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You are tacking through an angle of 80 degrees? An average racer cruiser sloop will do 90%. A sportboat like a Melges 24 might see 75%.

I'll be surprised though if the track made good through the...

If the boat will live in the water for more than three of four days, especially if salt, I'd recommend anti fouling bottom paint as inside a centerboard trunk is a nasty place to clear on barnicles...

My bracket is made of mahogany, basically at the top it has a b rass angle bracket with a 1/2" diameter pin that goes in to a bronze oarlock socket set into top of transom.

Lower down a 3/8" hole...

Again, there are several points of sail and wind speeds where the jib doesn't contribute, it conflicts, with speed and ease of handling. I sail alone many times. Dousing the jib on deck, even with...

John, did you get the pictures and text I sent you on my Marsh Cat?
About the Noank sloop deal. In the 1800's the sloops used a summer rig of main and jib with the mast in the aft mast hole and...

John, I sent you a private email thru forum but haven't heard from you yet. I have pictures of my Marsh cat rig and jib I couldn't attach to the email. Please send me your email address .
Thanks,...

I'll get some pictures out on the boat today and send you a scan of the sailplan as well.
Buddy

I did just that on my Marsh Cat. Like some other owners, I felt that for usual light breeze, 152 sq ft was often undercanvased. A couple of others had lengthened spars for a 190 sq ft main. Like many...

Well, any built in furniture or cabinetry below can become an obstruction should a plank spring loose, but generally speaking those battens, what we call a hull's ceiling ( not to be confused with...

The black rubber strip on the bottom of my 1978 7.5 Honda outboard does/did the same thing. About six years ago I got fed up, reached into the boat bin and pulled out a tube of good old clear...

Decking should be vertical grain. Flat sawn will weather to produce "blades".

Ipe is a beautiful wood for house decks, but lord it is heavy and dulls blades noticeably faster than teak, and the silics in teak does a number fast enough. On the house deck you're virtually all...

Sorry that it's been somewhat rough here for you, but I hope you will hang in and hang out.

For the amount of time it takes to build a boat, it sure would be worth your while to try a wide variety...

I'd suggest for 11-15 foot range of big dinghy to little daysailor, maybe your "how does she sail" question is much more the variable answer by various type of boats than how fast she ultimately WILL...

I appreciate the thoughts about respect to the designer's art and intentions to serve the performance aspects of the boat.

Joel White also designed "my" 15 Marsh Cat, also for trailering for...

You might find running that wire through a block and then down won't really"pin" the mast positively- it can" roll" a bit for and aft. Depends on how well it needs to be tuned, but you could use a...

Because- traditionally, ceiling strips were rectancular cross section strips screwed directlt to the interior surfaces of (usually sawn) frames. They were usually, but not always spaced with a wee...

I figured the weight of the hull ceilings, a replacement galley unit( difference in weight from old fiberglass one coming out) and additional shelves ( along with epoxy on those firring strips at 165...

OK CS, if she were mine...

I'd do what I did to mine right out of the box finishing her myself in 1976, and what I'm doing right now that I'm not concerned with racing weight minimums.

On your...

seems moderation is what works best, because you'll do it regularly if it's "reasonable". Saltwater on the decks per se, and varnish on the toerails/bulwarks, coamings, house sides, and covering...

Bob, on the point of your original question, I have much Finnish nine ply, 12mm thick marine birch used in the interior of my 1977 fiberglass boat. Some has been tabbed and glassed as sub bulkheads,...

OK, I'll come clean and say I have spent a lot more years dealing with fiberglass boats before getting into wood ones.
Chad, the problem goes much farther than pretty if you're talking about the...

I'm on my second Saturn in 29 years. If I had bought the $8 molded plasic cover that fits it the first time, I'd only have bought it once. The plastic just yellowed beyond legibility ( thru and thru-...

Coat your hull with epoxy first. Catch it just tacky cured if you can, or let cure, remove blush and coarse sand. Then try using masking tape to hold the draped cloth in postion. Wet out in the...

The Wayfarers are truly amazing when you consider how much you WOULDN'T change on a plywood boat designed more than 40 years ago. Daysail, race, camp cruise. They sure got it right.

Phil Bolger...

This is a lot more boat, and a lot more project than a Bobcat. I'd figure 500 hours easy. My hours anyway. I think these are being built commercially more or less to the plans for about $15000....

Finished and sailing. Photos here, use the search feature.
Boat was bulit in 1989: I bought it from the second owner in 1999.
It was left somewhat "incomplete" in regards to interior cleanup,...

I saw it attributed to Phil Bolger in his book about his designs.

Joe, the boat store will/should have a 2" wide roll of sail repair pressure sensitive tape in white. Advantage is it won't leave goo on the sail when you repair it for real. White duct tape won't...

I have one. Shoot! Buddy

Small potatoes compared to some of the hardware above, but I did put my 3 ft. VHF S. S. antenna in my 15' catboat mast by routing a groove on the outside of the soild wooden mast, epoxing it for...

OK, rereading from the first post, does a port boat have "a right to finish?"
No, the line itself, except the end portions of two boat lengths , remains just "water" and is not considered as a mark...

A diagram! Where they really were would sure reduce the speculation of so many variables. Wonderful!

Ouch here too. I tried the US sailing site and didn't see a way to get a "ruling" without a actual protest so maybe Mickey can get his USSA judge when he gets back to call it. The folks last night...

Tom, please understand this "someone", given the immediate opportunity to ask for an interpretation of the latest racing rules from some active racing SAILORS, some of whom have been FRIENDS for...

OK, I put the following question before the crew on my boat, and two tables of sailors at dinner, maybe 20 folks:

Its a downwind finish, boats on port and starboard tack. Is starboard required to...

ANd oh yes, I love to share a beer anytime, or do a sail or race together.

Tom. consider a boundary mark situation, boats on a broad reach. IF its two same tackers, and the windward boat keeps clear, but as they near the mark no overlap is established before 2 boat lengths,...

How do you square that with the fact that the finishers are dealing with two marks, the rc and the pin at the same time. For any given pair of boats, one would be inside of one mark, the other inside...

Got to be a purist and insist that if we are talking about miltary sail, or even merchant sail, the vessel must have three masts to be a ship. I'm a bit doubtful, but I don't think a three or more...

One day mate. When we were looking forward to the 1996 Olympics ( I did RC duty for the Paralympics which followed) I made a "pub" sign for my back deck where I decorate the side fences with sailing...

You've got a seat and beer waiting for you tonight at the clubhouse. Seems the majority of responders above say starboard had right of way,the Aussies,New Englanders, the gentleman from Alabama, even...

Warren, isn't that what we have here, the converging of twelve boats on their run toward a finish line? They've got time and opportunity for any and all ports to get onto starboard, then abide by...

18.1 clearly says in 18. 1 a and b when it doesn't apply - boats on opposite tacks (like here) and when only one boat must tack to pass the mark. Her e starboard doesn't need to tack to pass, and...

I've read it again and stick to my guns, rule 18 doesn't apply. We're racing tonight and I'll pass this one to the Senoir Race Officer crowd at dinner for discussion.

Again, all port had to do was head up to avoid starboard, then sail on to finish.

Once more unto the breech, and I hope the rules don't really "cry havoc".
Tom and WIld Wassa, re reading rule 18. 18.1.b, it says rule 18 doesn't apply if only one of the boats has to tack or gybe...

And if port doesn't establish that overlap before the two boat lenghths circle is reached his overlap is too late. I don't believe "inside" port gets right to cross the line itself two boat lenghths...

Tom, dom't disagree but for it to be room at the mark does depend on where on the line they actaully are. Wish we could get the toy boats out on the table. Reading the original question, is there a...

Stike that, should read the starboard boat cannot then sail above closehauled, and perhaps he can cross the line. He cannot ask for room unless he breaks the overlap and gets clear ahead two boats...