Building a Waterlust Sailing Canoe in 10 Minutes

[@alrader4583]

Herzlichen Glückwunsch zur Fertigstellung dieses Bootes. Sieben Fuß unter dem Kiel! Congratulations on completing this boat. Seven feet under the keel!

[@enginerd1985]

Very nicely done. A work to be proud of.

[@sammycda]

Great build. Great boat. Thanks for sharing.

[@NavigatedChaos]

It takes most people years to build a canoe, took you 10 minutes. Good job!

[@robertrussellmd]

Yes, sailing a video please.

[@Purjejolla]

Great build!

[@dreoneful]

Bro you did awesome I really hope this won't be the only one

[@mit-mach-werkstatt]

Hast du echt super gemacht

[@RobbsHomemadeLife]

what a great job on the boat, I added it to my sailing canoe playlist and subscribed.😎👌

[@miguelpartera8174]

Want to see you sailing!!

[@gregnicholls8347]

Lovely job - and people have sailed oceans in this type of boat.

[@plantme777]

Oh, man…very nice work!!! Also, that hull shape is gorgeous. How does it sail?

[@geoffburrill9850]

Excellent job.

[@donotwantahandle1111]

I have an idea for a sailing surf boat with outriggers!

[@moonolyth]

Dooood !! Does it do more than float beside a nice dock ?? very nice looker am looking for a build.

[@elltielle]

Sailing video is comig s soon as it gets a bit warmer so I can take the boat back to the lake ;)

[@guyhall6241]

Hiya! How are you getting on with sailing? I am starting to get ready for the season - hoping for big things this year now I have my outriggers sorted!

[@elltielle]

Hi Guy, I saw your recent videos, all looking very good. I'm not sailing a lot lately sadly, I got a lot of work to do and always have to drive about 1h to get to the lake... (crying smiley). I was on the water only once this year in disgusting wind with a boat of a friend, I helped him to re-do all of his hardware and ropes. In winter I repaired a Fireball I got for free after it fell over on land during a storm, I had to partially replace the deck. It's fixed now and on the lake, I'm yet to take it out for her first sail after the repairs, still not sure if I keep it or try to sell it. You live close to the water, right? How long does it take you to get from your house to the sea (or is it a lake?) Best regards, Lukas

[@johnanderson8096]

Outstanding Video... in Every way!!!... right down to the "tuneskis... 238 Subscribers... that baffles me??? Looking forward to watching the series...

[@elltielle]

Thanks :)

[@johnanderson8096]

@@elltielle YOU BET....

[@isabellforester6371]

Excellent work! Are you boatbuilder by trade or is this your hobby? Planning on building my own canoe soon, but it’s nice to see a proper skiff being made

[@elltielle]

It's a hobby, I learned everything by myself with two books and many many hours on the internet, emails, forums, etc...

[@isabellforester6371]

@@elltielle nice! where did you get the plans for that skiff?

[@elltielle]

From a professional, search for Dudley Dix, Paperjet 14. I think I first saw it on the wooden boat forum

[@elltielle]

And the waterlust plans are from Chesapeak light craft

[@seayak]

Excellent work on a very handsome boat!! This is one of the finest looking sailing canoe designs I have ever seen. I hope you will post some reports and videos of your sailing experiences. I would expect the boat might be rather tender going to weather, but that comes with the territory with sailing canoes. Where do you plan to sail it??

[@elltielle]

Thanks :) I plan to upload some sailing content over this summer. Currently I am sailing on a little lake in Luxembourg (called "lac de la haute Sure"; it's tiny) but I also plan to take the Waterlust for weekend trips to the constance lake and the baltic sea when I know the boat a bit better.

[@lunaxoxoxo6841]

Very Nice !

[@viniyung]

Great canoe. It's possible to sleep in?

[@elltielle]

Yes it is (if you're not the tallest person). I am 1,75m, I can lay down inside the boat and even have room to turn around. (I'm not sure how long the area is, but I could mesure it for you if you are interested) I wouldn't sleep on the water though (risk of capsizing in a wave), but on a beach it should be okay. A little tent would fit inside the trunk too.

[@viniyung]

@@elltielle Thanks. Won't be necessary to measure, i was just curious. Here, in Brazil, the cost for the kit would be impracticable. But, David Gentry has plans for one sailing canoe that maybe fit the bill. I think that in a quiet harbour you can sleep into the water. You just need to give a try.

[@markc3717]

Great broadcast & terrific result - a good looking vessel. Did you ever workout how many hours it took?

[@elltielle]

Thanks :) No I didn't, but maybe that's better. 😅

[@Canoesailor]

Very nice! Come on over to Raid Extreme in the Netherlands, or Segelcriterium in Bremen, there's more small boats fans here :))

[@rikvanderzanden2834]

Looks great! I'm jealous! How does it sail?

[@elltielle]

Pretty well, I can't compare it to other sailing canoes though because I never sailed one before. It's very different to a "normal" cruising dinghy, but I got uesd to it pretty fast. The option to have two masts/onemast-no reef/-one reef/-two reefs or no mast at all and paddle it makes it very adaptable to the wind, thats very nice.

[@BigDuke6ixx]

Outriggers? Keel board?

[@elltielle]

There are no outriggers, just a footstrap to lean out. The boat has a daggerboard, no keelboard.

[@ROMIENAA]

what is the total weight of the boat?

[@elltielle]

Hi, I don't have a scale large enough to weigh the boat, so I'm not a 100% sure. On their website CLC claims 115 lbs. hull weight. If you know a simple solution for getting the weight of a boat please let me know, I'm interested in the total weight too.

[@ROMIENAA]

@@elltielle little bit heavier than I want to do. it was very good.

[@ROMIENAA]

@@elltiellegreetings from Brazil, sailor. Here we do many things in improvisation. I think that to weigh your boat and in a simple way I would use two common scales for home use and simultaneously going up two people holding the boat. we subtract the weight of people and we will have the weight of the boat. ha ha ... Success in your deversion.

[@viniyung]

Oi Henrique. A canoa Waterlust foi feita pensada no Everglades Challenge e o time Waterlust gostou do resultado. Canoas à vela tam bom rendimento em mar aberto, mas exigem velejadores com mais experiência. Nada que um bom tempo nela não resolva. Outra solução é acoplar flutuadores laterais e no site do CLC eles mostram ela com flutuadores. Infelizmente eles só vendem o Kit, o que no Brasil sairia uma fortuna, mas existem outros projetos de canoas à vela disponíveis na Web, é só pesquisar.

[@ROMIENAA]

@@viniyung boa tarde. Esse é justamente meu dilema. Um barco pequeno a vdla para mar aberto. Lógico que não pretendo chegar até a África, mas também não quero ficar na beira da praia. Procuro um barco que tenha bom desempenho na água agitatada. Aí temos o dilema de peso x resistência. Já pensei em construir o barco "proa" , mas parece que fica pesado. E ainda tem a questão de como fixar a ama para não quebrar em águas mais agitadas. Você tem alguma sugestão?

[@doubleuponbob3397]

Lovely

[@ROMIENAA]

This work in hard sea? Congratulations from Brasil

[@elltielle]

Thank you :) I am not sure about that, I currently only sailed it on a little lake. With only one sail at two reefs it was well manageable in high winds, but we don't have waves on that lake so I can't say something about that.

[@ROMIENAA]

@@elltielle how many knots was the wind

[@elltielle]

Not fully sure, I would say about 20-25 in the gusts (our lake is quite gusty and the wind blows from everywhere most of the time because of some hills around it)

[@peterfenici]

For your own safety, please wear a proper doublez-filter pro face mask when sanding and dealing with fiberglass and epoxy, plus ideally working on a well ventilated room. Nice work!

[@elltielle]

Hi Peter, sorry. I didn't see your comment. I bought an actual double-filter-face-mask recently (primairlily for spray-paint-jobs) and also wear it now when I'm sanding. I have to admit, it really helps a lot better than those FFP2 masks, should have gone for it earlier, I can only agree with you.

[@mjchmb]

Nice

[@Demdere]

pls turn down your music - it has to be very loud to hear your voice

[@tcstrackteam]

Wow

[@kevinscudamore2711]

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[@thomaskamp9365]

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