How to make a Sail Canoe.

The "Q" canoe

Goal: Make a canoe that can sail UP the Mississippi river.

Disclaimer - this webpage was made to share ideas only. Use them at your own risk. Sailing photos by M. Pinacho.

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The Process:
How to build a Sail Canoe.

Adding a sail-canoe mast of 1 inch electrical conduit from Lowe's

Detail of board supporting the sail-canoe mast. ( note the painted   ᛘᛁᛅᛚᚾᛁᛦ  runes )

 Sail-canoe mast support details.

1 & 1/4 inch electrical conduit coupler for raising sail on sail-canoe mast. Replace screws w/ bolts.
* Note - after some tests, the lower sail spar proved unneeded. One coupler & spar will suffice.

Coupler for sail top spar & sail-canoe mast.

Coupler with sail spar attached. The 6 by 8 tarp ( sail ) cost $3.99 at Menards.
Kit for extra tarp eyelets was about $5 bucks from Wal-Mart.

Detail of top of sail-canoe mast.

Detail of sail-canoe "leeboard" paddle substitute. Front of canoe to right.

Another detail of sail-canoe "leeboard" paddle substitute. Front of  sail-canoe to right.

Another detail of sail-canoe "leeboard" paddle substitute. Note - this paddle is the extendable type.

Another detail of sail-canoe "leeboard" paddle substitute. Front of sail-canoe to left.

Board to help brace sail-canoe steering paddle. Steering this way is amazingly easy.

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The Fun Part
Sailing UP river.

( click on sailing photos for greater enlargement )

Sailing a sail-canoe UP the Mississippi River. The "Q" canoe.

Dad, Dad, there's a ..                Son, can't you see I'm BUSY right now!

Sailing a sail-canoe UP the Mississippi River. The "Q" canoe.

The Fun Part - Sailing a sail-canoe UP the Mississippi River. The "Q" canoe.

Sailing a sail-canoe UP the Mississippi River. The "Q" canoe.

“The woman who follows the crowd will usually go no further than the crowd" - A. Einstein

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Sailing Updates

August UPDATE - after some river testing - the lower spar is just not needed.
Live & Learn.

The lower spar is quite effective for sailing in very faint wind,
but does not allow for a quick release of the sail - to avoid tilting from strong gusting winds.

Keep it fun - keep it Safe.


Our old lower spar has been "recycled" as the top spar for our bigger, faster 8x10 "Q-v2" sail.
The larger 8x10 tarp, the "Q-v2" sail, cost about $6.99. Ouch.
 

For gusting winds over 10 mph, the smaller 8 x 6 sail is much easier to handle,
especially if positioned lower on the mast. Less risk of tilting ... & still very FAST.

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The Q canoe - upgraded Version 2.0
~ How to build a Sail Canoe ~

The Q canoe - Version 2.0 - one spar, 8x10 tarp sail - a Faster & Safer Sail-Canoe

The Q canoe - Version 2.0 - one spar, 8x10 tarp sail - a Faster & Safer Sailing Canoe

The Q canoe - Version 2.0 - one spar, 8x10 tarp sail - a Faster & Safer Sail-Canoe

The Q canoe - Version 2.0 - one spar, 8x10 tarp sail - a Faster & Safer Sailing Canoe

The Q canoe - Version 2.0 - one spar, 8x10 tarp sail - a Faster & Safer Sailing Canoe

The Q canoe - Version 2.0 - one spar, 8x10 tarp sail - a Faster & Safer Sailing Canoe

The Q canoe - Version 2.0 - a Fast & Fun Sailing Canoe. Think Green.

More Sailing Updates

Autumn Rox!

Sailing a sail canoe UP the Mississippi River in late Autumn. The "Q" canoe.

Sailing a sail-canoe UP the Mississippi River by Quincy IL, on Thanksgiving day.

Sailing a sail-canoe UP the Mississippi River in late Autumn. The "Q" canoe.

Sailing a sail-canoe UP the Mississippi River in November. Yee-Haw !  The "Q" canoe.

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"Everyone must believe in something.
I believe - I'll go canoeing."
- Thoreau

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