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Photo: Joseph Stromski's AF4 "Shoestring" on Lac La Belle in SE WI. Taken by group regular, and Duckworks "celebrity", Rob Rohde
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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.
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
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.
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
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