# Retrofitting an Outrigger Canoe on a Steel Vessel **URL:** \ **Category:** Naval Architecture\ **Created:** [September 14, 2023, 8:10am UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/retrofitting-an-outrigger-canoe-on-a-steel-vessel/67137 "2023-09-14T08:10:45Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![aesir.v](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9d8465/32.png) [@aesir.v](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/aesir.v)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2023, 8:10am UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/retrofitting-an-outrigger-canoe-on-a-steel-vessel/67137/1 "2023-09-14T08:10:45Z")
I have a client who wants to fit an Outrigger Canoe made of Fiberglass on the sides of a Steel vessel with a length of 20 meters. He said he saw other vessels do this. Am I the only one who thinks this is impractical and probably absurd? I’ve researched on such vessel and found no one doing this ---
**Author:** ![yacht\_sailor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/ed655f/32.png) [@yacht\_sailor](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/yacht_sailor)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2023, 11:29am UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/retrofitting-an-outrigger-canoe-on-a-steel-vessel/67137/2 "2023-09-14T11:29:04Z")
Get cash up front 😉 Given sufficient cubic dollars, you can get someone to build a fiberglass hull and engineer attachment points to the boat. They too will see this as a nutty idea and want cash up front. Exactly WHY anyone would build a contraption like this I have no idea, except for bragging rights in the marina that you have the only one of these. Also the marina will love you, you’ll be paying them double to rent the slip next to your slip because this thing will no longer fit into a standard slip. ---
**Author:** ![ombugge](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.gcaptain.com/ombugge/32/11217_2.png) [@ombugge](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/ombugge)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2023, 1:15pm UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/retrofitting-an-outrigger-canoe-on-a-steel-vessel/67137/3 "2023-09-14T13:15:19Z")
Something similar has been done, but not with glassfiber outrigger: ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/uploads/gcaptain_maritime_forum/original/3X/9/e/9eb820de09cc1228f03d8922b3857de94ef96e87.jpeg) [https://www.luxuo.com/cars/yachting/the-unique-asymmetric-catamaran-asean-lady-is-now-for-sale.html](https://www.luxuo.com/cars/yachting/the-unique-asymmetric-catamaran-asean-lady-is-now-for-sale.html) Built for Bryan Chang, the former owner of Yantai Raffles shipyard. He is a well known Singaporean and a very prolific multi-entrepreneur: [https://www.asiapetroleum.com/company-5/](https://www.asiapetroleum.com/company-5/) ---
**Author:** ![jdcavo](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.gcaptain.com/jdcavo/32/108_2.png) [@jdcavo](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/jdcavo)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2023, 1:27pm UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/retrofitting-an-outrigger-canoe-on-a-steel-vessel/67137/4 "2023-09-14T13:27:05Z")
Strange looking “outrigger canoe.” ---
**Author:** ![aesir.v](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9d8465/32.png) [@aesir.v](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/aesir.v)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2023, 1:33pm UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/retrofitting-an-outrigger-canoe-on-a-steel-vessel/67137/5 "2023-09-14T13:33:09Z")
I agree. This person looks like someone who is spontaneous and has wild ideas. Power of money I guess. But thanks for the input good sir ---
**Author:** ![yacht\_sailor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/ed655f/32.png) [@yacht\_sailor](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/yacht_sailor)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2023, 2:09pm UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/retrofitting-an-outrigger-canoe-on-a-steel-vessel/67137/6 "2023-09-14T14:09:45Z")
My first question would be WHY. ---
**Author:** ![aesir.v](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9d8465/32.png) [@aesir.v](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/aesir.v)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2023, 4:48pm UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/retrofitting-an-outrigger-canoe-on-a-steel-vessel/67137/7 "2023-09-14T16:48:52Z")
You were right about his motives, I’ve known the person a long time to know that all this is for the flair. ---
**Author:** ![aesir.v](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9d8465/32.png) [@aesir.v](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/aesir.v)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2023, 4:50pm UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/retrofitting-an-outrigger-canoe-on-a-steel-vessel/67137/8 "2023-09-14T16:50:16Z")
Wow! Never knew this was possible, you learn new things everyday. Thank you for sharing this ---
**Author:** ![cmakin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/48db29/32.png) [@cmakin](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/cmakin)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2023, 11:35am UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/retrofitting-an-outrigger-canoe-on-a-steel-vessel/67137/9 "2023-09-15T11:35:52Z")
Larger dance floor. ---
**Author:** ![jimrr](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.gcaptain.com/jimrr/32/38358_2.png) [@jimrr](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/jimrr)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2023, 3:52pm UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/retrofitting-an-outrigger-canoe-on-a-steel-vessel/67137/10 "2023-09-24T15:52:37Z")
keerimany, I’d hate to be aboard that thing in 30 ft. seas!!!, no way !!!