Gary Dierking has been designing and building boats for more than 40 years. Raised in northern Wisconsin, he served in the US Coast Guard, then built a 37' trimaran and logged 20,000 nautical miles throughout the Pacific. His interest in outrigger canoes and other multihulls continued in the 1980s, when he worked as head builder and assistant designer for Rudy Choy Boatworks in Honolulu, building a series of high tech offshore catamarans for racing and the tourist industry. Since 1991, he has run his own boat shop in Coromandel, New Zealand. He designs, builds, repairs, and modifies a wide variety of working and recreational vessels, especially multihulls, up to 50 feet in length. He series-manufactures his Ulua outrigger canoe design in molded fiberglass.

Preface
Acknowledgements
Introduction: Some Outrigger Basics
A Brief History of the Outrigger Canoe
Why Use an Outrigger?
Length of an Outrigger Canoe
Weight of an Outrigger Canoe
Speed of an Outrigger Canoe
Outboard Motors
Sailing Rigs
Paddling Your Outrigger
Structure of the Outrigger Canoe
Accommodation
Mix and Match
Units of Measurement
Terminology
Choosing Materials for an Outrigger Canoe
How to Navigate This Book
Chapter 1.The Ulua
Chapter 2.The T2
Chapter 3.The Wa'apa
Chapter 4.Sailing Rigs
The Oceanic Lateen Rig
The Gibbons Rig
The Hawaiian Rig
Stub-Mast Rigs
Chapter 5.Boatbuilding Basics
Strip-Planking Versus Plywood
Tools
Materials
Safety Gear
Work Space
Lofting
Glues
Screws, Nails, and Staples
Cutting Plywood
Cutting Strip Planks
Scarfing Timber
Scarfing Plywood
Joining Plywood Sheets with Fiberglass
Joining Plywood Sheets with Butt Blocks
Filleting
Filling, Sanding, and Fairing
Sheathing with Fiberglass and Resin
Laminating
Bonded Fasteners
Painting and Varnishing
Metal Work
Workshop Health and Safety
Maintenance and Repair
Chapter 6. Building the Ulua and T2 Strip-Composite
Hulls
Do a Practice Session
The Strongback
Molds
Planking
The Outer Stem
Fairing and Smoothing the Hull
Removing the Hull from the Mold
Glassing the Interior
Fitting the Interior Structure
Fore and Aft Decks
Manus, Splash Guards, and Dashboards
Stretching the Ulua
Chapter 7. Building the Wa'apa Plywood Hull
Hull Middle Section
Chapter 8. Amas
Foam and Fiberglass Amas
Building a Plywood Ama
Strip-Planked Amas
Ama Connections
Chapter 9. Cross Beams and Hull Connections
Building a Solid Laminated Iako
Building a Hollow, Box Beam Iako
Aluminum Tube Beams
Connections
Chapter 10. Steering, Leeboards, and Accessories
Steering
Leeboards
Accessories
Chapter 11. Spars, Spar Specifications, and SailsSpars
Spar Specifications
Sails
Chapter 12. Rigging, Tuning, and Sailing
CE and CLR
Tacking Rig Setup
Shunting Rig Setup
Sailing Basics
Swamping and Capsize
Resources
Glossary
Index