Leaderboard

Dave has the most useful location for a wind indicator. I now use the mast main head which is the most accurate and best. I needed racing help on lakes when first starting sailing and made a small one mounted on the bow. Not the most accurate wind direction but better than yours and allowed great vision which showed wind changes well and was in the line of sight without looking at the sun or causing neck pain.

The Princess Sharpie is a predecessor to the Core Sound line. But there are similarities in the designs, I believe. I have never owned one, but have a friend who did. I’ll nudge him to share his thoughts. I do own a Bay River Skiff 15, however, and can comment on the rig. This boat was my first experience with a cat ketch, leg-o-mutton rig, and I love it. It is a more efficient sail shape, I believe. Making a gybe manuver is effortless and worry-free. Heaving-to is simple— I do it all the time when sailing solo, and need to tend to something away from the tiller. And my wife loves not having to duck for a boom or tend to trimming the jib. (The sails are self-tending, with controls leading to the skipper.) Yes, I love this rig.