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Designing and building a light, car-top-able outrigger sailing canoe - More DIY How To Projects]]> http://www.instructables.com/files/deriv/FYW/HSNP/HE7DAEJY/FYWHSNPHE7DAEJY.SQUARE2.jpg http://www.instructables.com/files/deriv/FYW/HSNP/HE7DAEJY/FYWHSNPHE7DAEJY.SQUARE.jpg http://www.instructables.com/files/deriv/FYW/HSNP/HE7DAEJY/FYWHSNPHE7DAEJY.SMALL.jpg Wade Tarzia (Comment on the Photos: Short Dragon is a good boat, but it started rather heavy and gained weight as I added new features such as watertight compartments.  He has undergone many revisions, but the revision to very light kayak-replacement and car-top-carried sailing canoe is impossible.) There is ...
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Build a Short Dragon (16 foot 3-Board Outrigger Sailing Canoe) - More DIY How To Projects]]> http://www.instructables.com/files/deriv/F8Y/4NIQ/G4D61TPJ/F8Y4NIQG4D61TPJ.SQUARE2.jpg http://www.instructables.com/files/deriv/F8Y/4NIQ/G4D61TPJ/F8Y4NIQG4D61TPJ.SQUARE.jpg http://www.instructables.com/files/deriv/F8Y/4NIQ/G4D61TPJ/F8Y4NIQG4D61TPJ.SMALL.jpg Wade Tarzia NOTE: Version 4.0 May 12, 2011 -- Added step 7 about a brief trimaran conversion for the Everglades Challenge. I talk more about sailing (and other things)  at my blog, Tristram Shandy in the 21st Century, www.tristramshandy21st.blogspot.com --wt Foreword    According to the philosophy of "one boa...
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Trip Log: Return to the California Channel Islands - More DIY How To Projects]]> http://www.instructables.com/files/deriv/FG6/4AIC/G825I9TI/FG64AICG825I9TI.SQUARE2.jpg http://www.instructables.com/files/deriv/FG6/4AIC/G825I9TI/FG64AICG825I9TI.SQUARE.jpg http://www.instructables.com/files/deriv/FG6/4AIC/G825I9TI/FG64AICG825I9TI.SMALL.jpg TimAnderson I'd been sailing all night, cold in the big dark waves, bright stars above and bright phosphorescence in the water. I was sitting on the platform between my main hull and the outrigger, with my feet over the water. Suddenly something glowing big in the water under me. Three dolphins swimming right u...
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Water Bottle Kayak with Outrigger - More DIY How To Projects]]> http://www.instructables.com/files/deriv/FKQ/OETK/G1ZGOUKV/FKQOETKG1ZGOUKV.SQUARE2.jpg http://www.instructables.com/files/deriv/FKQ/OETK/G1ZGOUKV/FKQOETKG1ZGOUKV.SQUARE.jpg http://www.instructables.com/files/deriv/FKQ/OETK/G1ZGOUKV/FKQOETKG1ZGOUKV.SMALL.jpg MrL33TPenguin  Ok, ok, this is a first instructable that I'm going to be publishing here and I hope that it isn't my last. This is going to be something like a journal / part instructable, so please bear with me. And now, I'm proud to present to you all......... HUNK O' JUNK!!!! UPDATE January  9, 2010; Guam T...
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Make Life Better with a Sailboat-in-a-Closet - More DIY How To Projects]]> http://cdn.instructables.com/FS6/C0ME/WZWEV2ZKMU2/FS6C0MEWZWEV2ZKMU2.SQUARE2.jpg http://cdn.instructables.com/FS6/C0ME/WZWEV2ZKMU2/FS6C0MEWZWEV2ZKMU2.SQUARE.jpg http://cdn.instructables.com/FS6/C0ME/WZWEV2ZKMU2/FS6C0MEWZWEV2ZKMU2.SMALL.jpg Wade Tarzia [SHAMELESS SELF-PROMOTION: If you like this kind of writing style, feel free to visit my blog, Tristram Shandy in the 21st Century, www.tristramshandy21st.blogspot.com.  If you do NOT like my style, do NOT visit the blog! I want no harm to come to you!  NOTE May 2011 -- I have been a little lazy at ...
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24 foot Sailing Trimaran - More DIY How To Projects]]> http://www.instructables.com/files/deriv/FNC/RMYF/FTY4CMJK/FNCRMYFFTY4CMJK.SQUARE2.jpg http://www.instructables.com/files/deriv/FNC/RMYF/FTY4CMJK/FNCRMYFFTY4CMJK.SQUARE.jpg http://www.instructables.com/files/deriv/FNC/RMYF/FTY4CMJK/FNCRMYFFTY4CMJK.SMALL.jpg TimAnderson Indonesian style, built out of recycled stuff.Here we are busting out through the surf in 30mph winds at Stinson Beach California on the maiden voyage. The boat works great! There are no swimmers or surfers out because of the rough conditions. The kids are on the beach making forts out of their boog...
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Sailing Canoe Chapter 4: Carve Outrigger and Break Tools - More DIY How To Projects]]> http://www.instructables.com/files/deriv/FGN/B1X4/FNHTFMPJ/FGNB1X4FNHTFMPJ.SQUARE2.jpg http://www.instructables.com/files/deriv/FGN/B1X4/FNHTFMPJ/FGNB1X4FNHTFMPJ.SQUARE.jpg http://www.instructables.com/files/deriv/FGN/B1X4/FNHTFMPJ/FGNB1X4FNHTFMPJ.SMALL.jpg TimAnderson Make an outrigger float (Ama) from an Agave Stalk. Break a planer, an angle grinder, a knife, get cut but not badly. Fix a planer and a ukulele.It's time to build the ama for our outrigger canoe.My friend Roland Chen has a lot of local knowledge. He suggested using an Agave (pronounced "Ah-gah-vey")...
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Continue Reading »]]> Thu, 13 Nov 2008 14:57:07 PST http://www.instructables.com/id/Kenya-Outrigger-Sailing-Canoe/
Kenya Outrigger Sailing Canoe - More DIY How To Projects]]> http://cdn.instructables.com/FI8/TPTX/F45H8KZM/FI8TPTXF45H8KZM.SQUARE2.jpg http://cdn.instructables.com/FI8/TPTX/F45H8KZM/FI8TPTXF45H8KZM.SQUARE.jpg http://cdn.instructables.com/FI8/TPTX/F45H8KZM/FI8TPTXF45H8KZM.SMALL.jpg TimAnderson Here's a 12 foot long outrigger sailing canoe I built in Kenya this spring.It has folding "beds" for two, a removable roof, and a sail. It's easy to build.The only tools needed were a machete, knife, drill, chisel, spokeshave, hammer, screwdriver.Here Nathan Eagle, Eddie Elliot, and myself get the b...
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