Based on traditional hawaiian and micronesian types, thedesigns are lightweight, easy to build, and screaminglyfast. Building outrigger sailing canoes by gary dierking after the hawaiian canoe this is my favorite outrigger canoe book. Cant recommend the book enough, if youre interested in the topic. Sixperson outrigger canoes or oc6 are among the most commonly used for sport use.
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Building outrigger sailing canoes gary dierking home. This is a very versatile boat that includes a full length sleeping chamber, seven sealed compartments including the amas. The good thing about canoes is that they have, well, canoe sterns, so there is never any transom drag. A definite how to book im sure you could build all 3 canoes he writes about just from this one book but i bought the plans for his ulua sailing canoe just the same. The paperback of the building outrigger sailing canoes. Just starting a waapa from gary dierkings book building outrigger sailing canoes the waapa can be built as a 16 or 24 outrigger canoe that can be rigged as a proa or a trimaran. Author gary dierking shows you how tobuild these boats using stitchandglue and stripplankingconstruction, explains what tools and materials arerequired, how to rig and equip the boats, and more. Modern construction based on traditional hawaiian and micronesian types, the designs are lightweight, easy to build, and screamingly fast. Alternately, it can also be built in 8 sections that bolt together so one can have a 16 or 24 or even 32 boat as one wishes. Sep 05, 2007 popular in hawaii and throughout the south pacific and indian oceans, outrigger canoes combine the romance of the south seas with a ruthless efficiency of design and breathtaking sailing performance. Get his book, building outrigger sailing canoes, which details the construction of three sailingpaddling canoes, in both tacking and shunting sailing modes. Its featured in garys book building outrigger sailing canoes in one picture.
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Raised in northern wisconsin, he served in the us coast guard, then built a 37 trimaran and logged 20,000 nautical miles throughout the pacific. Rushton was one of the founders of the aca, which had its roots in decked canoe sailing. Explore the high seas, heres how to build an outrigger. Outrigger boats are various watercraft featuring one or more lateral support floats known as outriggers, which are fastened to one or both sides of the main hull. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. Dynamite payson does the same with his book instant boatbuilding with dynamite payson. Meet gary dierking, specialty outrigger sailing canoes designer and builder who calls coromandel, new zealand home.
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Based on traditional hawaiian and micronesian types, the designs are lightweight, easy to build, and screamingly fast. Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets. Oct 24, 2017 just starting a waapa from gary dierkings book building outrigger sailing canoes the waapa can be built as a 16 or 24 outrigger canoe that can be rigged as a proa or a trimaran. Outrigger boats can also vary in their configuration, from the ancestral doublehull configuration, to single outrigger vessels prevalent in the pacific islands. Use good quality line 14 inch dacron is what gary dierking, an professional outrigger designer and builder, recommends for small canoes. Modern construction methods for three fast, beautiful boats by gary dierking 1sep2007 paperback paperback bunko 1600 4. A brief overview of my 16 foot long tacking outrigger canoe.
Two and fourperson outrigger canoes are also sometimes used, and two sixperson outrigger canoes are sometimes rigged together like a catamaran to form a twelveperson double canoe. Aloha all im working on a personal project to build a 6man outrigger canoe for racing. Dec 01, 2015 outrigger sailing canoes paradise, covers all types of outrigger sailing canoes and proas known as flying or micronesian proas. Building outrigger sailing canoes by gary dierking paperback. Author gary dierking shows you how to build these boats using stitchandglue and stripplanking construction, explains what tools and materials are required, how to rig and equip the. Building outrigger sailing canoes by dierking, gary the nautical. His interest in outrigger canoes and other multihulls continued in. Building outrigger sailing canoes, modern construction methods. Popular in hawaii and throughout the south pacific and indian oceans, outrigger canoes combine the romance of the south seas with a ruthless efficiency of design and breathtaking sailing performance. Alternately, it can also be built in 8 sections that bolt together so one.
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