millenniumtree
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| posted on 19/4/06 at 09:57 PM |
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Locost sailing canoe!
This is what I've been working on for the past 2 days. It's nearly ready to sail!
Comments?
So far it cost me less than 35 dollars, but I did scavenge the pulleys and most of the lumber from other project bins.  With the pulleys and
additional found lumber, I may have spent a total of 50 bucks.
http://millenniumtree.livejournal.com/19291.html?nc=1
[Edited on 19/4/06 by millenniumtree]
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mangogrooveworkshop
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| posted on 19/4/06 at 10:09 PM |
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I would have at the very least expected roller reefing and a crusing chute!!!!!
A very cold day off Stonehaven Scotland in the old boat Hurley 22
Nice to see some other water sportsman
[Edited on 19-4-06 by mangogrooveworkshop]
 
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millenniumtree
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| posted on 19/4/06 at 10:36 PM |
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I also plan on making a tug kite for the front passenger to fly when moving downwind. It's easily stowable, and would cost next to nothing.
And of course, there's always the "mary poppins spinnaker"
[Edited on 19/4/06 by millenniumtree]
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owelly
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| posted on 19/4/06 at 10:54 PM |
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Do you have a keel?
http://www.ppcmag.co.uk
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chockymonster
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| posted on 19/4/06 at 11:26 PM |
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Here's the family's fibreglass money pit. Hardly locost though!.jpg)
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greggors84
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| posted on 20/4/06 at 12:16 AM |
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You want to get down to poole! No need for all that clobber, last time i went out was shorts and t-shirt, and that was april.
Lovely weather for it at the moment, much prefer a windsurfing though, more locost and a lot faster!!!
Chris
The Magnificent 7!
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millenniumtree
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| posted on 20/4/06 at 03:15 AM |
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I have a little ridge on the bottom of the canoe, which doesn't really count as a keel, even though it holds that name.
In order to make progress windward with any sort of efficiency, I'll have to install a lee board (possibly two).
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scotty g
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| posted on 20/4/06 at 07:34 AM |
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Looks like a fun little project. I did something similar to a small rowing dingie as a boy. Istead of lee boards though i fitted two 8" bilge
keels but you wouls struggle with that as its such a noarrow boat. I also used a More traditional Lug rig to maximise sail area.
I reckon yours will be great down wind but you will struggle on a close haul due to the shape of the sail, it needs to be taller with more Luff edge.
Cracking fun though, have you tested it yet?
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millenniumtree
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| posted on 22/4/06 at 03:17 AM |
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I went out yesterday with it, and just like you said, it goes like stink downwind (at least twice as fast as it's EVER been paddled), but I
couldn't bring it around to tack.
It's not because of lack of sail though! The wind was blowing something fierce!!
I had messed up the geometry of the boat. Firstly, the front end was light, so the wind was blowing the front downwind anyway... Secondly, the
lee-board was mounted way too far back, so the sail was pushing it even more downwind.
I've now remounted the lee board quite a bit forward to move it closer to the sail's center of effort.
I also drilled 4 mounting holes into the board instead of 1, so it will be at least slightly "field adjustable" I can now control, within
a foot or so, how far back the board will touch the water.
So next time, I'll have the lee further forward, and I'll probably put a weight of some sort (5 gallons of water in jugs should do it) in
the front of the craft, to lessen the bow float effect.
Anyway, because I couldn't tack it back home, and I had no chance of paddling back in that gale, I had to go ashore and WALK home, 1.5 miles!
It took about 10 minutes to sail more than a mile downwind and 40 to walk back. I was pretty tired when I got home, it's hard to believe I was
only actually on the water for an hour or so.
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