Once every decade or so we get good weather for the Easter trip. This weekend was unbelievable. Sunny and warm Friday with a beam reach all the way to the...
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Art
artandre
Apr 5, 2010 1:07 am
Grumman Sailing Canoe - Made by Grumman - All Original - $850 From what I understand Grumman made two styles of sailing canoes 1) Lateen – 45' sq/ft sail...
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Paul Helbert
helbert.paul
Apr 5, 2010 3:49 am
I've been messing with flickr and put this set together this evening. http://www.flickr.com/photos/37106513@N03/sets/72157623647260521/ -- Paul Helbert Father...
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Paul
csamariner
Apr 5, 2010 2:40 pm
He never said where? he was located and looking at the pics and #s on the boat, I am guessing Ohio? Does anyone know? This is kind of important when you are...
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c o'donnell
proaboat
Apr 6, 2010 11:59 am
Shell middens, no doubt. Technically a "tump" is the small area of hard ground in the marsh. Less than an island, more than a tuft of grass. Typically pine...
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Jason Freise
freisejason
Apr 7, 2010 12:56 am
[cid:3353392030_26259829] Registration Open for the May 15-16 OluKai Ho'olaule'a With the schedule set, OluKai prepares to welcome John Cruz, paddlers,...
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rhaldridge
Apr 8, 2010 4:13 am
I finally got a few photos of Slipper sailing, though the sail is not set very well. We went out in light air yesterday afternoon. I landed my wife Nancy on a...
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Tord
mr_tord_s_er...
Apr 8, 2010 6:58 pm
... quickly as ... Still, I have a ... the ... Evidently too much of the wetted area is in the back, shown by the good effect cutting off the huge skegs did...
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guy.1378
Apr 9, 2010 2:15 am
I am new here. I have been thinking about building my own boat for a couple of years now. I have looked at a variety of small boat types, methods, and so on. ...
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Paul Helbert
helbert.paul
Apr 9, 2010 12:30 pm
Balance. Balance and geometry. Balance, geometry and inertia. The best teachers are the boat and the wind. You'll quickly learn more than anyone can ever...
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Jerry C
jerrych57
Apr 9, 2010 2:43 pm
I suggest you find a usable, used sailboard type boat (Sunfish or Laser or ???) and learn your sailing with that. They are proven designs, and are easily...
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John Summers
authenticboats
Apr 9, 2010 3:21 pm
Leverage and live ballast, really, in the form of the position of the skipper's rear. It's a very interactive form of sailing, which, when mastered, is nearly...
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Daniel Lockwood
dansavannah
Apr 9, 2010 4:02 pm
Learning on a Sunfish is a good idea. You can also put a lot flotation in your sailing canoe. Don't take your wife or girlfriend out until you have mastered...
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cecbell
Apr 9, 2010 4:35 pm
To answer your question more directly, your body weight, sitting on or near the bottom, is enough to keep the canoe from tipping over provided: 1. There's not...
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rhaldridge
Apr 9, 2010 5:48 pm
Tord, I ate to admit to such a severe prejudice, but I've never liked leeboards, even though I know many fine boats are so equipped. A couple dinghies I've...
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Hugh Horton
hortoncanoe
Apr 9, 2010 7:26 pm
A daggerboard over a leeboard you say? Do you sail fjords? Perhaps your 1st experiences with your own built leeboards led you astray. You might want to...
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John Kohnen
jhkohnen
Apr 9, 2010 10:29 pm
The Depoe Bay Wooden Boat Show is coming up next week! This is always a fun show, very low-key, and Depoe Bay is a beautiful and interesting little harbor. The...
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guy.1378
Apr 9, 2010 10:51 pm
... I live in Wisconsin now. I don't think there is any warm water here....
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Edward Maurer
ecmaurer
Apr 10, 2010 2:16 pm
You can sail mine! ... -- Edward C. Maurer Publisher Canoe Sailing Magazine http://canoesailingmagazine.com...
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Edward Maurer
ecmaurer
Apr 10, 2010 2:17 pm
PRACTICE, PRACTICE, PRACTICE. ... -- Edward C. Maurer Publisher Canoe Sailing Magazine http://canoesailingmagazine.com...
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rhaldridge
Apr 10, 2010 3:23 pm
Hugh, I'm sure my prejudice is irrational, since many folks (many of them more knowledgeable than I am) really do like leeboards. In hydrodynamic terms, they...
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Paul Helbert
helbert.paul
Apr 10, 2010 4:26 pm
Hey Guy, The nearest warm water to you may be Mount Storm, WV (not close, I know). The whole volume of the lake gets cycled through the power plant's cooling...
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Tord
mr_tord_s_er...
Apr 10, 2010 4:35 pm
Ray, If you just tried a single leeboard, on the inside of one of the hulls, or just clamped a suitable plank to the inside side of one of the hulls, I think...
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Hugh Horton
hortoncanoe
Apr 10, 2010 7:17 pm
Sounds like an interesting experiment. Could you come to Cedar Key the 1st weekend in May? It's a leeboard show somewhat, since many Sea Pearl 21s will be...
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rhaldridge
Apr 10, 2010 10:15 pm
Tord, I agree that boards need not be symmetrical. Slider has a big deep daggerboard in one hull and she goes to weather very well. I'm just hoping to avoid...
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rhaldridge
Apr 10, 2010 10:28 pm
Hugh, I was there last year-- though I was so sick with walking pneumonia that the experience was something of a blur. I took Slider, my 16 foot beachcruising...
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Hugh Horton
hortoncanoe
Apr 11, 2010 12:28 am
Ah. My mistake. I had you in a monohull in the North. Are you coming back to CK in a few weeks? ~Hugh...
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john colley
helliconia54
Apr 12, 2010 8:17 am
Probably a lot of ballast.Although I'm going to fit twin outriggers to my Stormbringer ( a large pirogue) I am tempted to try it first,without.Hmmm,Wish me...
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guy.1378
Apr 12, 2010 10:40 am
Thank you everyone for your answers. I think I have a much better understanding of it now....
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rhaldridge
Apr 12, 2010 3:12 pm
I'd really like to, but work may interfere. Ray http://slidercat.com/blog/wordpress...
