Canoe + post + sheet = sailboat?

[emilikins]

Canoe + post + sheet = sailboat?

$300 for this http://siouxcity.craigslist.org/boa/3251169868.html I know it's not polite to mock, but seriously ... what is that thing? This has been up there for a few weeks now. Can't imagine why it hasn't sold yet.

 

[A2]

Most of the big sailboat companies made 8' boats.
Catalina even made one.

I think that is a Montgomery 8

 

[signal charlie]

El Toro made an 8 foot racing dinghy. I even saw a pic of one with a jib. The mast is much taller than the Sunfish mast! But mainsail is "only" 49 sq ft
http://www.google.com/search?q=el+t...&hl=en&client=safari#biv=i|1;d|saseDMuHQxomOM:

 

[LAuman]

Real canoes with a well-cut sails and leeboards actually sail very well. They stay in displacement mode, of course.

 

[L&VW]

The UK Optimist Pram website makes this claim for the 8-foot long Optimist Pram :

The optimist is, quite simply, the boat in which the young people of the world learn to sail.

http://www.optiworld.org/

Not my generation.

Neither my sailing canoe nor sailing kayak could point particularly well, and were easily overpowered by strong winds. The Sunfish is much better.

 

[LAuman]

Pointing ability is very much affected by the sail cut and the leeboard design. Lbds have to have immersed length about that of the S'fish and they need an efficient profile (not just flat boards) to get good lift. The thwarts are pretty convenient for hiking out, although the gunwale can be uncomfortable without something to widen it. . . and you might have to bail, as the lee board pumps water aboard when you really get moving.
Of course, the S'fish is a better sailboat. No question about that!

 

[A2]

The boat in the original post seems to have a centerboard, so I would wager to say that it would point fairly well.