English 20 - sailing

[Giiwedin]

Does anyone have photographs or other depictions of an English 20 under sail? The mast thwart on my canoe is located very far forward and that presents problems designing a modern-day replacement rig. The mast, leeboards, etc. shown below were lost several years ago.

Any help would be appreciated. Thanks.

 

[Jim Kirk]

Robert,

I have a photo in a book of an English 21 under sail. The book also contains a dimensioned drawing of a modified lateen rig for Model 16. This appears to be the same rig that Dick Persson built. I think your mast thwart location will work out well.

I will try to e-mail you directly with more information.

Best of luck with your project,

Jim Kirk

 

[Dan Miller]

The photo Jim refers to is in John Gardner's book "More Building Classic Small Craft". It shows a lateen sail well forward and a leg-o-mutton sail stepped aft.

For more photos of canoes rigged similar to yours, see http://www.dragonflycanoe.com/aca1935/index.html and especially page 10.

Most any sail typically used in a canoe (lateen, gunter, etc.) will probably work fine - you'll just need to locate the leeboards to balance the rig. I have an old sail rig made by J.J Turner of Peterborough that presumably could have come with any of the canoes made in Ontario (it happened to come with a Morris). It is a gunter rig.

By the way, those leeboards and bracket in the photo were made by Old Town. But you probably already knew that...

 

[Dan Miller]

Attached is another image from a photo in my collection. It also appeared on the cover of Wooden Canoe Issue 124. According to a follow up letter by Larry Zuk, the canoe is an English 16.

 

[Douglas Ingram]

Dan, any idea what he is doing with his foot?!