Little Wing Tandem Sail

I have paddled and sailed the Warren Tandem Sail for the entire 2018 season. Set up to paddle-only it is a stable, fast kayak but not as fast as the tandem Chesapeake Lightcraft I used to have. Warren states that it is a 44 pound kayak but with the sailing hardware and the hard point strengthening for the akas mine weighs about 68 pounds; still lighter than most tandems. Set up as a sailing trimaran, it is a very stable(lots of buoyancy in the almas). This is a very strong trimaran, capable of blue water sailing! It is a very fast boat capable of speeds in excess of 10kts. It points well, and comes about with a little jib backwinding to help it come about. While I have trampolines and even an electric outboard, I prefer sailing without them as my wife and I are able to kayak paddle when winds die, moving it along at 2.5 to 3 mph in a dead calm. The "little wing" design gives the boat buoyancy forward so that it doesn't cut into the waves, inhibiting pitch-poling. A weak point is the non-kickup rudder. The previous owner had broken the original carbon fibre rudder and I took one look at it and had an aluminum rudder and post made up. Launching using the replacement rudder I got with it, it broke so I was glad I had the aluminum one made. It works great! This boat is a real sailors sailing kayak!