In article , Flying Tadpole
wrote:

Peter Wiley wrote:
In article , 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. Similarly, a kick-up rudder will too (not a spade rudder,
the kickup has to rotate). Pity about where the centre of effort
shifts in relation to the centre of resistance, but what the
hey--even with the lee helm you've still got a chance of sailing
out with leeboards. (all learnt from bitter experience with the
original Flying Tadpole--although she had a 12ft large-bladed
steering oar and could always be sculled out of trouble)

Fitting leeboards would be a PITA given the hull shape. The rudder is a
kick-up one and gives a lotta leverage when the big blade is training
behind.

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. 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.

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

I've thought of that. Might do it. Problem with the orig design is, the
mast is deck stepped on a small foredeck so sans stays, it'd fall over.
If I move it back and build a nice welded alum base for it, I might
make a tabernackle setup & then an unstayed rig might be practical.
Drilling a couple holes thru the mast low down & TIG welding in some
bushes for a pivot bolt & locking bolt is pretty simple. A single junk
sail could be cheap & fun at that point.

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've got the plans, the engine & the inclination. All I lack is the
space & time, and as soon as council approves my barn plans, space will
be forthcoming. As for time........ I've thought of loading a couple
extra 20' containers aboard when I do another deep south winter cruise.
2-3 months in a polynya in winter gives you a lot of time to build
stuff coz there ain't much point in spending long outside. No rush.

A Pogo on the D'Entrecausteaux Channel would be great. It really is a
wonderful place to poke about in boats.

PDW