Sailing a 24' wa'apa tacking outrigger canoe at 7.5 knots off sandy hook bay. The entire boat disassembles into 8' sections, and plans are available in Gary Deirking's great book on outrigger canoes.. I've gotten her to 9.3 knots, ama to windward, and 8.3 knots ama to lee..
Built out of 1/4" ABX fir plywood, stitch and glue. The main sail is of dacron, but the jib was made using high quality white duct tape over white exterior pvc tarp material, the tape holds it together no stitching required. Not sure how long this would last, but it held up well for the second half of the season and my guess is would be fine for at least a year as long as it was protected from sunlight when not sailing. Anyway, it's a quick (1 day to build) and inexpensive way to try out a new sail configuration for a small open boat like this. Just be sure to follow the instructions that are given on one of the threads of woodenboat forum, and keep the weave of the cloth parallel to the leech of the sail.
If I could do it again, I would definitely build it much lighter. I would use 4mm okoume, as per the instructions in the plans for the "lightweight" version. The ABX ply is fine for the hull structurally, but is heavy. I used the ABX for the aka's, I think I would build those of marine grade ply next time instead of ABX, the front aka bends alot in one particular location when ama to lee in heavy wind, and I think that might be because of a void in one of the layers of the ply. To be honest, this boat was built on a shoestring, and it is noticeable. I would have much higher quality componenst, ie blocks and line etc. Nevertheless, alot can be done with a shoestring, and the boat is certainly sailable. The daggerboard is overbuilt, I would make it thinner and lighter next time. I tried a leeboard first, but it was very inefficient, and not very strong, it ultimately broke on me.
The biggest modification I would make next time is that I would not use the balanced lug rig. In hindsight, with much more sailing experience under my belt now in many different boats, this rig is just inferior to the bermuda for fast boats. It is very powerful, and can point somewhat (high quality compnents would have helped here a bit), but it is not fast. It creates more heeling force than speed imho. When up to speed on this boat you can feel the hull just slicing through the water, more than ready to really take off. But the lug overpowers it once the wind gets up. A very draggy and inefficient sail, however it is nice to go downwind with and means you won't need a spinnaker to sail ddw. If I could, I would either put a used hobie 16 sail and rig on it, or if stretched for cash I would try out Gary Dierking's "hawaiian" rig (polynesian sprit sail) it looks like it might work well.
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