At 09:28 3/04/98 -0800, you wrote: >I own two folding kayaks. One an older(no longer made)tandem and a solo, >both from folbot. I have sailed the tandem for years, down wind only. >First using parafoil kites then a couple or so years ago added a small >spinnaker sail. I have wanted one of Mark Balogh's batwing rigs for >sometime but $$ has gotten in the way. After going and checking out what >you people are doing has gave me hope! My sprit-sail cost about $35. The mast and boom were scraps of 20 mm OD aluminium tubing. The sail-cloth and double sided tape were from the sail-maker, of course! The end-plugs and joints were nylon bimini-top fittings. The deck reinforcing consists of a fibreglass knee-tube and a core-mat and chop-strand rib from gunwale to gunwale. Total weight is 700 g (25 oz) for the sail and mast, and 600g (22 oz) for the extra fibregalss in the deck. > >Do you know of anyone fitting one of the sprit sails on a folding kayak? There is a back-issue of the Folding Kayak Newsletter (ask Ralph Diaz) which shows a sail rig, complete with lee-boards, on a Feathercraft K1. >I noticed in the pictures that all the kayaks appeared to be hard shell. They are all fibreglass. If I were to fit any sort of sail rig to my Feathercraft, I would start back at the parafoils. >If so, do you know what size sail they used? >Also, I saw no lee boards.. How close to wind can most sail with out >them, or is this even a thought there..? Of course it is a thought. My fibreglass boat can run under sail while pointed 15 degrees into the wind, with a true course exactly across the wind. The friend who built the same rig as mine, at the same time, has a boat which tracks a lot better, and can make a true course about 10 degrees higher. The paddler who took his Scupper Pro, with sail rig, out to Broughton Island a few weeks ago can point even higher. > >Thanks for your time and any information you can feed me! > >Good fall WX to you! > >James, in sunny, windy, springtime New Mexico.. > > > *************************************************************************** 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 Sun Apr 05 1998 - 17:34:20 PDT
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