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Discussing the small-boat designs of Jim Michalak and similar craft by other designers, as well as builder-designed boats. Feel free to join the group. Due to problems with off-topic/spam messages, ALL new members need to be approved. The approval process is quick and easy! Please write something specific about the reason you would like to join, and or any boat related interests you may have. It generally takes 24 hours or less to get approved. Photo: Joseph Stromski's AF4 "Shoestring" on Lac La Belle in SE WI. Taken by group regular, and Duckworks "celebrity", Rob Rohde Szudy. Additional photo storage @

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Re: Viola 22 and 26
Hi Stan, How does Chuck seal around the tabernacle? I have heard from another fellow that is not so easy to do with a similar set-up on his Jochems Schooner.
Posted - Sat Nov 21, 2009 5:58 pm
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Re: Viola 22 and 26
Nels, Spars can be sealed quite effectively with mast boots from normal rain and spray. Chuck has a tabernacle on his Caprice Steel ballast can be substituted
Posted - Sat Nov 21, 2009 1:18 am
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Re: Viola 22 and 26
I posted the following article to files from an Australian magazine about an NIS23 sailing from OZ to Tasmania across Bass Strait which can be quite notorious.
Posted - Sat Nov 21, 2009 12:12 am
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Re: Viola 22 and 26
I totally agree with both Carl and Stan. Some things that attract me to the Viola. Both spars are in self-draining wells meaning less chance of water getting
Posted - Fri Nov 20, 2009 7:14 pm
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Re: Viola 22 and 26
I've had the chance to go aboard Chuck's Caprice, and it's impressive. Lots of space. He calls the spaces between the cabin and the companionway his "utility
Posted - Fri Nov 20, 2009 6:50 pm
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