I'll add more information in the coming weeks, but I've been working on a solo racing canoe design. I plan to build this boat and to see how it feels to paddle and if my design goals were achieved. To make this project interesting I’ve been using AI to help me design it. I’ve been using AI more in my job so I thought I would test it with a boat design and see how it comes out. Call it a fun and interesting exercise. I created a preliminary design in Fusion360 (my best guess of what I wanted) and uploaded the file and put in all my parameters such as my paddling weight, estimated finished boat weight, racing items/gear, target cruising speeds, etc., and specifically mentioned the Texas Water Safari and MR340 as target races.
I built a canoe for the Texas Water Safari back in 2018 but it was very skinny and it was tippier than I expected at long distances. After 200 miles my core was shot. I continued to paddle that boat for a few more years before selling it. Since that time I paddled a C1 for years. I have never wanted to race the Safari in a C1 though.
With that said my design is influenced by a C1 style boat but I’ve changed it quite a bit. I’ve removed the main wing (I still have a flare but not as pronounced like C1) and planned for more secondary stability. Of course I’ll have to build it to find out for sure. I’ve tried to take what I liked and disliked about the two boats (homemade solo and C1 Wenonah), and have come up with this design with input from AI. It would run hydrostatics and other calculations based on my inputs and give feedback. I would take those suggestions and change my CAD file and input back into AI. I went though multiple iterations of this intil I ended up with what you see here.
I will have a rudder on this boat and will paddle both single and double blade.
I built a canoe for the Texas Water Safari back in 2018 but it was very skinny and it was tippier than I expected at long distances. After 200 miles my core was shot. I continued to paddle that boat for a few more years before selling it. Since that time I paddled a C1 for years. I have never wanted to race the Safari in a C1 though.
With that said my design is influenced by a C1 style boat but I’ve changed it quite a bit. I’ve removed the main wing (I still have a flare but not as pronounced like C1) and planned for more secondary stability. Of course I’ll have to build it to find out for sure. I’ve tried to take what I liked and disliked about the two boats (homemade solo and C1 Wenonah), and have come up with this design with input from AI. It would run hydrostatics and other calculations based on my inputs and give feedback. I would take those suggestions and change my CAD file and input back into AI. I went though multiple iterations of this intil I ended up with what you see here.
I will have a rudder on this boat and will paddle both single and double blade.
