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My Super Porpoise requires that both hand be kept busy, and some times I could use a third. It doesn't have a place to cleat the mainsheet, so I have to hold on to it all the time. I also have to hold the tiller to maintain course. Every once in a while I'd like to let go of either one...

Has anyone put a topping lift on their sail? From spar to spar or boom to lower spar. I've been playing with the idea, maybe to keep the lower from sagging. Just wanted to see if anybody else had the idea, and if it was ever done, and the result.

My local lake has a low water level, which mean that the shore is rockier than it should be at the boat ramp. It also means that my dagger board will get eaten by the rocks if I don't pull it up in time(which usually happens). I'd like to protect it, after I repair it, to keep this from...

After letting it dry, and lots of patching, sanding, filling, sanding, priming and painting, I finally got my SUper Porpoise in the water. If you search this forum, mine was the one I got for free because it had some holes in it,a and it was water logged. There was very little wind when I took...

I posted the background story, and some pictures of my new boat at http://free-canoe.blogspot.com/ They ain't pretty, but a boat with a hole never is.

I'm neither a man of wealth or fame. I'm the proud owner of a new(to me) Super Porpoise, that I got for free from a graigslist add. Needless to say it's less than a turnkey boat. The hull and deck has a few small holes that need patching, a few cracks, and a few gel coat chips that need...