RxMarine
Mad for Kayak Sailing
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Having been a keen sailor for many years I have always wanted to broaden the areas I explored by sailing boat. The complexity of transporting a dinghy to different sailing locations made me start to think of easier ways of getting on the water. In a round about way, that is how I got into Kayak Sailing
Kayak sailing combines the sports of Kayaking and Sailing. It opens up whole new opportunities for the adventurous at heart.
I love messing about in the garage developing new ideas for improving my sailing kayak. I find it is a great way to spend those winter evenings!
The picture in the top right shows the first development of a sail and mast step I made for my Scupper Pro. Below you can see my latest tested configuration. This is easily my favourite setup to date. In between there have been many combinations of ama / sail / leeboard.
Where it all started, a polytarp sail, no rudder, no leeboard, simple fun. But I couldn't be satisfied with that could I? Oh no, far too simple......
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What's New!
June 29th 2009 - Read about my 4 day kayaking trip.Feb 27th - Experiments mounting an asymmetric spinnaker on my Scupper Pro sailing kayak
Feb 15th - Fantastic Kayak Sailing off Lyme Regis. The sun was shining and a steady force 3 promised a great day........
Feb 8th - A couple of pictures of my Rx1, a Skiff I built
Feb 7th - Updated Making Stuff Page
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Building a Bruce Hydrofoil system for my Kayak.
I finally got round to building a Bruce Foil for my Kayak...Click here for the Story
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30 Jan 09 - A good blast on the local lake.....