BBSB Sail Rig - Under Sail!!!

Very cool! Will they let you into the local yacht club, if you wear waders?
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Only if they are stocking foot waders and you wear wussy little boat shoes over top in place of manly wading boots
 
Chuck, I had tried to avoid the traveler to reduce the hardware on the boat when not sailing.... though I suppose a couple pad eyes in the corners won't be in the way anyway... and likely the way I will go. What's a couple more holes in the hull!
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You could probably but some kind of small caribiner on each end of the traveler so all but the eyes could be removed...yeah, I agree the cable would get in the way
 
That's awesome Dave... Almost enough to make me want to learn to sail, but I like the throttle too much.

Great Job!!!
 
Dave,

I am inspired by your sailing duck rig. This has to be the most hardcore awesome thing I have ever seen. I just think: as difficult as duck hunting is with all the cold weather, early dark mornings, rough coooollllldddd water, and figuring out where to hunt......and you tackle all of this in a sailboat. I'm pretty damn impressed.

best regards,
 
Chuck, I had tried to avoid the traveler to reduce the hardware on the boat when not sailing.... though I suppose a couple pad eyes in the corners won't be in the way anyway... and likely the way I will go. What's a couple more holes in the hull!
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Sweet! I absolutely love the sailing rigs - you did a great job!
Consider a couple small brass cleats instead of the pad eyes.... would serve a dual purpose then
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Dave
A couple suggestions to help keep the tiller in place.I can't find it on Crawford's site,but he put a small "L" shaped,flat brass bracket,above the top pintle, that swiveled in place to lock the rudder.You may not need a two part sheet,plus move the attach point further toward the mast.Hope this helps
 
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Joe, I posted a question on the Yahoo, Melonheads site...asking for a picture of the "keeper". I am afraid I mounted my top gudgeon too high, and as it is tucked within the outboard brackets, there is likely not enough room there for a keeper. I will have to use the lower gudgeon if I go that way. My concern with a keeper would be grounding, though my rudder is even with the skeg on the hull.

I tried sailing her with a single block on the main sheet, and it was too much force, the double blocks worked well.

I'll wait until I see the keeper design and see if that triggers some ideas for my set up, but I am leaning toward a pair of pad eyes (low profile, nothing to snag on, and tucked into the corners by the decoy boards) with a simple traveler bridle on snap clips. When not sailing, just pad eyes remain. When sailing tiller can be removed easily....
 
(Chuck, I had tried to avoid the traveler to reduce the hardware on the boat when not sailing.... though I suppose a couple pad eyes in the corners won't be in the way anyway... and likely the way I will go. What's a couple more holes in the hull!) Beautiful setup! That rig can handle more wind than most sailors....one trick in a hard blow, lift up the daggerboard a bit, the boat will crab, but it wont heal over as much, and itll make you feel safer in the rough stuff....I have a set of pad eyes in the usual place and another set about 12" north, i use kayak strapping (black bungy stuff) and use it to hold down gear....PLEASE, post more pics! "When you get to the end of your rope, tie a knot and hang on."
-Franklin D. Roosevelt
 
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