Great to see the incredible thought you have put into this design Brian. It looks superb. I will send you a few photos of the support box details of my Avocet Hobie setup, admittedly the older style but it may be of some interest to you. Keep up the good work!
Nice piece. Getting a SL skiff as a 60-70 lb is getting it into traditional guideboat weight. Might be nice to look at a Guideboat style yoke for carrying and solo loading.
This idea just [popped up in my head as I watched - have you experimented with a daggerboard insert for the peddle drive box to optimize the sailing ability to windward? I love the choice of the St Lawrence designs. I was fortunate enough to have a lot of exposure to and learning from that design (old wooden ones, that is) and they are marvelous indeed! Well done and thanks!
@@erikwilliams7009 it wouldn’t be hard to do but when you add up everything else that needs to happen to make a boat go to Windward WELL, it’s a pretty involved and expensive project. I’ve never really felt like it’s worth putting that much work into narrow boats because you end up with something that’s pretty much limited to messing around in warm water close to shore because of the constant capsize risk. so I’ll probably keep this as a pretty simple reaching and running rig and then next year when I’m working on the herreschoff dinghy (the next design project), we will get serious with meticulously shaped foils and a modern high aspect freestanding rig. Granted you could kind of half ass it for a bit less work and less money but at that point you’re not really pointing well enough to justify not just dropping with sale and rowing straight into the wind. What you’re talking about Is totally doable though.
@@erikwilliams7009 I said also mention that the older St. Lawrence Skiffs could carry a decent amount of sail because they were significantly longer and heavier and more stable. Put that same rig on a skin boat and it gets pretty twitchy! (Fast though)
I was thinking the same thing. It would help with reaching too. Another option may be to make a plywood bracket that locks the pedal drive blades in the centre so they act as a foil
Brian your ability to communicate your design decisions is awesome. This is a beautiful boat, the design I've been waiting for!
Great to see the incredible thought you have put into this design Brian. It looks superb. I will send you a few photos of the support box details of my Avocet Hobie setup, admittedly the older style but it may be of some interest to you. Keep up the good work!
Looks great! I’m really liking the red pigment
You are a craftsman. Love all of your designs. I am going to try one myself. Hopefully soon
Outstanding video! Thanks!
Dam now I have to one
Nice piece. Getting a SL skiff as a 60-70 lb is getting it into traditional guideboat weight. Might be nice to look at a Guideboat style yoke for carrying and solo loading.
Salut .j'aime bien votre création de cayak ,un travail déterminer ...mon village C'est cap Falcon/ Ain turck/Oran/Algérie / nord Afrique....
This idea just [popped up in my head as I watched - have you experimented with a daggerboard insert for the peddle drive box to optimize the sailing ability to windward?
I love the choice of the St Lawrence designs. I was fortunate enough to have a lot of exposure to and learning from that design (old wooden ones, that is) and they are marvelous indeed! Well done and thanks!
@@erikwilliams7009 it wouldn’t be hard to do but when you add up everything else that needs to happen to make a boat go to Windward WELL, it’s a pretty involved and expensive project. I’ve never really felt like it’s worth putting that much work into narrow boats because you end up with something that’s pretty much limited to messing around in warm water close to shore because of the constant capsize risk. so I’ll probably keep this as a pretty simple reaching and running rig and then next year when I’m working on the herreschoff dinghy (the next design project), we will get serious with meticulously shaped foils and a modern high aspect freestanding rig. Granted you could kind of half ass it for a bit less work and less money but at that point you’re not really pointing well enough to justify not just dropping with sale and rowing straight into the wind. What you’re talking about Is totally doable though.
@@erikwilliams7009 I said also mention that the older St. Lawrence Skiffs could carry a decent amount of sail because they were significantly longer and heavier and more stable. Put that same rig on a skin boat and it gets pretty twitchy! (Fast though)
@@capefalconkayakSkin on frame Herreschoff dinghy or traditionally built?
@@BestTransportation Skin on Frame
I was thinking the same thing. It would help with reaching too. Another option may be to make a plywood bracket that locks the pedal drive blades in the centre so they act as a foil