The new dinghy design is now called the S-12.

Launched into light winds, there's not a lot to report, but a photo essay. And some comments about the staying of the rig and keeping boats cheap and simple.

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A new lightweight 12ft plywood dinghy under development. This prototype by Canadian Rick Landreville. It won't have a cloud of sail area,but will be light enough low drag enough to hit consistently high speeds relative to other boats of this length.

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2013 - Once again an OzRacer wins the PDRacer World titles. That is four times in the last five years.

An OzRacer does need to be modified to fit the PDRacer rules or as standard is an excellent boat for first time sailors. It sails REALLY well which aids learning. And doesn't need to cost any extra money. Plans $20

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BETH sailing canoe - The designer has lots of fine things to say about the sailing performance of BETH - but Andrew Barclay has been racing his against mixed fleets in British Columbia where she sails equal with Laser Radials in light wind and gradually outclasses them in stronger.

I provide some tips about getting a bit more from the boat.

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List of Kit suppliers for Storer Boat Plans. UK and Europe, USA, Australia, South Africa. Kits make building a Storer Boat even easier.

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Fast building was part of the aim of this plan! Also to keep the expense down. Rick surprised me - I was thinking it would take a couple of weekends. The Quick canoe is very simple to build and comes out of three plywood sheets. A very simple plywood canoe It has been designed to be as easy to build as possible while keeping some of the qualities of a good paddling canoe - in particular the ability to track.

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Rick LAndreville wins the Canadian PDRacer Championships in an OzRacer carefully modified to match the PDRacer rules.

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I received an email from Norm who is building a Beth Sailing canoe at a boatyard while living in a camping trailer.

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