Often when I had performed a set of trials, laughed at my own goofs and shared them with Hugh,
he provided me with some of his essays which already had covered the topic in much broader context.
Hugh's writing style is strongly driven by his personal experience, which spans a few decades.
It presents an extremely compressed network of keywords, meandering in
time and space.Hugh's Pages
Hugh Horton has lived most of his life on or next to the water. He has rowed, sailed, paddled, or otherwise
small boated the US ocean coasts, Western States' reservoirs, the Great Lakes, the Bahamas, the Caribbean,
England and Micronesia, and worked aboard a freighter to the Far East in 1969.
Hugh was a student at five universities principally studying engineering, geology, technical and non-fiction writing,
and fine arts photography. As a teen he worked as a lumber handler in the family pattern lumber business, was a
mobile home park service handyman, a roofing subcontractor, photographer, motorcycle shop owner, merchant seaman,
filmmaker ('72 New York to Bermuda Multi-Hull race), construction superintendent, farmtown carpenter, and ran the
lumber business. He is a boatbuilder, writer and environmental activist. He has three children and four
grandchildren.
Hugh has been developing and building sailing canoes for more than two decades. The Bufflehead sailing canoe is his
most advanced design - yet.
Hugh's Design
Build a Bufflehead, the Modern Sailing Canoe!
New! Essential information about the Bufflehead sailing canoe. Hugh wants you to know that before you contact him.
Hugh's Essays
Tales of Multi-Hullers
New! A discussion of monohull vs multihull approaches. There is a lot of direct, personal experience in this article.
Lateral Resistance
Hugh digs deep into sailing canoe history. He tracks development of suitable means of lateral resistance: from Rob Roy's inch-deep keel to Bufflehead's leeboard and mount. Hugh shows how this development -among other factors- improved the weatherliness of sailing canoes.
Capsize Your Boat ~ Bailing and Flotation
Capsizing a sailing canoe - Air bags - Reboarding - Installation of flotation gear - Bailing
Flotation for Narrow Boats --- Stability after Capsize
Different types of flotation - Flotation trials - Accidents with open canoes
Hugh's Gallery
Great sailing canoe pictures
Links
From Serendipity to Bufflehead
A detailed description of the Bufflehead sailing canoe and its components
Some Thoughts on Canoe Sailing
Different types of sailing canoes - and different attitudes of canoe sailors
Modern decked sailing canoes
Hugh rationalizes the design requirements for his Serendipity sailing canoes.
A 21st Century, Solo Cruising Sailing Canoe
The sailing canoe history and Hugh's history on the way to the Bufflehead.
Bufflehead Design Review
A short review of the building method with pictures
FurledSails.com Podcast #109 Hugh Horton
Hugh shares with us how he got started sailing in canoes, talks about his trips and what it takes to build a sailing canoe. Also some history about these boats.
Small Craft Advisor: John Guider's Gifts and Gumption
Hugh writes about John Guider´s trips in a small rowboat. John is a determined journeyer. Extract lots of advice on dinghy and canoe cruising out of that small story. At last I know why I strongly prefer boats which can be portaged to and from the shore by one person, over the shoulder. It may save a bad night...
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