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Physical making · An improvised boat

Kayak sailboat.

I wanted a sailboat, so I built one out of a kayak.

My part: Design and hands-on build.
Context: Personal project

An orange kayak with a large triangular Tyvek sail, set up on land beneath a tree. — The kayak with its Tyvek sail.

The parts included a Tyvek sail, pool-cleaning poles, bamboo to connect a second kayak as an outrigger, and plywood for the rudder and daggerboard.

Then I took my kids sailing.

The kayak on grass with the bare mast, poles, and rigging before the sail is fitted. — The rig before the sail.

A plywood rudder attached at the stern of the orange kayak, with a wooden axe handle used as the tiller. — Plywood rudder, broken axe-handle tiller.

The homemade kayak sailboat underway on a lake, with its Tyvek sail raised and kayakers nearby. — Out on the water.

After the kayak

Later I upgraded.

An adult and child sailing together beneath the yellow-and-white sail of a different boat. — The sailboat I bought later.

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