On Nov 16, 6:22*am, lowe210 wrote:
I know this is an out-of-the box type question, but has anyone had any
experience with or have any ideas or comments on the thought of taking
a standard aluminum pontoon boat and rigging sails on it? I know it
would be slow, but sort of looking for that old Spanish Gallion effect
(slow, steady, using no fuel). Any thoughts on how to rig it, connect
masts, and how it might sail? Thoughts on a keel(s) or other method of
allowing it to tack properly against the wind? Is this even a
possibility given the physics? Boat would be used on a large lake in
Texas.

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I also don't feel technically on top of this unique problem, but you
may be interested to look at a book by Todd Bradshaw called Canoe
Rigs ...

In it he describes a structure which just gets clamped between the
gunnels, and has a mounting for the mast in the centre, and mountings
for the leeboards on each side. The canoe can therefore be easily
rigged and removed with almost no fixed rigging. It seems to me that
this might be a good first step as a trial to see if it worked well
enough to continue experimenting. I realise a Canadian canoe will
probably be a lot smaller than the boat you are looking at converting,
but I thought the general principle might work. I am at work just now
so I can't give you the page number from the book.

Best wishes.

Norm