Rigging My Old Town Loon 138T For Sail

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Rigging My Old Town Loon 138T For Sail

The evolution from paddling to a ketch rigged sailing kayak.

Album by Brad Thayer. Photos by Brad Thayer. 1 - 27 of 27 Total. 4777 Visits.

1 DogPaddling Before Sail Conversion (Old Town Loon 138T & Dog-Lycos)	2 1st arrangement with single sail - triangular polyethylene thwart (made from a cutting board) with deck partner, fairleads, and camcleats	3 stainless brackets shaped to the contour of the deck, for triangular thwart	4 mast hull cup ( Marinetexed to flamed polyethylene hull )
5 84" open cockpit	6 Hull Mounts, Struts, and Cross Tube	7 leeboard with approx 1 inch clearance from the hull, and control line	8 sliding seat on rails
9 homemade stainless steel gudgeons	10 Force 5 rudder, aluminum head, 3/8" pin, mahoghany tiller, flex joint connection	11 delrin bushed rudder head and 3/8" stainless pin with pull loop	12 tiller and flex joint
13 ergonomic adjustable push-pull tiller "So where can I get the adj..." View Comments...	14 bridle (front sheeting main)	15 akas and inflatable amas, 12 foot span	16 It's Done!!! (except for painting rudder)
17 Hey! my crew is slowing me down, I need more sail!!! Brad and Lycos in Cold Spring Harbor	18 Was that 23" or 32" from the bow? New mast position ( foremast )	19 Holesaw opening, scribed plastic contoured to deck, and deck fitting for mast	20 hull cup MarineTexed to block to match bow shape
21 deep V in bow	22 3 mast positions, with center position supporting the akas and amas. (aft mast still needs final alignment)	23 Foremast with fairleads and cam cleats for uphaul & downhaul. Mainsheet runs down port side of deck.	24 laying out fittings for the thwart
25 Thwart for mizzen. Both sails are front sheeting	26 I need more ballast!!! Add Captain J (left)	27 I'm done!!! That's it! No more sails and no more dogs!

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I have a 138 and two Goldens. I found you photos very interesting and my try it. I did have a question as to what you made your mast out of. If you have any information as to how you build it or bought it could you please let me know?
- Larry Nix, Thu, 10 Sep 2015 8:13PM

I love our 138T, we paddle some calm rivers around Michigan so a sail would not work for us, but that rig you made is AWESOME! Nice job!!! If anything I want to make my own rudder setup. Cheers
- John, Tue, 26 Jan 2010 5:18PM

Looks very nice!
I am rigging up my loon 138t as a sailer as well.
- paul, Mon, 9 Mar 2009 8:30PM

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