Opus 6, Untitled
Started 4/05

Ok, enough of the following someone else's plans thing. It's time to have some fun...

    I have thought about building a sailing attachment for my Dug, or even Calista, but ultimately decided to build a new sort of thing. It is a cross between a sailing canoe, a proa, and a catamaran. I have not really found one word to describe it. There will be a 14' canoe as the base onto which an 'outrigger' will be placed. The main canoe will have a sail (who knows what size and shape) The reason it won't be a sailing canoe is that I plan to have some structure between the canoe and the outrigger to park my body. There will be room to sit in the canoe (and to be paddled in low winds) but I want to be out over the water as much as possible.

    To start, I am going to use a VERY simple canoe design, found here. The first (of 2?) outrigger will be the exact same design, only scaled down by 50%. I chose this one because I wanted to use the canoe just as a canoe for SJ and I. The other canoe I built, Ancamna, is just too big for SJ, myself and our lunch.

Resources used during construction: Sailing and Rigging  Pictures of a sailing canoe rig Malay sail Hydrofoil for outrigger sailing canoe

The outrigger was built first to get an idea for the building process. Note the relative size of the gallon of paint.	The support rod (aluminum tube) will be bolted to each hull. With the outrigger slightly lower in the water than the main hull, its supports need to be elevated. A set of 2x2's on each end will be married (with great strength) to the outrigger. The 2x4's are only there to keep the 2x2s planar until the epoxy sets. Its very important that they are all lined up.
Gunnels installed for main boat	Big Sister stitched together

Updated 23 Aug 2005 06:39 Back to Doc Ott's Boatyard