Launch Test FAILURE | Sail Canoe 2.0 (EP 09)

[@dianabenobo]

I like the convertable A-frame design idea. I've been think of that too for my 17 foot aluminum canoe ... perhaps with a roll up jib fore and aft for tacking upwind when it's too strong to paddle ... maybe sprits for bracing the sheets for downwind ... but I might be content with the leeboard leverage and a tilt of the gunwale for sailing downwind ... can't wait to see EP 10

[@sitb-]

Launch failure is part of the learning process, I had a launch failure trying to sail out today on 6-7knot winds -ideal, but the waves were like 3-4ft high paddling from the shore 😂

[@yamabiru4553]

It’s not a failure if you’re learning. Like the A frame design, it will work eventually

[@gregpackard2659]

I built a sailing canue in 1981 and sailed it from corpus cristi TX to key west fl along the ice. It toulk me a year and a half camping out every night . Hope you too can have a great adventure.

[@merzoutdoors]

That's awesome! Bet you had quite the tan!

[@dentside78]

I enjoyed the video and test, I'll go back and watch the others. But how are you going to jibe it? Tacking in a strong gust might capsize you. The clew is the back lower corner, furthest from the mast. Keep at it, new subscriber.

[@merzoutdoors]

Honestly, I hadn't really thought about it. I guess I'd just pull in the sheet real snug so that the sail doesn't have far to travel if I were to jibe. Tacking & jibing should both be pretty easy theoretically since this sail is basically just a large jib/genoa and can blow freely from port to starboard, right?

[@alexforget]

Copy the design of Moana boat (outrigger canoe) or proa

[@merzoutdoors]

Yeah the proa design is cool.