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.

Full rigging Guide for Viola 14 Lug rig. Spars, controls, setting up for paddling, rudder, foils

Revised June 2 2019 –

If wanting basic information see Viola Boat Plan information.

What is included in the Lug Rigging Guide for Viola

It is an opus with many illustrations of how the whole rig goes together.

  • Making the two piece aluminium mast.
  • Carbon fibre boom and yard from a 50/50 carbon windsurf mast
  • Setting up the rudder
  • Setting up the sail control systems
  • Setting up the reefing systems
  • Setting up the hull – hiking straps etc
  • And don’t forget the separate Joost’s design for a lightweight seat for wider and taller paddling canoes (Viola is 40 inches wide).
Viola 14 sailing canoe paddling seat
All running rigging systems for Viola 14 Lug rig - complete guide
Rudder setup and lug rig setup for Viola 14 Sailing Canoe
Simplified Reefing for Viola 14 sailing canoe
Joining up the aluminium two piece mast for the Viola 14 sailing canoe Lug Rig
viola sailing canoe 14ft 75lbs performance singlehanded sailing dinghy plan - storer boat plans

More on the Viola 14

The Viola plywood Sailing Canoe plan has the characteristics of a performance sailing dinghy with the portability of a wooden canoe. More Information on the Viola 14

8 thoughts on “Detailed Lug Rig setup and rigging method for Viola 14 Sailing Canoe.”

  1. I am adapting the Viola sail rig to my Electric Quick Canoe/outriggers, so never bought the Viola canoe plans. Can I purchase just the wooden mast addendum to the plans?

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  2. Michael
    Metric aluminum tubing is almost impossible to find in the USA. Joost suggested you may have worked out a wooden mast option for the lug rig? Any joy in that?

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