Bamboo,ply,string and polytarp.
Pro's;
fun
cheap
holds lot's of beer

Cons;
nowhere to put SUP
Jason

going off jason

that could hold and sh1t load of beer and scotch

and a pie warmer

love the shot of you sailing it in zero wind

rock on

laceys lane said...

i saw all these crazy pensioners kayaking up the creek and then half of them came back later with these little sails hoisted

one of them looked like mac

Mate I am whacking an old fishing boat in my next container from Indo.It will be on a stand in the backyard for BBQ's beer and seafood on ice.



coming soon

Hey Jason,

Merimbula Classic SUP mobile down wind party island with optional mooring at Bar Beach?

It does look a little HR Puffnstuff if you squint the right way, is there a golden flute on board?

Phill

I've always been amazed when at sea in asia or the pacific when some guy sails past. The boat is usually a canoe with a sail made from chaff sacks or polytarp.The guy is always layed back with all the time in the world.The fact that he is miles out into the ocean doesn't matter,he has all he needs right there.
Last trip to bali I decided I wanted some of THAT.I had no idea what THAT was or if I was just full of mid life crisis bintang.I have always gravitated to third world mariners and fisho's as I have a back ground in western comercial fishing and sailing.Westerners don't generally work the ocean with the same outlook or attitude.So I figured when I got home I would see if I could make a sailing boat using a low tech rig sounded interesting.
I searched the interweb and found this guy http://homepages.paradise.net.nz/garyd/
A set of plans were purchased and away I went.
No one seemed to use the sprit rig that I'm playing with so I just made it up from pics and from memory.Astonishingly this 6x4 rectangular piece of polytarp sails to windward as well as other western boats I have sailed.
Learning that an outrigger canoe is just a canoe with an outrigger and not a catermaran was learned during testing on the farm dam.Wet wet wet.
So now I use the boat to sail down to the river mouth towing a SUP and put her up on the sand,have a surf then sail home.If the wind is on the nose or non exsistant I do what the islanders do.Start paddling.
I've worked out what THAT is after this project. It's time.
Time to get home when the water gets you there or when your paddling efforts get you there.There really is something timeless about it.

Check this for inspirational downwinding

Jason that is unreal .

Please bring to Merimbula !

Nice jack mack, is that gary's three piece canoe?

I built his strip plank 18' ulua few years ago, always had the idea of putting a sail on her but never got around to it. Great fun to build.