And when you reach your anchorage, you can drop her
overboard, raise her little lug rig and explore those places inaccessible by
yacht.
She has buoyancy fore and aft, under the cambered seats, and
two rowing positions, depending on crew. The boat is intended to have a movable
seat/waterproof box for the rowing alone position, and a chunky gunwale and
full length keel should stiffen and protect her and make her easy to beach.
At present she has a dipping lg rig which looks the part. The whole family have learnt to dip her with varying
degrees of skill and you've gotta love the quirkiness of its rig. However, it might not be everyone's liking, especially if you are trying to
teach youngsters to sail. For this reason the boat comes with an easier alternative, but it has to be in an awkward location, near the forward buoyancy tank.
The major design change however was fitting a small
centre-board. This sits under the central rowing/sailing seat and was
reluctantly added after extensive trials with everything but. It adds another
10lbs or so, taking her weight up to around 58lbs but the benefits in not
sliding sideways when sailing more than compensate for this. The reason it's a hinging centre board rather than a simpler dagger board were because there are specifications for minimum
downflooding height and a centre-board enables the boat to cover the top of the case
at the lower, aft end and so fulfill the RCD with ease. Also the Centreboard is
directly below the sailor, so a daggerboard could not be raised at all while
sitting on the only sailing seat!
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