Canoe Sailing set up for effective expedition sailing

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5 жыл бұрын

Here’s a few tips on how to set up a canoe for effective sailing on canoe expeditions using wind on open water. With a little preparation and a few tweaks with the right kit we can make skilled progress using the wind.

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@Sailor376also 3 жыл бұрын

Wind and canoes are basically incompatible,, no ballast and no keel. So, a canoe can be a downwind boat,, but. As a downwind boat a canoe needs so very little sail area. The exposed back of the paddler has a tremendous effect on the canoe. Last week I took the two back up paddles, and bungeed them across the canoe, blades square to the wind at about the yoke line. That, plus the windage of my back, was plenty to move the boat,,,perhaps even too much. Sails do work,, if the wind is sufficiently behind and constant vigilance is used to forestall wind gusts knocking you down. However, that does mean,, and absolutely, that this is a never do on an expedition boat,, often far from shore, and very far from rescue. I do paddle an expedition boat,, and routinely am off for weeks at a time. The risk of a knockdown a mile from shore and rescue time measured in days or weeks. Nope.

@outdoorinstruction 3 жыл бұрын

You are correct that canoes aren’t ideal for sailing due to the points you made above. However they are often used to sail on expeditions quite effectively, with specialist groups set up to get the best from their boats. Canoes have been sailed tandem and solo teamed between Ireland and Scotland and all around the UK coast.

@Sailor376also 3 жыл бұрын

@@outdoorinstruction Tandem canoes is a very interesting configuration. I have seen linked canoes on the Missouri River. 2X4s and a sheet of plywood forming a platform. It would be simplicity to add a sail to that rig. I do paddle in extreme winds from time to time.. Last month, twice, I had a tail wind, substantial. I took my two spare paddles and bungeed them across the rear thwart in front of me,,, with the paddle blades projecting left and right, half a meter out either side. Rotated the blades to a vertical face. Just two faces 20cm X 50cm,, plus , of course, my back to the wind, was enough to push the canoe to near 10kph at times, 6 and 7 mph. You do not need much in the way of sail with a canoe.