At 04:20 PM 4/1/98 , Keith Kaste wrote: >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. I've rigged in the water before (man was it windy!), so that's not too much of a problem. I think that a rudder would be like a skeg, and maybe the rails, oops, chines, of the kayak would serve the function of a daggerboard, as it does on a short sinker windsurfer hull. The sail could be rolled around the mast, and the booms sort of fold up. The whole rig would need to run the length of the boat, maybe rest against the paddler's hip? I'm planning on getting a sit-on-top this summer (yeah, I know, sort of a backwards step from my stripper double), so maybe I'll give it a try. ________________________________________________________________ Doug Barnard Virtual Acreage Agoura, California (near L.A.) Visualization in 2D/3D/4D http://virtualacreage.com 818-991-9328 *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net Website: http://www.gasp-seakayak.net/paddlewise/ ***************************************************************************Received on Thu Apr 02 1998 - 01:40:20 PST
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