The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #60907 Message #978733
Posted By: EBarnacle1
07-Jul-03 - 09:54 PM
Thread Name: BS: Can U canoe
Subject: RE: BS: Can U canoe
Rudder busted on a downwind leg. Managed to sail the boat to where I was going. Sail got damaged in high wind on the way back. Took a lot of long tacks with very little upwind capability. Trip out took 30 minutes. Trip back, against wind and tide took 4 hours. Good thing I had been trained in cruising class sailing, controlling a sailing canoe with a paddle in place of a rudder. If I were better at it, I could have made it back in hald the time.