I drew up a balanced 15m2 (161sq ft) rig for the Picara and it only required the mast tabernacle to be shifted to the other side of the bulkhead...
Balanced. Going back to a gaff with a jib made no sense afterwards.
Satisfying sheet pressure? I can speak from experience taking a gaff rig downwind in strong conditions that sheet and tiller loads were...
I dont think he wants shrouds with a lug, just wanted a backstay free sloop. As for structural considerations, a ring frame in contact with the...
It certainly does not have to be like that, but im not sure of my own math to determine the correct spar dimensions and shrouds for a swept back...
Theres always junk rig too. [IMG] What are you wanting to getting away from in the standard rig? A balanced lug is about as simple as it gets.
I still do not see an issue, but i do not have the drawing in front of me. Timbers running either side of the case from floor and through the deck...
For inspiration, a Michalak Jukebox boat. [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
You can easily put that Q17 mast in a keel stepped tabernacle. I much prefer a balanced lug with a boom, they are far more controllable going...
Yes, he could rip it into 50mm x 15mm strips and screw into a plywood sub deck, but everyone of those screw holes is a potential pitfall down the...
What Rumars said. Having lived with traditional decks, I would go for plywood and epoxy-glass sheathed. Most of these boats rot from the deck...
My bad, I thought he was on another forum saying it was a June Bug.
Good enough for this chap. Jagular Goes Everywhere: (mis)Adventures in a $300 Sailboat: Tom Pamperin, Kate Haas, Eric D. Bott: 9780991461714:...
A friends glass fibre boat lives on a beach going through tide cycles, and often will dig itself into the sand if the surge is high. He reckons he...
Row, paddle, sail... [IMG] Chautauqua Printed Plans (duckworks.com) I built one of these, as the plywood equivalent was too heavy for me to man...
