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#1251 11 Mar 2024 1:59 am

Chuck
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Registered: 24 Nov 2020
Posts: 136

Re: Waterlust sailing canoe in Norway

Happy Spring, everyone!  There have been some good wind days here in Alabama over the last couple of days, but never coupled (yet) with warm and dry weather.  Sometime soon there should be a good sailing day!

My next plans for the boat are to do a little sewing on my mainsail to get a better shape (take out the broad seaming on the leech), and build a little plug (for use when sailing) that lies flush with the outside of the hull that I can snap into the Hobie drove clips the closes off the through-hole for the drive.  If either (or both) of those things help sharpen up tacking angles, then I will probably back off on my plans to rig a jib.

Guy, I've been thinking about building a hollow mast for awhile -- can you post some pictures?  I would really be interested in how you decided to do it!  Did you go the birdsmouth method, or some other way??

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#1252 12 Mar 2024 12:33 pm

MartinC
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Registered: 3 Apr 2020
Posts: 340

Re: Waterlust sailing canoe in Norway

Good to hear from you Chuck.
I am sure any shape you can add to the mainsail will help upwind performance enormously, but not sure the blanking off the well will. I had an outboard motor well on my last boat and I did what you are proposing. It stopped water coming into the cockpit when in a seaway which is an advantage but I didn't notice  any improvement in upwind performance. Anything you can do to lighten the mast must help with heeling though.
All the best for 2024. Keep us updated on your progress.

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#1253 13 Mar 2024 12:15 pm

spclark
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From: "Driftless" Wisconsin USA
Registered: 19 Mar 2020
Posts: 464

Re: Waterlust sailing canoe in Norway

Chuck wrote:

Guy, I've been thinking about building a hollow mast for awhile -- can you post some pictures?  I would really be interested in how you decided to do it!  Did you go the birdsmouth method, or some other way??

I'd like to see pics also Guy, if available. Our Texas partner built his mast 'hollow' out of Douglas Fir I recall. (I've added a couple pics here from those he'd sent me.)

Hollowed_1.jpg

Hollowed_2.jpg

Simply routered out hollows in the planks he then glued together, leaving solid where need be for fasteners eventually. I don't recall asking him what the result weighed, DF being heavier than the Sitka Spruce I used. Forgotten what mine weighs by now but if you wish I'll weigh it when I take my kit down out of winter storage.

Chuck if you're confident in modifying your sail your efforts should be less than what I went through to add weight to your daggerboard as I did. Last year's lack of motivation leaves me still wondering whether the 9 lbs / 4kg hung down beneath my hull will affect healing moment much; physics being in charge, 9# @ -24" ought to be worth maybe ~ 5# half way up my mast? Cutting total weight's a better choice IMHO than adding of course, but we do what we do to 'see what happens' before attempting something else, yes?


(Need to re-up for notice of new posts... I've been missing out on what's been posted again despite the 'Stay subscribed' box being checked off.)

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