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Page 2 of 2  I don’t really feel constrained to follow tradition here and I plan on having each canoe hull sport a freestanding rig. In this way, each hull can be used with a separate ama and aka. How’s that for a picture? Imagine two outrigger canoes racing through the harbor. Or they can be lashed together to form a pseudo Hawaiian voyaging canoe for coastal camping with room for two to four sailors. Since the latter hull and subsequent catamaran are still a ways off, cruising with more than two will have to be postponed until later. However the goal for the current hull is to be sailing by Christmas break 2004. The amas are being shaped right now and the akas will be made up once they are finished. Isn’t building fun? As a result of this focus on what I want out of a boat, how it will be used, and what I can afford, I believe that I am going to end up with a very versatile craft. I can go for a paddle with a friend on the local river, go sailing as an outrigger or trimaran, cruising with the trimaran option, or eventually realize some costal camping ambitions, with the tri or perhaps later the cat, that might not be so easily accomplished with the smaller single hulled vessel. You know, those ancient Hawaiians and their ancestors might have known a thing or two about a thing or two. Mahalo,
Dan
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