Nice looking sailing canoe, but such a TINY SAIL!.....APS..... and, by the way, that is MIT, the Harvard sailboat house, the Charles River, and Memorial Drive.
Believe the sail on a Sunfish is a gaff-rig sail, as the sail has two booms, on both top & bottom.
For a sailing canoe, it would probably be helpfull that the canoe has a small 1" or 3/4" keel running all along the bottom. Most aluminum canoes have a keel, while many plastic & fiberglass canoes do not.
Canoes are much more stable when the single occupant sits in the middle, and down low. I have a 17' aluminum canoe with a sliding seat rowing rig, outriggers and two 7 1/2" oars, and it is pretty stable, even in 18" boat wakes.
How's about sitting in the very middle of the canoe down low, and stepping the mast just behind the front seat....maybe attach the mast to the back of the front seat....and into a socket screwed to the floor... and a couple el cheapo $1.50 black plastic cleats installed on either side for tying off the sail while underway.
VIP Auto sells some decent quality black inner tubes, $15.00, pickup truck tire big, and it would not be a bad idea to have two inner tubes, front & rear, tied in place, for extra floatation.
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Last edited by fatlazyless; 03-06-2010 at 04:51 AM.
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