hey y’all
i have spent the last couple months on a boat design forum asking questions about design perimeters for a 6 man outrigger canoe. there is a very good reason for me presenting the same questions to this body of artists, engineers, and craftsmen. i am in southern california and i am working on a new class of outrigger that will be designed for our water conditions, not hawaiian, which is what all existing canoes are designed for. there are a few simple concepts that i am trying to achieve in this design. 1. that it be fast in “flat” condtions and 2. that it surf in rough conditions. the hawaiian canoes are great in the rough but dogs in the flat. the boat forum guys were kinda stumped. but an outrigger is very much like a super long surfboard in many ways. and when you catch an open ocean wave it can be just as thrilling as surfing on a board. one more thing to consider is that the tahitians have water conditions that are similar to mine. i have studied their canoes. we want to go faster than their canoes if possible and definitely surf better. i hope you don’t mind me asking about an outrigger on this forum. but i am really anxious to dialog with some of the brilliant minds i have seen on this forum. if anyone cares to reply i will give more detail about the design concepts i have so far. thanks.