Re: [Paddlewise] kayak sails

A windsurfing sail is a pretty complicated thing.  It takes about 10 minutes (on
shore) to rig it.  The mast is on the order of 17 feet long and is curved by the
downhaul.  How would you deploy the thing out on the water, and how would you
stow it?  A sail board the length of a surf ski would probably need a fairly
lengthy center board as well as a windsurfing skeg at the stern.

Keith Kaste

Dan Volker wrote:

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Doug Barnard <dbarnard_at_virtualacreage.com>
> To: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net <paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net>
> Date: Wednesday, April 01, 1998 2:30 PM
> Subject: Re: [Paddlewise] kayak sails
>
> >
> >Though putting a windsurfing rig (a full universal joint at the base of the
> >mast) on a sit-on-top might be an interesting thing. You'd sail it standing
> >up. Hmmm...
> >>
>
> I'd be willing to bet that Bruce Gibson, of Venture sports, could make a
> custom surf ski with a base you could stand on---the seat area  would just
> need to be   longer and stronger, with a way to prop your self up when you
> want to sit and paddle. ....maybe a seat harness????, , and a good
> attachment area for the windsurf mast joint.  The boat would need a slightly
> different steering system, with a way to pull up  the rudder more easily
>  they do now, but you need to get out of the boat and swim to the back to
> pull the rudder up) and lock it, and the hull would need modifications, so
> that it could hold an edge like a windsurfer, and turn better by leaning.
> These are all things I believe he could do.
> Dan Volker
> WPB. Fl
>
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