Ralph

Ralph has been designed as a large and open trekking canoe that can take a family to safely explore the Scottish sea lochs. She can handle the short chop and winds that often cut across open sea lochs. She is an 18’ canoe with a generous 36’’ beam which has a mid section with some tumblehome in it.

The tumblehome moves the point of widest beam down towards the waterline so increasing stability and also makes it easier to paddle the canoe without scrapping the paddle on the gunwale. In the Ralph design, the tumblehome is combined with a shallow ‘V’ to the bottom to keep the wetted surface area and therefore the resistance, down. She has a fairly fine forward section so that she does not slam in waves. Construction is based upon simple stitch and tape methods.