Here is terrific-looking Eureka Canoe (designed by Michael Storer) with double outriggers. The outriggers are also Michael’s design.
I received a very nice email from him this week (which is how I learned about this boat).
The 2 videos below can be found on the YouTube Channel link in the below. Be sure to watch them to really get a nice gander at what is going on with this little craft.
Thank you Michael, very much for sharing!
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Hi Joe,
Daniel Caselli in Montevideo Uruguay has been sailing his Eureka with outriggers for a couple of years I guess. He keeps putting up new ones of the boat in races and winds far exceeding what were in my mind.
Here is the video list: https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=caselli+savonniere
The interesting design aspect that stands out is in stronger winds with his wife in the bow of the Eureka paddling canoe hull there is zero tendency to nosedive. That flat narrow bottom panel keeps the nose well out – pushing nose out and sucking tail down.
I guess I poke around your site for a couple of hours every two months … Always something to look at and ponder over.
Haven’t got closer to doing a small tri yet. Just about to release a plan for a 14ft canoe called the Viola 14 – there is always something in the way! Would dearly love to get something around the scale of a Bucc24 on the water to look at more of the islands.
Cheers!
MIK