On Wednesday 23 May 2007 07:37, you wrote: > Yeah, they have a lot of hot wind down there! :-) Then Victoria must be a desert! Hot wind, indeed :-) ! Seriously, folks: A slightly narrower (higher AR, Aspect Ratio) sail would have been better, I guess. But going down-wind it is ideal as it is, and when sailing solo - just remember that you should add some 200 kgs of ballast, before putting to sea :-)!) Amazing how length affects drag in a positive way, while beam affects drag in a negative way, not least in wavey conditions. Derek van Loan, who used to build and sail very big junk-rigged boats, has lately, after retirement, scaled down a lot, so he's now sailing a junk-rigged canoe, and loves it! The reason we got into sailing our Kleppers in the first place was my bad right shoulder, and now the wife got a bad left hand (which might be OK after operation). Many sailing canoes are designed as sailing vessels, but some are called 50/50s, supposedly equally good as sailboats as canoes/kayaks, but speedy sailing canoes that also are good to paddle tends to be outriggers, or trimarans. Tord This would not be a good sailing vessel (as far as I know it doesn't come with sails - maybe next year?): http://www.alpackaraft.no/zencart/index.php?main_page=index&language=no&gclid=CJWJk9qHpIwCFRAFEgodnUKu6Q *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - Any opinions or suggestions expressed here are solely those of the writer(s). You must assume the entire responsibility for reliance upon them. All postings copyright the author. Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************Received on Wed May 23 2007 - 03:27:16 PDT
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