ChrisObee

I thought as much. shift your trim back somewhat. The nose may be digging in to much. canoes are supposed to track kind of straight. Maybe you can describe what is happening more completely. Can you get it to turn at all?

When you say it doesn't steer well do you mean that it doe not track or that it does not turn?

She is a beautiful boat. I almost wish that I had built her instead of my current project. How is the steering acomplished. I think the origional has a loop of line around the perimeter of the cockpit that leads back to the rudder. Is that what you did?

What do you hope to do with her?

The only more expensive word is wedding!

If I had made the sail then I would just go for it and put int he reef points myself, but the sail is store bought and probably dacron so I still recommend a sail maker.

Any competent sail maker can add a row or two of reef points to your sail. Call a local marina operator and ask them to recommend a local sail maker. Odd are they will have a favorite.

Mr physics? Its what I say when I'm reporting the output of a physics related formula. The hull speed of a boat in knots is equal to the square root of the lenght of the water line, in feet, times a coefficient that represents the hull form of the boat. The coefficient is most often 1.4 but might be bigger if the boat was long and thin like a sculling shell or a hobie cat. Its rule of thumb really.

1 mph = 0.87 knots. 10.3 mph = 8.9 knots

Mr physics says 6.2 and 6.8 knots.

If you really didn't care what the finish was like You could probably do a boat in that time. You might try a C12 from www.bateau.com. Its a simple 12' cat boat. The Corsair 13 from the same company is a better sailboat a little larger and more complicated.

Here is a fine resource for small boat rigging. http://www.glen-l.com/free-book/rigging-small-sailboats.html Chapter five has four or five different options for avoiding your tiller.

I think frank gave you an edit.

what you need is the img tag, then the complete URL and then a closed img tag. kind of like this. [img=http://i849.photobucket.com/albums/ab57/bugabago/P6080027.jpg]

Can you post a picture of your modification?

Your limiting factor is comfort not strength. Six would be a crowd in that boat.

You either did not mix in the correct ratio 2 resin to 1 hardener or you did not mix well. Either mistake could result in what you have described. The epoxy won't go bad.

Let me help. Why are you not done? I need hourly updates. Call into the meeting line. :-P

about 8 pounds. I didn't weigh it but that was my guess. Boat has yet to see the water. The board is very heavy. I'm pretty confident that it will sink.

It is dangerous and not all that difficult. Only sensible people should try it! If you have you lead in shot I have to admit that casting in epoxy would probably be smarter. I had a lead pipe to melt down and then poured lead directly into holes sawn into the centerboard. It went without a hitch. There was a bit of scorching but no instantaneous fires that some insisted was the inevitable outcome. I've decided with my casting experiance behind me that the real danger is moisture encountered during your pour. Even a few drops is a very bad thing. Do your pour behind cover even if its as flimsy as cardboard. it will keep the spatter off.

It appears to have been fixed.

I think there is a tidal influence. At work I have pens in my desk and usually they slowly go away until I break down and go to the supply cabinet to replenish. Recently I've noticed that my drawer is filling up with pens. I currenly have so many I may have to put some back in the supply cabinet. This ebb and flow of pens is inexplicable. Perhaps I will have to put up a camera and discover what's happening.

I think your best bet is to talk with the folks on this forum. There are lots of pictures of boats here. I can appreciate your desire to lay hands on one though...

You can buy mast mount brackets that fit into a sail track.

Don't listen. Forge onwards. Don't stop.