How to Rig The Wharram Melanesia 16 Sailing Canoe

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How to rig a homemade crabclaw sail on a Melanesia 16 sailing canoe.

My rig was made from a couple of small willow trunks and a cut down spinnaker as per James Wharram's plans.  I did a few modifications such as add some mahogany cleats and a small spreader setup.  I sailed this boat extensively in the summer of 2023 and it is a fine vessel.  The rudderless steering was easier than I expected to get accustomed to.  The flexible booms enable a sort of "auto-reefing" in winds grater than 15-20 kts.

The canoe is not a proa and sails like a trimaran on one tack and a catamaran on the other.

Here are the plans for the boat:
https://www.wharram.com/shop/building...
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