Building "Sea Biskit" - 15' Eureka Sailing Canoe

[@sel7245]

Thanks for sharing. I am building a different boat. But the wooden knobs on the outrigger is a great idea. Wood on wood looks great and does not grind as metal on wood would. The size also means its easy to fasten without tools. And its easier to make some sort of locking mechanism so they wont turn. Thanks

[@mydreamboatproject]

Glad it was helpful!

[@sevencsr8522]

Thanks for sharing the journey! Excellent work!

[@mydreamboatproject]

Thank you and welcome aboard...

[@danl382]

Beautiful I am thinking of building almost the same thing. I was glad to find yours as I am already looking at building the Eureka then making it a trimaran.

[@mydreamboatproject]

Thanks Dan. It was a really fun build and it works great. Enjoy your build and keep me posted!

[@terryhagan7694]

im just about to build a 12 canoe and i like the outrigger idea

[@mydreamboatproject]

I absolutely love the outriggers but they were even more challenging to build than the canoe. lol They were also from Michael Storer plans.

[@OutnBacker]

Excellent. I've modified existing canoes - mostly Grummans, but I built all the wood bits myself and made the pontoons from rigid foam, then several layers of glass. Are you going to control the tiller by using lines? I recommend a Norwegian Tiller, which is a simple push-pull arrngement using a telescopic painters rod soyou can move fwd/aft if needed and still hold the tiller steady. Ifound that when the boat is balanced and teh tiller feels slack, th erope seems somehow insecure. The rod can be set into a broom clamp for broom handles and the tiller remians fixed. Have fun!

[@mydreamboatproject]

Thanks for the information :-)

[@turk_dogan]

👍👍🙂

[@terryhagan7694]

realy lovely boat, can i ask, the outrigger arms what lumber are they made of

[@mydreamboatproject]

Hi Terry, for the outriggers, the mast, boom and yard I bought a 2x10x12 piece of fir or pine (can't remember which) with "no" knots from a specialty lumber yard nearby. It was like $85 for the one piece of rough lumber but they did deliver it to me. I was able to strip it down to get quite a bit out of it. It was unbelievably light but once I epoxied it I was able to make it much stronger...

[@onanysundrymule3144]

Very elegant Sir. Would you yourself describe the sail rig as being a Lateen, or a Settee? (serious question). I'm going to posit hard footed (or boomed) settee, having no square leading leach. Kind regards.

[@mydreamboatproject]

It's a Lateen sail.

[@donaldburton6869]

What a beautiful boat! I can see myself building that. I wish there was a way for me to come see it. I noticed you’re from Maine also. Where do you sail it primarily?

[@mydreamboatproject]

Hi Donald, that would be great but unfortunately I sold it earlier this year to have room to build my Deadrise. I'm in Biddeford btw. It was a fun build and the designer Michael Storer is awesome to work with. Good luck :-)

[@donaldburton6869]

Is Deadrise another sailboat?

[@mydreamboatproject]

No, it's a motor fishing boat that I'm going to convert to a cabin cruiser.

[@derekiles4755]

Beautiful Build! Have you had the canoe out is some rougher water yet? I am curious how it preforms in the waves! It looks really great.

[@mydreamboatproject]

Hi Derek, no I only had it out twice last year. Been way too busy to enjoy it. :-(

[@j.o.t.u.n.n]

She's buitiful

[@mydreamboatproject]

Thank you! :-)