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.
Some of the decisions that have to be made before ordering Goat Island Skiff or other lugsails.
One recurring problem with plywood foils, centreboards, leeboards and rudders is that over time they tend to break unexpectedly.
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.
They get put in our 2020 Calendar for the GIS facebook group – just click “Like” or “Star” for the photos you like most.
It is not difficult to build a hydrofoil stabilised dinghy – Also a model for information sharing so everyone is not always reinventing the wheel
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).
Early design work. Ketch and Yawl version Norwalk Island Sharpie 18ft. Prompted by development of mast tabernacles and folded mast overhang
Editorial and Article praising the simplicity and performance of the Goat Island Skiff in “Le Chasse-Marée” magazine this month – France’s premier traditional and wooden boat magazine.
Tutorial on sailing upwind without all the fuss and terminology of normal sailing books. it can be much easier than most books suggest. Even better this will show you how to sail fast and efficiently in moderate winds.
Review! Ahh, i made my first trip today. It was a pleasure. The ta‘al is fast and tracks well. I guess Faster than my first sup, the umpqua, which i built a few weeks ago. I decided for ta‘al mainly to Save weight and length due to transport with my bike.
A nice post by Brian Anderson who has built some outriggers for his Quick Canoe gives a good idea of how much performance can be expected from 2hp and a neat installation.
This plywood canoe has been tried and tested on some of the major lochs in Scotland as a touring canoe and performs extremely well when fully loaded.
Joost Engelen has provided another hugely useful file for setting up the lug rig on the Viola 14 canoe.
Sandpaper – don’t use COARSER THAN 100grit ON TIMBER TO BE GLUED (or Painted/Varnished). We provide reasons.
Greg and Leigh Kremer have been building the family Goat Island Skiff for a few months and finally it is launched so herewith a few photos and a launching day video along with comments from our very active and helpful Group on FACEBOOK.
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.
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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Ich bin ein Bootsdesigner aus Australien. Die Pläne der Holzboote, die ich entwickele sind alle in englischer Sprache. Aber es gibt viele Bilder und Zeichnungen, so dass es einfach ist, zu verstehen wie diese Boote gebaut werden.
Sailing dinghies are the most popular sailing boats, responsive and not expensive – good for sailing basics, fast – good for the experienced, relatively easy to store and available inexpensively second hand or build from plywood from a sailing dinghy plan.