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That's about it.
- The whole boat - complete with rudder, leeboard, mast and sail,
weighs about 30 or 40 pounds.
- I sail with the mainsheet in my left hand and the rudder in my right.
I sit so low in the boat, I can't really hike out when the boat starts
heeling - all I can do is lean over as far as possible. If it gets
too bad, I let out the mainsheet and spill my wind.
- It is made from 2 sheets of 1/8 plywood and some scrap for the transom.
It has a 1x3 keel, and I used 1x1 chine logs to attach the bottom
to the sides and transom.
- I used PL Premium Construction Adhesive for all the joins and I
used Elmers Ultimate for attaching the reinforcing bits and the mast
step.
- I covered the outside of the hull - the bottom and sides - with
some cheapo cloth I got from Goodwill and I glued it down with TiteBond
II.
- I painted it with Rustoleum.
- I got the sail design from 'Odd Sails from Polytarp' section of
The Cheap Pages
- I made the sail from a kit from Polysail.
- I got the rigging plans from Michael
Storer's Boat Designs
- I got almost all the hardware from Duckworks.
- I got the plans from the Free Plans section of www.pdracer.com
I have finally decided on a name: DeBeers. I was going to call
it Diamond Factory, because when you sail it, your butt is clenched
so tight you feel like you could poop diamonds, but that's too literal.
I like DeBeers better.
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