Had a Folkes 39, and it was a very comfortable boat. Lived on it in Vancouver, toasty warm with just a diesel heater in a very cold winter - great...
S'ok Mike - why not go pipe within a pipe, seal welding outer pipe to hull, inner pipe manually retracts upward and follows line of side stays....
Why carry the legs? Set up for a standard size 4x4, and buy them when you need them - won't work crusining in the wild, but how often do you plan...