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Murphyak
07-28-2007, 05:41 PM
Can the V shaped sails work without rudders or dagger boads?
Murphyak
07-28-2007, 05:41 PM
Can the V shaped sails work without rudders or dagger boads?
Joeb1kenobi
08-24-2007, 05:03 PM
yep. The v shaped sails are flexible enough that they bend and dump wind before they tip you over.
RobertH
09-02-2007, 06:44 AM
This article may answer some of your questions:

http://www.topkayaker.net/Articles/SurfSail/KayakSailing2.html

Robert
OLyaker
10-22-2007, 06:03 PM
I use a Pacific action sail on my Tarpon 120 and enjoy it a lot but not when I fish, to much stuff top side. But as for a Dagger board -keel
I will make one for next summer. It will do wonders. In a steady say 8MPH you can do with out. But if the wind is gusting to 8mp of better you can get caught off guard and be dumped, Belive me more then once I went in, also a rudder is a MUST. There are many Kayak sailing sites that have tips a video of how to sail a Yak. I am still learning