Rear cabin bulkhead to mast step is 6' dead. The cockpit works out at 4'6. cockpit width is a minimum of 5'1 6/8 up to 6' at the rear cabin bulkhead. As ...
There are half a dozen places you'll find to save on larger used sails -all with websites now. Mostly, I think they have mountains of the ubiquitous sloop rig...
... Twister "has ... to ... Compromises have to be made to fit both a cabin and a cockpit into such a short hull. The AF3 also has a frame which one must...
... This was exactly my thinking when I chose to build the Ladybug. I think it was the large storage compartments fore and aft that sold me. I have figured...
... sails -all with websites ... rig items ----- Almost as obvious is the cutting down of the large sloop main sails into a lug or gaff sail and the left over...
The only thing that I have not been able to figure out about this seemingly great idea is this: What do you do about shape? Polytarp can be shaped in ...
Hi Chuck David Ryan over on the Bolger group sails his Light Schooner under second-hand sails. I believe his solution to the 'how much draft' question was...
It seems reasonable, Derek. I guess you just have to accept that it may take some trial and error in the beginning. I may try it myself. Chuck ... sensible. ...
It's that aft storage compartment -- meant to shift crew weight forward, I believe -- that compresses the cockpit and cabin in Fatcat2 and similar designs. In...
<snip> with reference to modifying old sails, I honestly suspect that you'll loose more through a lack of experience (not being able to intuitively tune the...
... seemingly ... shaped in ... to assume ... more need ... normally ... mizzen some though. I plan on tieing the head of the sail off to a porch support post...
Living where I do I really can't even begin to imagine what really cold weather is like but after the last few weeks I begin to fantasize about it You get used...
Luke We don't get autumn , we have 9 months of summer , two and a half months of almost summer and two weeks of almost winter [ this is when it gets cold of a...
Hello fellow portly (and I'm sure a few very svelde) Michalak fans. I'm starting a rowing club here, hoping to meet someone willing to stand me to a pint in...
I thought you lived in Canada!? Max ... Tampa, ... to ... its ... Club ... yards ... join ... facilities ... (Trailer ... protected ... the ... wildlife ... in...
Max, it appears to me that not all of the money spent on Homeland Security has been effective... David _____ From: vexatious2001 [mailto:cadbury@...] ...
... forward, I believe -- that compresses the cockpit and cabin in Fatcat2 and similar designs. In the same 15.5-ft. LOA and 6-ft. beam, Sow's Ear has a cabin...
... I do, at least in the summer. Elaine and I are wintering away from the frozen north on the shores of the ICW between Clearwater and St. Petersburg,...
... Can't make it Wed. Spent several hours this afternoon hauling antique outboard motors down to the local boat show to display in the booth of the Antique...
... have to tell ... I will either bring the AF3 or AF4, so I have somewhere to sleep. Will also be bringing the Oracle to serve as a dinghy; in order to...
Glad to hear you got some work done, Steve. I, too, managed a reasonably productive weekend. I worked a bit more on sanding my wooden cleats to get them ready...
I'm working on Skat, and will soon paint the interior of the hull (the outside is already done). I have coated the inside with a layer of epoxy. Do I need to...
I've laminated and shaped my mast, but haven't gotten around to applying the requisite coats of spar varnish. How do folks deal with varnishing a mast? I can't...
Large nails in the head and foot of the mast will work as supports, holes to be filled after the varnish work is complete. I saw a rig some years back that...
... 1. Lots of thin coats moving the slings every time. Also, as varnish takes a while to get hard, make sure that your slings are wide and smooth (i.e. don't...
... reminds me - always put on the smallest reasonable amount of varnish and make sure that it is spread thinly and evenly otherwise you'll develop runs. This...
... My method: 1. Drive screws into pieces of plywood, then put the pieces on the floor, in a line, with the tips pointing up. Put two screws into each piece. ...
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