SAILING CANOES and SEA CANOEING
ISLAND CANOE'S PICTURE PAGE
The Guillemot, 16 ft. ketch rigged, decked sailing canoe with self-bailing cockpit. Lapstrake construction with plywood deck. Had a sliding centerboard like the Yakaboo, but I replaced it with a standard board and added a rudder.
Tatoosh Island Light from sea cave near Cape Flattery. We rounded the cape several time in the Island Cruiser.
Gary and Sharon tackle the surf in Pachina Bay, West Coast Vancouver Island
See this big wave in the Cape Beale video.
We enjoy sailing open canoes on tidal waters. We go where the sea kayaks
go and when the wind is right we sail. It's a blast. Our sail rig is designed for
cruising and we use whitewater air bags for flotation in case of a capsize. Somethimes
we wear dinghy suits or wet suits for added safety and we always wear our PFDs.
The whitewater airbags make a canoe easy to self rescue. It's easier than a wet
reentry of a sea kayak. If you have any questions about sea canoeing or canoe sailing, put them in the guestbook.
In our sailing canoe the Island Cruiser off West coast of Vancouver Island. We made 5 knots sailing from Florencia Island to Little Bay near Ucluelet (after the wind picked up).
Video of sailing from
Florencia Island to Little Bay in a good breeze and rough water through wave splashed rocks.
Interesting places we have sailed our open canoe: Puget Sound, Willipa Bay, Strait of Juan de Fuca, San Juan Islands, Point of Arches, La Push, Neah Bay, West Coast of Vancouver Island including Barkley Sound, Claquot Sound, Nootka Sound, Rolling Roadsted, Bunsby Islands, Rugged Point. We have paddled the canoe around Cape Flattery 7 times, Tatoosh Island 5 times. We rounded Cape Beale on Vancouver Island once from Pachina Bay to Bamfield and went out and back to Cape Beale from Diana Island twice. These places are suitable for prudent and skilled canoeists, but haven't been explored by canoe much since the Native Americans frequented them in their fabulous seaworthy canoes.
The Island Cruiser at Yellow Island in the San Juans
Top measured speed was 5.9 knots with 50 sq ft sail. We can handle winds up to 20 knots with the 35 sq ft cruising sail. Surprisingly the Island Cruiser will rise up and plane in the right conditions with either sail. In heavy winds we find it's a wet ride when beating into the wind close hauled. A close reach is faster and dryer.
The 16 ft. lapstrake tripping canoe "Loon" in Deer Harbor, Orcas Island
In our open canoe we lead this group of sea kayakers from Diana Island, across Trevor Channel to Cape Beale at the South entrance of Barkeley Sound, Vancouver Island, Canada, 1996
Mt Rainier and Orchard Point, taken while canoeing to the Manchester Inn for Breakfast
Interested in Yakaboo? Click here An article about Yakaboo.
Links to other sites on the Web
Return to Greatnorthwest main page
Home Made Tools For Canoe Building, Etc
Bainbrige Island Paddling Society (BIPS) home page
Pictures of my small, efficient and bright little shop.
NW chapter Wooden Canoe Heritage Association
Bent bike resources
Northwest ski reports, first hand and backcountry
Okanogan National Forest trail conditions
Sign Guestbook
View Guestbook
br
SORRY, the server truncates Guestbook messages at about 45 words
Get your own Free Home Page