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    Question Narrow PD Goose as a sailing canoe.

    With all the talk of adding a rig to the Quick Canoe could you make a PD Goose narrower to make it easier to cartop? With a 1200mm wide ply you could get one side and the bottom out, another sheet width would give you the other three sides to make the side tanks. End up with a beam of 800mm/ 32 in' similar to the Quick Canoe and Beth sailing canoe. I imagine the rig would need to be smaller due to the lower stability. Would it work as a sailing canoe? Sorry my first post is so full of questions, just thinking very aloud!

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    If you anyway do not care about stability that much, why not an Quick Canoe Electric (Quick Canoe Electric – a simple, cheap electric powered boat. Square back Electric Canoe | Michael Storer Wooden Boat Plans). From the site you can read that it is having the dimension of 15ft 8″ (4.6m) x 39″ (1.03m).

    Maybe the original Quick Canoe could also be converted to a good sailing canoe. MIK maybe can tell which one of QC and QCE would be better as a sailing canoe (with centerboard and mast added).

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    I have problems storing a canoe that long and think the shorter length would be more manageable cartopping. Also what are you losing by cutting 2 ft off each end of one of the canoes you mention; a little buoyancy, probably not much considering the straight sides of the Goose. The shorter waterline may mean a bit slower speed, I can live with that I'm not looking to race..

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    Have a look at my comments here - https://www.woodworkforums.com/f169/s...t-dory-159976/

    Then see if it fits within your sailing style or would be so much fun it is worth trying anyhow. You might need a touch more rocker.

    https://www.woodworkforums.com/f169/s...t-dory-159976/

    MIK

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