Sailing Canoe- build and evolution 

Nice! Like the sleep accomodations! Fair winds!

Is a very interesting project! Greetings and fair winds 🍀

Looks great 👍🏻

Fascinating geological formations in the area. Love the boat, why I'm here btw :)

Very brave and clever!

I'm really surprised you managed with a single aka. I've built a canoe and planned on two aka with only a 180 cm ama and immediately realized that was going to make sitting space difficult. My solution which I haven't applied yet was to build longer ama but I might just give the single aka a try and the single ama as well. Thanks 👍

Wonderful so satisfying to see someone dare to test such designs, im very inspired and grateful for sharing your experience

Lovely little sailing canoe John 👍. Really enjoyed your build journey, testing and tweaking things until you got them how you wanted. Cheers for sharing 👍.

i like your boat. i am getting ready to start construction on mine and im looking for ideas because i never built a canoe before i was thinking of making it out of cedar although marene plywood might be easier i have done a decent amount of canoeing in my past and now im itching to go adventureing again in a vessel of my own making. i grew up in northern Alberta and there are 0ld fur trade routes on lakes and rivers id like to go on for a sense of adventure and some of the rivers ive gone on in the past makes me want to build a vessel as mobile and universal as i can because there will be portages and going from a river to a lake and some narrow creeks and we have some pretty big lakes. my idea is have a keel i can pull up or drop that is made into the boat so i dont have rigging hanging off and a sail in the front and have a deep but flat bottom canoe and hopefully its sturdy enough with the size of sail ill need. i bought a book on how to make canoes to give me some ideas i have my plans drawn up almost ready to get material and start. great video awsome vessal it gave me some inspiration to start. maybe ill make a video if my wife can help edit it and if anyone else is interested in these sort of adventures. Cheers from Alberta Canada.

I am interested in the rudder position John. I have seen some designs with a rudder mounted on the stern with lines either side to turn the rudder post. I guess you located yours on one side near the stern. Is this because it was more convenient? You mentioned your set up can be adjusted easily and you wouldn't change it. Can you give us a little more detail on why it is more convenient and the ease of keeping a good course please?

I'm not going to lie I was super excited to see this video. I'm sorry it took me a day or two to get back to it I really like the prowl of that boat looks very sea going. I like that you caught the evolution of your build as well. Archery shed that was a bonus. I like that you made sure there was room for you to lay in it. I am curious why you didn't use ballast instead of an outrigger or if you even tried ballast . Thank you for the video I appreciate it. 👍

Graceful. How did you protect the wooden surfaces?

This was really interesting to watch. I like the explanation of how the boat evolved. I am curious about how the boat behaves when the wind is coming in from starboard as you have no buoyancy on the port side? I guess that you lean over hard towards the wind or do you mostly sail on the "safe tack"?

Nice little canoe , good job John. Good to see how this boat evolved , finding out what works , and what doesn`t . What are the rough dimensions john , is it basically two sheets long ? It`s hard to guess the beam as there is quite some flare to the sides of the hull. I`m planning a single outrigger sailing canoe myself , so just wondered about your basic dimensions. My boat will be two plywood sheets long . I am considering a batwing sail , it`s relatively easy to make , and looks quite nice.

Hi John. That's an interesting boat; thanks for sharing the video. I'm building a 10ft Matt Layden inspired design, and I was wondering what you used for a mast; it looks roughly like what I need. Nice to see another Cornish builder. Greetings from St Austell.

Hello John, you mentioned that you carry your Canoe Dory on top of your van. The boat is 17ft long so what model of van do you use and how do you get it up there? I guess you have wheels supporting one end on the ground and push it on at an angle unit it becomes horizontal..I liked the idea of dispensing with a road trailer and all the attendant maintenance problems dunking it in seawater etc. More information on these aspects would be greatly appreciated. I don't have a van but I guess I could maybe hire one for as short period. Also useful for carrying sailing and camping gear as well I guess.

Great video and inspirational. I’m trying to build a rig for my canoe. Are you left-handed? I’m just wondering does the rudder, outrigger and lee-board prevent you from paddling that side. Would it be the case that you are better off putting everything on the side that you won’t be paddling in your experience? Or is it a case of when there is no wind you wouldn’t have the bits and bobs set up? Thanks

The single outrigger provides stability even when the wind is pushing you over away from it? I'm buying a sail for my old town canoe. So I'm curious about outriggers etc. Love your boat!