The c/b does that, too, as it pivots back nicely. I have a pennant
going fwd to a block then back to a clam cleat under the centre thwart
so I can raise it a little at a time to keep max plane. When you hear
the grating noise, it's time to haul a bit more. Rudder kicks up when
it hits the bottom.


Flying Tadpole wrote:
No, not what I meant. Leeboards will _still_ give you some lateral
plane (also tunnel effects) at the point where you have your c/b all the
way up and there's only 1cm of water under your keel.

That's true. The leeboards are better at the super-shallow sailing. But
they also have twice as much drag.

Not sure if the "tunnel effect" is helpful or hurtful, that kind of
hydrodynamics is very picky.


I have a couple of paddles. They were cheap. They are of marginal use
if you're by yourself. Gotta get some oars which means (re)fitting the
rowlocks. Dunno how I'll go with them, tho, given the restricted range
of movement in the arm. Only one way to find out.


Rowing can be very therapeutic. Remember to take it easy at first,
that's the difficult part. I tend to get all wound up and pull like hell
then suffer later.


Short strokes, Peter, Short strokes. My nymph dinghy only allows 7ft
oars, and it's a real bummer at first to respond to the little strokes
they enforce (hard long strokes tip the dinghy over...

??? Never had that problem.
Another useful technique is to alternate sides, this keeps the stroke
short. It makes the boat waggle from side to side but if you get the
timing right this helps visibility.


How is the CCA pine doing as its own antifoul?



Nothing seems to be living on it.


Now I'm curious. What is "CCA pine?"



Gonna haul this afternoon. I've
decided the bowsprit was a good idea but now there's too much lee helm.
I'll make a new mast base about a foot back and then make a new set of
stays & shrouds to suit. I never did like the existing chainplates
anyway, and I have a huge supply of scrap.

Keep in mind this is going to change the sheeting geometry. A foot is a
lot! You sure you don't want to trial it at a bit less? How far back
have you raked the mast? This will give you a good way to measure how
far back to move the CE.

.... Sometimes I think I took up
boats to finally have a hobby where I'd never run out of things to do,
things to change, things to repair and tools to play with while doing
it. The sailing side is pretty cool, too.


Moderation in all things... don't be like Vito and focus solely on
working on the boat!


You _could_ have rigged unstayed, it would be saner if less weatherly
for such a craft.


Not necessarily less weatherly. The engineering would be a bit more
intense, remember he's flying a bigger headsail.



Might build an elongated Buehler Pogo next, just for fun. Gaff schooner
rig. I have a Yanmar 3HP diesel engine with g/box that needs a boat.


Ah. I retract my previous statement. Nothing wrong with your sanity index.


I guess all is relative

http://www.georgebuehler.com/pogo.html

Looks like a fun boat, but it's a lot heavier than FT2.

FResh Breezes- Doug King