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Brian E. Evans
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Since you guys had shown a Selway Fisher boat on your site the other day. I thought I would ask the planker experts their opinion of the sailing canoe trainer offered by selway.
Has anybody built one of these and how does it sail? Does it also drift across the finish line upside down like the other canoes?
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Brian

You might want to talk to Steve Clark who has also produced a junior canoe - some details at
http://www.intcanoe.org/forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=69

There's also more details on the Junior IC at http://www.woodenboatsuk.com/canoes2.html#jc. This boat was designed by Peter Wells and Alan Powell so has a good pedigree. If Selway Fisher are producing plans I would have thought that they would be good as the SF designs have a very good reputation.

As for crossing the finishing line upside down I have yet to see this phenomenom as most canoes tend to fall over when getting to the corners of the course, crossing the finish line is the easy part (or so I've been told)
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Post by Brian E. Evans »

Thank you for the info Neil.
I have looked at this canoe trainer for some time now. It looks simple to build and may be useful for a grandchild who may however insist on getting a 29er which I cannot afford. Anyway if I make it he will like it or lump it.
B.E.
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