DIY Kayak Sail

A homemade sail for my Perception Sport Caster 12.5 kayak. It's made from PVC, clamps, a shower curtain liner, and rope. A single rope allows me to raise and lower the sail as well as control the position of the boom.

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Howto & Style

Tags:

• kayak
• sail
• sailing
• kayaking
• DIY
• homemade
• perception
• sport
• caster
• 12.5
• PVC
• shower
• curtain
• liner
• rudder
• boom
• mast
• clamp

[macrumpton]

Nice job. I would be a little concerned having that open hatch in the bow because if a wave or somebody's wake dumps into it it will fill the hull very rapidly.

[uberfy]

@macrumpton So far I haven't had a problem, but that is a good point. Should be easy enough to make a plastic skirt that wraps around the hole with a bungee cord.

[guitargeek1122]

does the kayak work well and take damage pretty good on white water?

[uberfy]

@guitargeek1122 I've never taken a kayak out on white water. But my guess is you wouldn't want to use a sit on top kayak. You'd fall off way too easily. I think shorter, sit inside kayaks are best for white water.

[b7gwap]

Cool idea. Does the conduit inside PVC mast flex under a heavy load? The music is gorgeous, too, btw!

[uberfy]

@b7gwap The mast did quite well in strong and soft winds. It can flex when I push on it, but I think it's too short to flex very much from the wind with such a small sail. I'm pretty happy with it. The music track is called Far From Home which I got from FreePlayMusic.

[shattdbb]

@maccatak10 , if u have scupper holes on the front you could run two peices of PVC through them (that's what I'm doing)

[ogmog168]

dude! thats fricken awesome!

[maccatak10]

hey i want to also repeat your design on my kayak, my only problem is that my storage hole is not situated on the front end of my yak rather in the middle (will get in the way), does anyone have a solution for mt to attach the mast to the front end of my yak

ps. i do not want to drill any holes in my yak

[ralphjtx]

I am in the process of "trying" to repeat your homemade sail. Could you tell me how you attached your grips to the PVC to make them rigid? It's hard to tell from the video. I believe I have everything else pretty much taken care of but just need to know how to secure the grips. Thanks and great job!!

[JasonLooseArrow]

Very nice!