tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24036283518539351502024-02-21T08:20:51.798-08:00Wa'apa Outrigger Sailing CanoeGary.Dierkinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03075364076488992033noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2403628351853935150.post-37570336935972670932011-10-01T19:19:00.006-07:002023-08-07T14:28:11.073-07:00Build your own demountable 16' or 24' canoe<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtys03HL8nYzDXAQn79kyfcz3OdtCg-B9uTiVSSossulmboVswdcvhbryLznr9b0dbF8BPu2YUHVaa2BXNxw63IfxSQF6cnnqrHEbdhIoYr39BNsHDUWCtQH3CGetzRFzpg0vWAZ2tasSG/s800/WaapaStack.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="800" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtys03HL8nYzDXAQn79kyfcz3OdtCg-B9uTiVSSossulmboVswdcvhbryLznr9b0dbF8BPu2YUHVaa2BXNxw63IfxSQF6cnnqrHEbdhIoYr39BNsHDUWCtQH3CGetzRFzpg0vWAZ2tasSG/s320/WaapaStack.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>A 16' or 24' canoe in 8' sections.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiebJXvn9wXdv2S1C0Zgsk8xMHAHqGedT4OrPyeooFg2s3bXzV18oYNL1xkAotdjCesKte3agRmBafTveqUx1f0LeyXpIbpoaeyUxw-TwA3ISM_USiV7GhEPqDQMx4VkHyg-FD3MV-V9FQo/s1600/AtAngusCove.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="808" data-original-width="896" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiebJXvn9wXdv2S1C0Zgsk8xMHAHqGedT4OrPyeooFg2s3bXzV18oYNL1xkAotdjCesKte3agRmBafTveqUx1f0LeyXpIbpoaeyUxw-TwA3ISM_USiV7GhEPqDQMx4VkHyg-FD3MV-V9FQo/s400/AtAngusCove.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">24' single outrigger Wa'apa</td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td></tr>
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<td style="background-color: white; vertical-align: top;"><span style="font-family: "arial";">In the late 1800's, when
sawn lumber began to appear in Hawaii
and other Pacific islands,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial";">the local canoe builders
immediately
saw it
as an easier way to build canoes. While </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial";">perhaps
slightly
less
efficient than round bottom shapes they have now become the standard</span><br />
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working canoe seen throughout the Pacific. The first models
were
simply built of three wide </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial";">planks and came to be known as "three board
canoes" or wa'apa in Hawaiian.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial";">I
built a 16'er in the 70's
that unbolted in the center for easier stowage onboard my cruising</span><br />
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trimaran. It proved to be a useful dinghy and a fun sailer
for
exploring. This design is similar</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial";"> in shape but allows for a
center section to be added which stretches it to 24'. The
24'er
seats</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial";"> four crew, and can be sailed as a tacking outrigger or a shunting
proa. <br />
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The Wa'apa can be built as a one piece hull to save weight,
but
one of its prime
advantages </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial";">is that no hull or ama section is longer than 2.4 meters
(8 ft). It can be built, stored and</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial";"> transported in
a small
space. The three section main hull and a two piece
plywood
ama only</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial";"> require six sheets of 6mm (1/4") plywood. The hull
sides
and ama can be built with 4mm </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial";">plywood to save weight. <br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Chris Luomanen using a balanced lug rig</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Christian Glockl paddling a 24'</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Gunnar Jentzsch with two 24' hulls to form a catamaran</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Joao Rivera in Rio</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Robert Kearney with a lug rig</td></tr>
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