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As much as I love native watercraft, I take one look at those sails and know that they are pathetic at anything forward of a beam reach, though I do like the separation. At least they won’t back wind each other.
I was wondering why they had the sails on the “wrong” side of the masts.
Ruins the sails effectiveness by literally dividing them in two.
The sailaus from the same region have it right.
Could be from tradition/ historically when the sails were made from matting?
Pic of matting sails.
Curious about Solomon Island canoes, I did a little poking around. Here is an image I found on the Princeton website. http://libweb5.princeton.edu/visual_materials/maps/websites/pacific/bougainville/canoes.jpg
In the third boat, you can clearly see that it was designed to tack, not shunt. Hence, “sails on the wrong side.”
I’ve never been able to keep straight which South Pacific peoples were tackers and which were shunters. I do recall that Gary Dierking lists that somewhere, but I can’t find the link.