I've had this sail for about 3 or 4 years and never had a pole to use as a mast/spar.
I recently scraped together the cash to buy a pole then made a bracket from ash, to fit the pole to the canoe's seat:
The foot of the mast fits into a leather sleeve which in turn slots into a foam block;
This is the set up on dry land:
and this is me sailing on Ullswater in a fairly stiff breeze this afternoon!:
[video=youtube;S5FG0-JGYvU]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S5FG0-JGYvU&list=UURddL3mkjOvJ3tAtVH pW-XQ&index=1[/video]
Happy Days!![Cool :cool: :cool:](data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7)
Steve
I recently scraped together the cash to buy a pole then made a bracket from ash, to fit the pole to the canoe's seat:
![P3140004_zps7975e9db.jpg](http://i181.photobucket.com/albums/x125/stalch/sotp/P3140004_zps7975e9db.jpg)
The foot of the mast fits into a leather sleeve which in turn slots into a foam block;
![P3140006_zps15fb7374.jpg](http://i181.photobucket.com/albums/x125/stalch/sotp/P3140006_zps15fb7374.jpg)
This is the set up on dry land:
![P3140008_zpsb8774f51.jpg](http://i181.photobucket.com/albums/x125/stalch/sotp/P3140008_zpsb8774f51.jpg)
and this is me sailing on Ullswater in a fairly stiff breeze this afternoon!:
[video=youtube;S5FG0-JGYvU]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S5FG0-JGYvU&list=UURddL3mkjOvJ3tAtVH pW-XQ&index=1[/video]
Happy Days!
Steve
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