Sailing friend Ian McGehee sent me the link to the YouTube vid (below). It features an interesting sailing outrigger kayak. (Thanks again Ian :-)
*** READERS, PLEASE NOTE, this is NOT Ian’s boat – he found this boat and shared the link to it, as he has found links/videos to many small tris with us over the years.
Ian writes: “Hi Joe, just saw this short video of a DIY tri conversion that has some interesting design solutions.”
Here is the video’s write up on its YT page: “In this episode I show how I transform my kayak to a trimaran sailboat with pontoons, mainsail and furling jib. I plan a trip in the ice cold sea outside Ingarö in the Stockholm archipelago. I pack my kayak at the beach of Mörtviken as the sun rises.”
Here also is an earlier video posted by this kayak sailor, as he tests out the mainsail…
Interesting concept: the outriggers (and ama’s) that are flexible attached to the kayak, so the kayak does not capsize. It is almost like having two boats flexible attached !
Great non-permanent adaptions. Well done !
Great to see someone finish a project with such panache and obvious love of sailing and water. Certainly not for everyone, but as long as you aren’t sailing in big wind, it should be fun.