The 1st Hawaiian Sailing Canoe to sail in the Indian Ocean, the "Kona" took flight off Mandurah in Western Australia last weekend. We had a ball until we lost both bailers and ended up swamped!
Always good having a support boat when learning how to play with these babies. Lessons for next time, better fitting covers, venturi in the hull and more wind please!!!!
The KONA will fly again.
Enjoy, we did!
Barts
Good one Barts, looks like fun!!!! does Kona have a rudder ?
how does the trapeeze work, does it side across ?
how is the lovely girl upwind?
how many crew is best?
how long is she ?
sail area??
Regards.
Hi SandS
The KONA has no rudder, she's steered with a large steering paddle, you can see me swap sides now and again and "poke".
These sailing canoes are designed for one direction racing, so you rig the large outrigger on the prevailing wind side. The usual races in Hawaii are from one island to another and average about 100nm each.
Because they have no keel or centre board they don't go up wind very well, they were designed for downwind or across wind one direction races.
6 crew is best but 7 is good if it's really windy.
The KONA is 45 feet long or 13.75m and the sail area is 150sq feet or 14sqm
We got her up to 16 knots on this trip and I've had her over 20 knots before.
And she's totally lashed together with rope so she talks to you while you're sailing along.
She's great fun.
cheers
Barts
farout Barts63
The idea of lashed together with rope is nice . some give and stretch mmmm nice.
did you build her?
what material are the hull and outrigger frame made from ?
cheers and regards
A friend and I built her, all the rigging is oregon and the hull and amas are fibreglass.
Cheers
Barts
