Building Outrigger Sailing Canoes: Modern Construction Methods for Three Fast, Beautiful Boats

This book does two things for me, and perhaps for you too. First, it fills a function by standing alongside other "build your own boat" books, and especially canoe books; Bradshaw, Payson, and Dierking, all writers of build-your-boat books accessible to amateurs, each filling a niche, and each forming the core of the essential library for a variety of different types of people attracted to the water (and who can say it better than Melville's Ishmael on page one of "Moby Dick"?). The book in particular is a strong contribution to the do-it-yourself movement, a vital movement in a world of a lot of vague "movements." Here is one you can out your hands on, or rather wrap your hands around -- a tool, a sheet, a piece of wood that will be starting its second life. Doable, affordable adventure is possible for the common person -- this is necessary, so start now -- and can well start on the top of your garage work bench. The second thing this book does is solve a lot of problems. I'm no old salt, I just built a couple of outrigger canoes on my own with no guidance. And, I find that most of my major errors could have been avoided with this straight-forward, complete, and occasionally witty book. --wt

A very well written piece of work.

I liked the idea and was presented in a very entertaining manner. I'm a fan of proas of all kinds, what I'missing is some more background information regarding the design of the hull. How lenghth and width impacts sail performance, or space between ama and a hull. Whats with the load and the relationship and transfer of load. Asymetric hull also is a very intereating approach and there is missing info on the relationship between lenghth, width and curvature. There are 3 designs and plans included, all of them targeting wide sailor base. All of the beautifull too. Goes through basic boatbuilding techniques and I specially liked the rigging section. After all it's a dierking rig that's most intetesting. I would like that this book would have a sequel, expanding the waapa concept into a cruiser. Overall a very inspiring book and a rare one on the topic of sailing outriggers.

I recall the Malibu Outriggers from the early sixties on Alamitos Bay and Long Beach Harbor in Southern California before the advent of the Hobies and other beach cats. These designs in this book have been recaptured from the original museum pieces and working designs still in use in some parts of the world that go back in time thousands of years. They have been re-engineered and presented in a form that anyone with minimal skills and DIY abilities could emulate. There is still a lot to be learned from these traditional designs from Polynesian and other islanders. I hope to see a whole new generation of boats and multihull designers result from this fantastic book!

No relationship with author nor even from same continent. This book is written to instruct with the assumption buyer has no knowledge or experience with bost building. Excellent demonstrations, diagrams, and instructions. Very straightforward construction plans and tips. Has some ideas that inspired me to go larger and to pass on the idea and plans that urge you to sacrifice quality quality and size for a boat that is less than your dream. Book is complete with reference websites that answers questions and inspires confidence. One of the best I've read in the last 20 years.

I built one of Gary's other designs, not one of the three in the book. The information in the book and illustrations are really great. You can use all sorts of the information on any sort of boat really. Things are simply explained and pictured.

I have several books on wooden boatbuilding. This one is my current favorite mainly due to its thoroughness and the details drawings. It's not only a great resource on outrigger canoes, but also a friendly and encouraging read that seems to prod and coax you with each page. If you're like me, you will start out as a curious skeptic in regards to these boats, and with each chapter read you'll get more ready to begin actually buying wood and starting to cut out pieces. The designs are unique. lightweight and manageable. For many people like me who are not living near the water, these designs are really an attractive alternative to yet another look-alike plastic boat on a trailer. If you are open minded and not a follower of the herd, this book might spark some serious interest in you.

Time to get busy building this 27 ft. Canoe w/ outrigger.

There are ready-to-make plans in here. But you can also use it to understand and DIY your own design. There are some great ideas, drawing, tips, even know-how to make sails.

Great Book, if you've got a bit of woodworking experience it has everything you need to know to build 3 different outrigger sailing canoes, it also includes information on alternate tacking and shunting sail plans for each kind of canoe.if you've never built anything then you should probably buy the full plan set as well as the book, the plan sets are available online and include paper pattern for all the pieces.there are sections on strip planking, making sails, working with epoxy, working with fiberglass, bending and laminating wood, making foam amas, it's pretty complete, the only thing I can think of that would add to it would be plans for making paddles and a sculling/steering oar.

libro manuale cercato come sogno progetto personale,ad oggi sono quasi riuscito a seguire le istruzioni allegate all'interno..e finalmente ho una barca..!!!!

Livre trés bien faitDessins, plans, détails trés clair.Il reste plus qu'a faire, en achetant du contreplaqué marine, de la résine epoxy et quelques outils.

Wer sich mit dem Gedanken trägt ein "Ausleger-Kanu" zu bauen, ist mit diesem Buch hervorragend beraten. Die vorgestellten (3) Typen werden detailiert besprochen, Vorteile und Nachteile dargestellt sowie alle bauspeziefischen Problematiken bzw. Arbeitsschritte im einzelnen dargestellt. Kaufen - lesen - bauen !! Sehr gutes Buch - allerdings sind natürlich gute (!) Englischkenntnisse erforderlich.