In this video, i will be installing a sailing rig to my cedar strip canoe. canoe sailing gives the paddler an option to extend range on a canoe trip by harn. Rigs to fit out your own canoe. select a rig below for more information. the 25 expedition lugsail rig. the 35 expedition bermudan rig. the bermudan rig. considerations when choosing a sailing rig. solway dory has been developing and making sailing rigs to fit on open canoes for over 20 years. as well as being our job it has been our passion.
02 02 2013, 02:20 pm. solway dory continue to produce work of the highest quality, continually exploring new ideas and concepts in sailing canoes. here's their very latest, launched today. and the very clever way the main hull can slide sideways on the beams, so getting out onto the jetty is easy. huge congratulations to the two dave's who do. Solway dory has new size expedition rig that looks a lot like my favorite rig for my old sailing canoe. in the picture above it is set as a balanced lug rig. below it is set as a standing lug rig. i liked setting up my old canoe best as a balanced rig but under certain conditions i'd set it up standing as well. Setting up an expedition rig. put the mast up with the cleat to one side and the eye facing back. lay the sail and spars down on the mast thwart with the boom jaws facing forward. place it on the opposite side to the cleat on the mast. fasten the end of the halyard to the eye on the yard (top spar). pull the other end of the halyard and raise. Measure the centre of the thwart and mark the positions for a fixing hole. again check, to see that it is correct. clamp the thwart in place and drill a 5mm hole though the gunwale and the thwart at each end. make sure that the drill does not lean into the canoe at the top, or you may miss the end of the thwart underneath.
Setting up an expedition rig. put the mast up with the cleat to one side and the eye facing back. lay the sail and spars down on the mast thwart with the boom jaws facing forward. place it on the opposite side to the cleat on the mast. fasten the end of the halyard to the eye on the yard (top spar). pull the other end of the halyard and raise. Measure the centre of the thwart and mark the positions for a fixing hole. again check, to see that it is correct. clamp the thwart in place and drill a 5mm hole though the gunwale and the thwart at each end. make sure that the drill does not lean into the canoe at the top, or you may miss the end of the thwart underneath. It is 5m (16′ 5”) in length and the hull was constructed using carbon kevlar with epoxy resin on a foam core. the deck is strip built using a combination of western red cedar and yellow cedar. it is sturdily built to make it suitable as a cruising sea boat, and weighs 40kg without the rig. it has an off centre ‘centreboard’ and. (see my beth design). this drop in sailing rig for sailing all directions. a rarely seen variant is something in between – a no fuss canoe or kayak sail rig that does not make the boat hard to handle but provides enough power to sail reliably upwind and down. it should include a sensibly sized leeboard so windward progress is reasonably.
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