12' Wee Rob Canoe
Description
The 12' Wee Rob Canoe is a light, elegant double-paddle canoe designed by Iain Oughtred, inspired by 19th-century Rob Roy-style recreational craft, optimized for glued-seam lapstrake plywood construction (with alternatives like traditional lapstrake, cold-molded, or strip-planking) that requires no lofting thanks to provided patterns for stems and molds. Plans from WoodenBoat Store (WB Plan No. 79) include five sheets with lines, offsets, construction/sail plans, a materials list, and a 14-page building booklet, supporting open or decked versions, optional lug-rigged sailing with leeboards, and stretched variants at 13'7" or 15'2" on the same 2'4" beam; while exact build numbers are unknown, documented examples include boats by builders like Lorenz Rutz (open version named Pearl), the LaBrie family, "Wee Rob," Dan Stone Canoe by Wee Rob, and Steve Lansdowne's 13.5' cedar-strip sailing adaptation. Weighing about 30 lbs, it excels as a car-toppable single-hander for paddling or pond sailing.
Construction Details
| Designer | Iain Oughtred |
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| Builder | Home Built |
| Length | 12.000 ft |
| LOA | 12.000 ft |
| Beam | 2.330 ft |
| Displacement | 30 lb |
The standard boat dimensions
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Sails
12' Wee Rob Canoe - 4-SIDED SAIL
| Luff | 3.67 ft - (1119 mm) |
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| Foot | 6.25 ft - (1905 mm) |
| Leech | 10.54 ft - (3213 mm) |
| Head | 7.17 ft - (2185 mm) |
| Diagonal | 6.83 ft - (2082 mm) |
| Tack Angle | 82.63 ° |
| Area | 35.64 ft² |
| Comments |
Balanced lug main with two full length battens with reef points at the battens. The actual area of the sail with the roach is 40 square feet. |
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