DIY Leeboard Brace for a Sailing Canoe or Small Boat - Breakaway type

[@brucefrye2292]

I followed your design for my kayak and put on two boards, needed them for the gusty winds on our lakes here. Working great so far!

[@mydreamboatproject]

Great to hear!

[@larzhillbot1443]

Good job Love the Eureka Canoe design i built the quick canoe but wish i had just built the latter

[@mydreamboatproject]

Hi Larz, build the Eureka too. Never have enough boats, right? :-)

[@stefanbattige7988]

You could improve the leeboard design adding more width to the lower part or add more length to it! It will reduce side drift significantly ! But You should add a support wood block ether on the leeboard itself or on the outer boat hull to reduce forces on the moving axle part of the board!

[@mydreamboatproject]

Thanks for the thoughts.

[@seniorLu48]

You have a great idea, just getting ready to start on a sailing canoe. I see some folks placing two lee boards instead of one, could you tell me the difference? thank you for taking the time on demonstrating your set up.

[@mydreamboatproject]

Go for it! I haven't seen much of a difference but I needed to make mine bigger. It wasn't deep enough for my liking. Good luck.

[@ThePhilh5]

Good day, like your video. I am in New Zealand and just built a homemade trimaran, dinghy size. I would like to add you Leeboard design. Could I please just ask what the width of your board is approximately and the depth length underwater when the board is in the vertical position. From that I can calculate the whole length for my Tri. I currently have a centreboard which clutters up the main hull and if a Leeboard works I will remove the centreboard. Thanks. Phil

[@bronzeladdy53]

I had double leeboards on mine and I discovered that Leeboard means Lee board. Use the one on the LEE. The other one can actually go on undergo a lot of strain and break which happened to me when I was being towed in, and not very fast even. It snapped a half inch piece of plywood sounding like a very large bore shotgun. Very scary.

[@mydreamboatproject]

Ouch, did you duck? ;-)

[@adriennef1770]

Thanks for your video. I see you just have a leeboard only on the port side. You dont need one on the starboard side because you are running , not tacking, correct? I'm making a similar set-up for my 8 ft dinghy.

[@UguysRnuts]

Wrong side. It should be on the Starboard side. That's why it's called starBOARD. The side without a board is the side to go against the pier, otherwise known as the PORT side.

[@mydreamboatproject]

Thanks for you input. I've seen it one either side. My rig is designed to be able to place a leeboard on both sides. This was my maiden voyage and I only had one made by then.