Dave Elderton is an avid canoeist, amateur photographer and wilderness camper from Vancouver.  He built his first sailing canoe rig 10 years ago, and has been changing and improving his rig every year since.  The current version is built around the John Winters designed 16.5 foot Kevlar Swift Dumoine.  The outrigger is a 12-foot HV from Easy Rider. The sail rig is a scaled down version from the Tasar dingy with a rotating wing mast. 

Dave and his wife Carmen take several week long trips in the boat every summer and have traveled in the gulf islands, desolation sound, Barkley Sound, Nootka Sound and the Sechelt Peninsula. Dave also does day trips with a strange bunch of friends with canoe rigs. The couple also enjoys white water canoeing, hiking and snowshoeing.