"THREE AMIGOS"

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"THREE AMIGOS"

My latest sailing ship. An 18 ft. kevlar(55 lbs) Seda Amigo with 10 ft. inflatable amas. This kayak is a hybrid double with an upswept bow for a dry ride. The roomy 40 inch aft cockpit is more centered and designed to paddle as a single or take a small person along as well as my dogs. The hull is a fishform shape and has lots of volume for storage up front and a hard cockpit cover which makes a convenient large hatch for camping gear. These features, the spacing of cockpits and hatches, it's sail carrying capability, and the dream of entering a versatile class 3 sailing/paddling kayak in a WaterTribe Challenge, are the reasons I chose this boat for my rig design. Max speed so far is 12 knots reaching in flat water. A great light air performer that's easy to paddle home if the wind dies. Did I say I love this kayak!

Date(s): July 2, 2008. Album by Brad Thayer. 1 - 25 of 25 Total. 8418 Visits.

1 Maiden Launch Day, Huntington Harbor, Long Island 106 sq ft of sail, reefable to 75 sq ft using all 3 sails.	2 Oyster Bay Harbor	3 Brad	4 Cedar Island Bay, NC
5 Reefed to 75 sq. ft. on a broad reach in 12-18 MPH winds. Photo taken at Cedar Island Gathering. Exceeded 12 MPH that day.	6 Bronze bushing I turned and drilled on my lathe, before embedding it in the stern. A 3/8" stainless rudder pin pivots in the bushing.	7 Bronze bushing on the right will be epoxied into this end pour.	8 Turning the delrin discs (line guides) for the rudder.
9 Rudder head (deltas) and delrin parts I made.	10 Interchangable sailing rudder and stock Feathercraft paddling rudder. They both have a 3/8 pin.	11 My balanced rudder design. The control arm attaches to the aluminum tiller pole via a delrin quick disconnect part I turned on my lathe, which connects to a tiller extension flex joint.	12 Camcleat on the crosstube secures the rudder hold down line or the uphaul line. The bungee acts as a shock absorber and allows the rudder to kick up.
13 I sculpted a Delrin block as a guide for the push-pull tiller pole. The holes are for routing a thin bungee to secure it in the groove.	14 Handle is far more comfortable on your wrist and easier to grip. Steering requires a very light touch.	15	16 My living room workshop. The only room large enough to fit an 18 ft. kayak. Parallel alignment of the cross tubes.
17 Mast Alignment - verticle alignment as well as establishing the same rake.	18 10 ft. inflatable amas "WHERE DID YO GET THESE AMA..." "Where did you get these am..." View Comments...	19 Simple Bungee and cleat system for attaching ama to aka.	20 Port Leeboard - control line (loop). Excess line at board had not been trimmed.
21 Starboard Leeboard - small stopper balls improve your grip and make raising and lowering the board easy. Line is a single loop.	22 Cart supports rigged weight (142 lbs) and rolls easily over soft sand. Water is 100 yds away.	23 Home made cart from PVC, pool noodles, alum. axle, and Wheeleez balloon wheels	24 Enjoying the finished product!
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Great work. Where can I get the pontoons for amas and the akas to make something similar?
- ET, Fri, 30 Oct 2009 9:29PM

That is a very sweet rig. Good luck with her and may Neptune bless your endeavors.
- Neal (aka Ahimsakid), Sat, 25 Apr 2009 8:36PM

Great job Brad. I have rerigged SharkBait with aluminum akas after seeing you at Cedar Island. A real improvement over laminated crossbeams. You can see pictures at wctss Cedar Key 2008. Mark
- Mark Stewart, Tue, 10 Feb 2009 4:49PM

I am very impressed with your workmanship and creativity. As I was rigging my strip-built sailing kayak it would have helped to of seen your pictures beforehand. Nice job.

John
- John Monroe, Tue, 23 Dec 2008 1:16AM

wow what a beautiful job you did! I would like to hear how you attached the cross beams for the outriggers. And how strong they are. And what they are.

Thanks if you do it, lol

Bryan
- Bryan, Sun, 21 Dec 2008 9:04AM

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