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Viola 14 Sailing Canoe Articles

A list of articles about the Viola Sailing Canoe

The Information Page for the Viola 14 Sailing Canoe Plan is here.

Viola 14 Canoe - viola sailing close up - plywood sailboat

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Viola 14 Canoe - Viola sunset gust - Sailing canoe you can build yourself

Comparing Lug and Bermudan Rigs On One Hull Type

Comparing Lug and Bermudan Rigs is usually unscientific and opinion based. Joost has three rigs on his Viola Sailing Canoe. So a less biased comparison

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Viola Sailing Canoe racing other boats going upwind in a light chop

Club Racing Lug Rigged Viola Canoe vs Lasers and RS Aeros

We have some real information about relative performance of a Balance Lug Rigged Viola Canoe vs Lasers and RS Aeros.

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Teo Deus sailing his Goat Island Skiff with one reef in a lot of wind

Faster Reefing System for Cruising Dinghies

Goat Island Skiff group has developed a faster reefing system for cruising dinghies. No special fittings are needed so quick cheap and simple

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Close up of Venturi Self Bailer fitted to a Sailing Canoe. Is it a good choice and are there problems?

Venturi Dinghy Self Bailers for Cruising and RAID Dinghies, A good idea?

Venturi Dinghy Self Bailers and Does your Sailing Dinghy need them? – Storer Boat Plans in Wood and Plywood

Checklist for choosing and fitting Dinghy Self Bailers to sail boats. Why they suit some boats but not others. Suitability for different events and uses.

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Viola 14 sailing canoe hoisting sail on the water super stable stability

the Viola demonstrates it is a Fast and Stable Sailing Canoe

A cut together video demonstrating the stability of the Viola 14 Sailing Canoe. Reasonable paddling and excellent sailing speed.

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Viola Sailing Canoe sailing upwind and reaching with good speed

1 Video – 2 Viola 14 Sailing Canoes Launch. Mirage drive, eVolve electric power.

Two Viola Sailing canoes, one in the Lakes District of the UK, the other in the Netherlands with a full video of how the builder used the boat as the basis of lots of experiments including a drop in electric motor for the Hobie Mirage mount.

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Low drag makes sailing canoes fast in light winds - here a plywood Viola 14 Canoe 5 days on the Fresian lakes and canals

Video: Easy speed and great stability of the Viola Sailing Canoe

Just a little video showing that the Viola 14 Sailing Canoe has enough stability to stand and hoist the sail or raise or lower the mast while one the water.

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Goat Island Skiff in Florida moving quick in rough water

Using a windsurfer mast for a lug rig yard on a Goat Island Skiff

Replace yard on a lug mainsail with a carbon windsurf mast. Replacing a standard wooden yard for the top of the balance lug sail on The Goat Island Skiff with a piece cut from a windsurfer mast.

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Woman sailor rights the Viola Sailing Canoe from capsize

Freestanding Mast, stopping it from falling out in a capsize.

Question was how to stop a freestanding mast from falling out on a small sailboat? A few simple fittings and a neat solution

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Controlling Sail Twist on Balance and other lug rigs.

Controlling sail twist on any boat is critical for performance. Here we describe two methods for getting more performance all round and safer handling downwind.

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Review of Viola 14 Canoe from Hungary

Read Jenő’s experience with the Viola 14 sailing canoe which is Michael Storer’s latest design – the second and the third boats were built in Hungary by two members of the Hungarian Amateur Boatbuilding community (hajoepitok.hu).

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Viola 14 Canoe - Joost sailing upwind - boat plan

Videos of Viola 14 Sailing Canoe in a bit more wind

VIDEOS in Gusty Conditions in the Viola 14 Sailing Canoe they built 2 years ago. Viola (the person) and Joost practice for a RAID next week..

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Viola 14 Canoe - Viola going fast upwind - excellent performance plywood sailing canoe 14ft long

New Photos of Viola 14 Sailing Canoe

New Photos of Viola 14 sailing canoe practice – Viola (the person) is back to sailing after a decade break. Her plan to sail the Viola 14 Sailing canoe in the RAID Extreme Sailing Event later in the year

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Close up - Two Viola sailing canoes dance around each other in light winds - Viola 14 Sailing Canoe Plan

Dance of the Two Violas – sailing canoe extended video

With two Viola 14 Sailing Canoes recently launched in Hungary the two skippers were filmed dancing around each other spinning like racing dinghies though they are actually are fast and elegant homebuilt plywood sailing canoes built from a boat plan.

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Low drag makes sailing canoes fast in light winds - here a plywood Viola 14 Canoe 5 days on the Fresian lakes and canals

Viola 14 Blitzes a second RAID event in the Netherlands

The BRIO RAID was on last weekend and two sailing canoes participated finishing extremely well outright on handicap – both leading for a substantial part of the races at different times in a fleet of 150 boats

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Detailed Lug Rig setup and rigging method for Viola 14 Sailing Canoe.

Joost Engelen has provided another hugely useful file for setting up the lug rig on the Viola 14 canoe.

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Viola 14 Sailing Canoe Blitzes another RAID finishes an hour Ahead.

So had the tent pitched and was completely installed by the time the first boats started to arrive 1-1.5 hours later.

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Launch Videos Viola 14 Sailing Canoes in Hungary

The Hungarian Wooden Boat group displayed the build of a Viola 14 Sailing Canoe at the annual boat show from a flat pack kit with a complete boat appearing 3 weeks later along with sailing videos.

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Building the Viola 14 sailing canoe slideshow of each step

Assembly Video Slideshow for Viola 14 Sailing canoe

Careful documentation most construction steps in building the plywood Viola 14 Sailing Canoe Hull – a sailing canoe with sailing dinghy stability and excellent performance.

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Viola 14 sailing canoe build photo by Steve

Another Viola 14 Sailing Canoe Build

There are at least two Viola 14 sailing canoes on the way, here are some update photos before the decks go on of the boat being built by Steve Schleicher – he will be going for the balance lug rig.

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