Great video.

Best video on kayak / canoe sails !!!

To estimate the center of effort of a sail. draw it to scale on paper. Using a protractor or compass, draw a line bisecting the angle of each corner of the sail. Where all lines come together will approximate the center of effort. The exact center will be a bit closer to the mast. Take measurements and transfer the point to the real sail. Thanks for an excellent video. I have heard many discussion of the finer points of various rigs, but no discussion is as good as really building it.

For inspiration, read "Canoemates: A Story of the Florida Reef and Everglades" by Kirk Munroe, an account of 2 boys sailing canoes through the Florida Keys in the 1890s. The vessels were small, superlight decked canoes. with sails. In heavy weather, a gust can cause the boom to swing out as the canoe leans to the side, and get caught in the water. At that poiint you can't let the boom swing out farther. The sail fills, and over you go. Solution, Don't use the boom, leaving a "loose footed" sail. It is not as efficient as having a boom, but can release in an instant, and you carry one less spar.. You will see its value when you try it. If you pay out slack on the sheet, (don't lose the bitter end) the sail "flags", flapping and spilling the gust. That is a good idea for your initial sail too, as it is a very forgiving rig. It is common with lateen rigs and some older lug rigs.

I love your use of the belay pin. Infinitely practical and a shame you don’t see them used more often

It is clear that you put time and effort into producing a working rig that looks great! Thanks for sharing. I will try this on my own canoe.

Amazing engineering!!! Nice job 👍

Thank you for sharing. Very very useful for my project. ❤❤

Nice rig man and almost exactly the same as the one I built for my canoe in the mid 70's. It worked really well, but I'd added an outrigger on the lee side. 💜👍

Very good ideas, simple, practical and non destructive for the boat.

Thank you for your efforts and making this video. It is very helpful and informative.

Nice work 👏

Thank you very much! I and son made a wooden 18×3ft canoe by ourselves in last year. And now we are planning to make the sail. Your experience of canoe is very useful for us. In Japan yachting is a sports only in school or for rich. Yachts are regulated competition standard. So we could not find size of sail or Leeboard suitable for 18ft canoe.

The Grumman 18 makes a great hull for this. I've converted several canoes into performance sailing trimarans. The best have been made from Grummans. Other top quality aluminum canoes work just as well, but that's what I had. A good aluminum canoe isn't compromised by drilling holes for fasteners and boat stuff. Removing the seats and thwarts does not create a problem, either, since you will be adding thwarts as needed to attach the leeboards and /or aka amas. I ordered a sail kit from Sail~Rite for $95 that was a stitch together project . Simple and well marked. And, SOOO much better than anything I could have fashioned. Its a lug sail like this one. I added a headsail of 19sq ft. The jib helps a canoe tack better in light winds. The main is 54sq ft as recommended by this video. Well Done! I miss doing this, but my old shoulders have about had it. It's back to an aluminum skiff for me. I wonder if anyone has ever put a sail on one of those.....?

These prevent healing and capsize too huh?

Good straightforward advise

I put a viking sail on my sportspal a few years back; no rudder, no lee boards. Just pull the sail up and hold on for dear life. I was keeping up with a cruise ship and had everyone waving at me. I don't have the canoe anymore but at least I'm alive! Thanks for the video...I really identify.

What a fabulously likable personality you have, this video has the most straightforward, organized, and simply pleasant voiceover! Your ingenuity is tremendous! Here’s a playlist for a plywood rowing dinghy with a sailing rig and an outrigger. You could build something like this without plans and your own extremely clever rigging concepts. You’ll love sailing and may want to add a single outrigger or try your hand at a rowboat build. A beamier boat or an outrigger makes the sailing a lot less tricky and more enjoyable. If you fall in love with performance sailing, look up the Goat Island Skiff, it’s probably the best design for a home build plywood dinghy. kzbin.info/aero/PLZ2ODCFJw4TRss-CbUS6K-AEKXRB1ZGXT&si=LB5i7I2UcaKCg6SB

Beautiful

Basic is that you do not need a rudder on any very small sailboat such as a canoe. Another is that a higher aspect rig is much better. Also, leeboards need to have their edges sharpened. Then you need some padding on the rails because to sail upwind you need to hike out to balance the sail. But, as the author says, he is a beginner. once again, the rudder is an unnecessary waste of time for anyone who knows how to sail a small boat.

Very good, well done for making it easy to understand and simple solutions to problems

Always wondered if a Junk Rig sail would work on a small canoe. Uses unstayed mast, can be lowered easily to reduce sail.

Some great ideas for turning your canoe into a sailing canoe. Liking the removable parts system leaving no damage to the canoe. Thanks for sharing 👍.

I liked your simple explanation and ingenious solutions for a sailing canoe. Also useful was your explanation of weather helm and how to adjust for it. Great job. And you aren’t selling anything!

brilliant!

I’ve been searching for this video for years, thank you sir!!

Nice work! Beautiful build, thanks for sharing!

Nicely rigged. I briefly considered such a setup. I came to the belief that an outrigger would be needed.

Finally a video that worth watching. Many videos skip the parts of installing rigs and many other interesting stuff. Thanks for making this video.

Are you generally gathering enough momentum to tack without paddling when soloing?

A fellow sailor here... Install a fairlead in front of your sheet cam cleat so your sheet stays in place. Make it tall enough (Upsidedown U) so you can pull sheet up and out of the jaws when easing. Put a stopper knot at the end of the sheet that's bigger than the fairlead opening so you don't loose the sheet through the fairlead. I like your setup.

Excellent presentation! Very informative, similar to you, I am learning about sailing, this video took a subject which to the layman can seem very complex and made it simple!

Excellent video. Youre a natural teacher. Thanks for sharing

Hi, with this type of solution, you can also travel on the sea for a long time?

Thank you Tea,, best build video for canoe sailing on KZbin, everybody take notice. You took the mystery out of the sail building. Very well explained.

great video (learn alot of the terminology in english to boot)

You did the rigging by yourself? Great

Looks great!

Thanks for the video. One thing: that little flange on the floor of the canoe in front of the bow seat (plainly visible at 3:28)? That's for attaching the foot of a mast. Grumman designed and sold a sailing rig for this canoe.

Thank you for making this video. I've been researching building a simple sailing canoe rig and while I've found many videos, most assume a basic knowledge of sailboat anatomy terminology so while I've picked up most of it along the way, it's nice to have a video with the basics in layman's lingo. Saved in my growing "Sailing" playlist 😊👍

Nice work! How does it sail?

Would love to see a video on how to sail her

Good ideas shown here! Thank you for doing this.😊

Do you know of any videos showing how to properly sail one of these rigs and common problems with them

And you need to get that rudder stock out of the water!

Your yard needs to be at 40% from the throat of sail, not peak. That’s why you don’t have good luff tension, sir.

thank you for a great video

Excellent video - thanks mate

Looking into doing something very similar to an old canoe my grandma has and i was wondering if you have plans or dimensions for the sail and mast height

Great explanation especially about weather helm