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"Scott Vernon" wrote:
How would the sailing canoes down by St. Mikes compare? Don't really know. The log canoes best point is in relatively light air. I don't know what they clock. The skiffs plane easily but a 25' + waterline give these log canoes pretty good 'legs.' From what the numbers suggest, I'd give the nod to the skiffs. Donals Dilemma wrote: We have a canoe called The Payne Mortlock Sailing Canoe http://www.bsyc.asn.au/pmc Cool boat, twin hiking planks and quite fast but wouldn't be a patch on an 18' skiff I found another link with a small pic of the boat. Looks a good bit more sophisticated than the Chesapeake Bay Log Canoes. http://www.logcanoes.com/ The log canoes are very exciting to watch. They originated as 'buy boats' collecting oysters from the skipjack fleet and racing them to market. As more importance was given to just racing them for fun (although large sums were and still are wagered on them) they got sleeker and piled on more sail. Some of them have three or four hiking planks. IMHO the silly topsail doesn't add much drive but it adds a lot of style. Howard Chapelle's books have a lot of details & plans of some of the log canoes. Fresh Breezes- Doug King |
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Been meaning to attend one of their races, just didn't work out this year.
Scotty "DSK" wrote in message ... "Scott Vernon" wrote: How would the sailing canoes down by St. Mikes compare? Don't really know. The log canoes best point is in relatively light air. I don't know what they clock. The skiffs plane easily but a 25' + waterline give these log canoes pretty good 'legs.' From what the numbers suggest, I'd give the nod to the skiffs. Donals Dilemma wrote: We have a canoe called The Payne Mortlock Sailing Canoe http://www.bsyc.asn.au/pmc Cool boat, twin hiking planks and quite fast but wouldn't be a patch on an 18' skiff I found another link with a small pic of the boat. Looks a good bit more sophisticated than the Chesapeake Bay Log Canoes. http://www.logcanoes.com/ The log canoes are very exciting to watch. They originated as 'buy boats' collecting oysters from the skipjack fleet and racing them to market. As more importance was given to just racing them for fun (although large sums were and still are wagered on them) they got sleeker and piled on more sail. Some of them have three or four hiking planks. IMHO the silly topsail doesn't add much drive but it adds a lot of style. Howard Chapelle's books have a lot of details & plans of some of the log canoes. Fresh Breezes- Doug King |
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