Canoe Sail Basics

Basics of constructing a canoe sailing rig

[johnnichter]

This is exactly the kind of content I come to YouTube for. Very informative but simply explained and not getting lost in the weeds.

[Mardellio]

Finally a video that worth watching.
Many videos skip the parts of installing rigs and many other interesting stuff.
Thanks for making this video.

[richardstever]

I put a viking sail on my sportspal a few years back; no rudder, no lee boards. Just pull the sail up and hold on for dear life. I was keeping up with a cruise ship and had everyone waving at me.
I don't have the canoe anymore but at least I'm alive!
Thanks for the video...I really identify.

[sawer]

Just had my first trials with my homemade sailing canoe. Took a lot of inspiration from this video. To anyone reading this. Shaping the leeboards with a bit of a teardrop shape is 100% worth the efford. Great drag reduction, and it might be placebo but it felt a lot faster. A removable frame to hold the mast up like shown here works quite well, it shoves itself in the nose only getting stronger with wind.

Note to self: make the Leeboard frame at least twice as strong as you thought you need.

To the video creator: Thank you for the inspiration. You made this happen more than I did. But try shaping the leeboards! I might have overdone them on a tablesaw with a really nice sloped trailing edge to roughly coin thickness, but its again 100% worth the efford :)

[joewatts]

Thank you Tea, , best build video for canoe sailing on YouTube, everybody take notice. You took the mystery out of the sail building. Very well explained.

[wayfarerchris.]

Some great ideas for turning your canoe into a sailing canoe. Liking the removable parts system leaving no damage to the canoe.
Thanks for sharing 👍.

[philhewett]

Well done. Simple but, effective with great potential to be refined to any degree desired. Thank you so much for sharing this.

[gregsavige]

G'day from Australia,
Thanks for a very well made video. You explained everything clearly and the footage was excellent . I am fooling around with an old canoe and kayak, doing similar adaptations.
Long live the tinkerers, inventers and backyard craftsmen of this world. I wish you happy sailing. Bon voyage for now😊😊😊

[fredskinner]

I liked your simple explanation and ingenious solutions for a sailing canoe. Also useful was your explanation of weather helm and how to adjust for it. Great job. And you aren’t selling anything!

[RobbsHomemadeLife]

I never knew about the method you mentioned for the sail area for a canoe. very good video, I subscribed and saved it to my sail canoe playlist. I watch a lot of youtube videos and this is the best DIY sailing canoe video I have seen on YouTube. 👍👍

[jameshamre]

It is clear that you put time and effort into producing a working rig that looks great! Thanks for sharing. I will try this on my own canoe.

[Lollygagger-kp]

The Grumman 18 makes a great hull for this. I've converted several canoes into performance sailing trimarans. The best have been made from Grummans. Other top quality aluminum canoes work just as well, but that's what I had. A good aluminum canoe isn't compromised by drilling holes for fasteners and boat stuff. Removing the seats and thwarts does not create a problem, either, since you will be adding thwarts as needed to attach the leeboards and /or aka amas.

I ordered a sail kit from Sail~Rite for $95 that was a stitch together project . Simple and well marked. And, SOOO much better than anything I could have fashioned. Its a lug sail like this one. I added a headsail of 19sq ft. The jib helps a canoe tack better in light winds. The main is 54sq ft as recommended by this video. Well Done! I miss doing this, but my old shoulders have about had it. It's back to an aluminum skiff for me. I wonder if anyone has ever put a sail on one of

[territodude]

Nicely done! Great camera work and audio. Very easy to follow with a nice pace, thanks!

[Dan_Gyros]

Fantastic way to turn an age old solution into an easy DIY project! Very insightful, and happy sailing!

[mechatarian]

This was the video i was looking for. I love canoeing and had seen these sails in YouTube but had no idea how it worked. Thanks for making this.

[MrZeagans]

Thank you for making this video. I've been researching building a simple sailing canoe rig and while I've found many videos, most assume a basic knowledge of sailboat anatomy terminology so while I've picked up most of it along the way, it's nice to have a video with the basics in layman's lingo. Saved in my growing "Sailing" playlist 😊👍

[bacsolo]

Thank you, Sir. You have blown my mind. Fascinating on how you build those parts.

[tomjeffersonwasright]

To estimate the center of effort of a sail. draw it to scale on paper. Using a protractor or compass, draw a line bisecting the angle of each corner of the sail. Where all lines come together will approximate the center of effort. The exact center will be a bit closer to the mast. Take measurements and transfer the point to the real sail. Thanks for an excellent video. I have heard many discussion of the finer points of various rigs, but no discussion is as good as really building it.

[seanhartman]

I love your use of the belay pin.

Infinitely practical and a shame you don’t see them used more often

[RatgenerationX]

The detail in this is insanely well done!