However, if the asymmetry is still bothersome to some, I would consider drawing a double float option. All that it entails is changing the aka shape. This design is moderate in many respects and the boat is not over canvassed. The limiting factor here is the canoe's low freeboard. For this reason, it will sail best in protected waters, and is truly at home on lakes, bays, or tidal estuaries.
Performance is much like a well sailed dinghy.
But it holds a lot of gear, and thus would make a great daysailing or camping boat, and would be exceptional as a platform for snorkeling a protected reef. There are many stock canoe hulls that would make excellent outriggers, and they are often to be had really cheap. I would encourage anyone with a desire to build a small sailboat to consider the outrigger. All rights reserved.