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Performance sailing kayak

Video that shows on-the-water performance of a 12-ft sit-on-top kayak converted to a sailing craft. I'm a canoe sailing hobbyist who designed and built this concept sailboat in my home workshop.  
 
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jjacquay712 (1 month ago) Show Hide
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I'm interested in converting a two person kayak into a sailboat. Are there kits you can buy to so this?
bobtommsncom (2 months ago) Show Hide
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good effort, but the video is a little preachy, and i dont see any first class sailing going on....sorry....its gonna take a whole lot more than this to convince people that youre approach is viable...

on to video #2, dude...
bandjsellars (5 months ago) Show Hide
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What a clever idea using the concept of moving the lee boards to create weather helm or lee helm to steer, will have to try the idea next time we take out the Paddle Ski,
brimstone33 (8 months ago) Show Hide
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Congradulations dude! You just re-invented the Sunfish with the rudder in the wrong place!
bulldog01209 (1 year ago) Show Hide
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A disaster waiting to happen. A simple oar as a rudder would give you more control.
gusreiber (1 year ago) Show Hide
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This is actually my father's video, but yes, he is stearing with the leeboard alone by moving it forward and back. It is not quite a crab-claw sail, but a converted sail canoe sail. THe shorter leach lets him tack and jibe without a lot of head-ache.... ;^)
yogamatt2203 (1 year ago) Show Hide
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cool video - have you measured your max speed? Also what ma wind speed can the rig handle? I'd like to see a side profile :)
treocin (8 months ago) Show Hide
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I go about 10 MPH with my GPS on Sebago lake it's pretty fast for Kayak
doktor2m (1 year ago) Show Hide
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Very cool! Are you steering by just moving the leeboard forward or aft? Are you using a crab claw sail? I would really like to see some other views of your rig from outside of the boat.

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