluminum. use...
You can use whatever you want; worst case scenario: the mast breaks and you have to paddle back... However if your windsurf sail is less than 10 years old you...
Hello Chris, I enjoyed seeing the video and the pictures that were posted some time ago. Would love to see your XCR entered in the EC Challenge, as it would...
Thanks, so much, Brad. Kellan and I will be doing the Duckworks, Texas 200 this year in June. www.texas200.com IN fact, I'd like to take this opportunity to...
Hey all, I'm new new to this group. I have sailed Windrider trimarans, own a sunfish and am almost complete with building a Stevenson Weekender. I am intersted...
Yes, I don't know why Dougie cut it down, 38sqft (full Opti rig size) is not too much for a canoe of that beam. Mind you, I don't like his mast step. There's a...
chris, selway fisher, dary dierking, clcboats.com, kurt hughes, and james wharram are sources i use for info about lightweight multihulls. this site also has...
I wonder if it is possible to raise seats on mill creek 16.5 to a higher position so it could be paddled with a single blade paddle. I love canoe paddling...
Anybody knows if Bufflehead sailing canoe plans will be available for stitch and glue building. Also, the red gunter rig in the photos of bufflehead looks very...
I agree hist mast partner is inadequate. Too much stress placed at the end of the pole. He needs a mast step on the hull to better distribute the load. This...
Howdy, I built the gunter rig as a mere step along the evolutionary trail led by Hugh Horton's gunter on his Puffin. The rig, indeed, is nice! It normally...
Where did you get the XCR plans? The boat looks interesting. I've only seen 3D renderings of it as well as the video of the prototype. Hajo ... -- ... Q: How...
Here it is: http://www.duckworksmagazine.com/06/designs/xcr/index.htm You can get it from Chris Ostlind (the designer) as well. there's a youtube recording as...
I have to take exception to the 13' mast limit mentioned below. My mast is 15' 6" and the peak of the sail is up at 15'--gives me a little headroom with the...
... The short answer is yes. But I need to be quick to say that the canoe has a deck that gives me about 4 1/2" around the cockpit to sit on. This is enough to...
I'm 77 and don't want to sit on gunwales anymore. I'm very happy sitting in my MillCreek 16.5 (sit-inside) sailing kayak with cushioned backrest and outriggers...
Comfort is king! I really have to work more cupholders into my rig this year, and if there were only some way to incorporate a Lazy-boy recliner into the...
O.k. it looks like his mast step is unanimously right out. :( Does anybody know what is the "stock" length of a commercialy available OPTI-MAST? Much thanks, ...
I've got to agree. Comfort's a big deal. But this points out how much our different anatomies get into it. I came across a comment somewhere a while back by an...
The thing about canoe poles as masts is that there is no standard for bend. I started out using my aluminum poles for my masts. The idea was to carry something...
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